Man, my pictures are terrible...

TerrapinWill

1880-O

hedgehog847

I don't have a digital camera, but I don't think they're terrible. You might just need some better lighting and a closer focus. Hey, look on ebay for 10 seconds and you'll see some "terrible" pictures.

kamehameha00

Yes they are. Please, die in a fire.

clw54

Have you tried using sunlight? It seems to work well. Try taking photos at different times of day so the angle of the light will be different.

TerrapinWill

thanks clw54....these actually were taken earlier this afternoon..on a window sill......probalem is that the coin itself is pretty heavily toned, so I'm having a hard time

XpipedreamR

You could dip it...that would lighten it up

arlea1957

<< <i>Have you tried using sunlight? It seems to work well. Try taking photos at different times of day so the angle of the light will be different. >>



Have you tried to take off the lens cap....



My pics are worserer....btw

clw54

<< <i>thanks clw54....these actually were taken earlier this afternoon..on a window sill......probalem is that the coin itself is pretty heavily toned, so I'm having a hard time >>


It is tricky photographing dark coins through plastic.

TerrapinWill

It is tricky photographing dark coins through plastic.

its downright heart breaking CLW54...its a very nice looking toner...it has yellow/green tinting and is so nice in hand...but I cant get it to come across in pics...

kiyote

I got a macro lens that helped a lot...

Pan pac half reverse...Ehh, not bad. I get better.

stev32k

clw is right - try taking the photo outside in open shade on a bright sunny day. A window sill is just not the same.

MrSpud

They aren't that bad. Especially if you are just figuring out how to photograph coins.

FC57Coins

I don't like regular sunlight, and I don't like the typical digital focus that most cameras have - I have an old Mavica with a 10X Optical focus that lets me see the colors of the coin very well before snapping them - sometimes I just don't have the patience to dink with them too much, but it gets the message across. Play with the lighting, use different sources, mixed sources, until you get the look you want

Crackout

The main thing on photographing a toned, slabbed coin is to get the light to bounce directly off the coin and into the camera lens. This is best done with a direct light source (light bulb close to the coin) and a slight tilt of the slab.

I find that with the proper angle, the refecltion of the light bulb is on the slab - right above the coin. Then you crop the reflection out of the picture.