I'm experimenting with new photo techniques, what do you think? (revised gold pic)

nwcs

Good? Not good? Is your monitor properly calibrated? Just want to see coin pics?


Original pic


Revised pic:

LucyBop

not bad.........

Freak1c

Wow !!! That is nice. Very detailed.

Freak






My kingdom for a 1976 S PR69 DCAM PCGS Lincoln cent

nwcs

The pics incorporate about 8 different stops of exposure. I'm still learning but I'm finding some cool stuff to do with this.

Freak1c

What kind of camera if I may ask ?

Freak

saintguru

a little less light for the gold.

nwcs

I'm using a Kodak Z740 PNS camera. It's been the most fun digital camera I've ever had.

nwcs

Beautiful double eagle!! My eagle is a bit on the bright side but it's hard to flatten it because of the luster. Most monitors I see trend too brightly in images, though.

Freak1c

Saintguru,

are you using photoshop as well ???

Freak




My kingdom for a 1976 S PR69 DCAM PCGS Lincoln cent

mgoodm3

One light? Lighting is a little harsh for me, a bit too much contrast.

saintguru

Fact is that Mike Printz took the pic....here is the pic I took...I used photoshop for contrast and I added a tough of yellow to correct the image.

nwcs

Two lights, 14 pictures each.

LucyBop

<< <i>Two lights, 14 pictures each. >>



I find natural sunlight can't be beat....

mgoodm3

Lights close together or like 180 degrees from each other?

saintguru

With GOLD natural sunlight casts too much blue.

nwcs

The technique isn't about the lighting position but about a high definition file. I create a 32 bit picture with a dynamic range far greater than a single pic can do. I'm just learning how to turn it back into a good 8 bit pic.

saintguru

But the Eagle has too much "flash" especially the right top quadrant where I would 'guess" your light source is.

Detail is EXCELLENT!!

nwcs

Well, I'm in the process of re-processing the eagle pics so we'll see what I come up with next...

saintguru

It's all trial and error. You will get them very accurate if this is just the start!

robertpr

The copper picture looks unnatural color-wise. The silver pic looks nice. The gold pic is far too overexposed and the lustre drowns out the surface detail. All three pics look overexposed.

Freak1c

The cent looks bright to me


Freak

saintguru

BETTER. Now...hit the yellow button once and see how that looks!

nwcs

Cool. I'll try that and maybe a couple other things tomorrow. The nice thing about this technique is that you really don't need to re-shoot the coin. With 11 pictures in the high def we're talking 30 MB worth of coin for the obv with a far greater pixel range than a single pic.