I need help from the imaging "gurus"...Please!!!

dizzyfoxx

I'm trying so hard to image this coin to capture the entire "essence" of it but I am not able to do so without some sort of glare spots etc. Is it possible for one of the imaging "gurus" here on the forum to use these three images to make ONE perfect image? ...which shows all of the eye-appealing characteristics of this coin's obverse? Please help if possible... I would be ever so grateful!

Image#1 captured the left, top and bottom area



Image #2 captured the right area



Image #3 captured the bust profiles and uniforms of Lee and McClellan

Baley

crack it out

LucyBop

I would love to have a shot at imaging that beauty....

nwcs

Shoot at an angle and correct the image distortion in Photoshop. Also you can use a polarizing filter to help reduce the glare. You can also soften the light and move it further away to reduce the glare.

mgoodm3

The plastic is a problem for getting what you want. The only way that I found that really works is if the coin is tilted in the slab. it has to be tilted enough so that the coin pics up the reflection of the light before the plastic does. the light needs to come in from the direction of the tilt. i have a few coins where this works OK, but on most of them, you're hosed.

MrSpud

This is the best I can do with my primitive Picture It 99 software

mozin

Wow!

dizzyfoxx

<< <i>This is the best I can do with my primitive Picture It 99 software
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MrSpud, thank you SO much!!! ...I can finally share my Antietam as it truly appears in-hand!!!

MrSpud

You're welcome