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Finally! An image of my Oregon that is true to form...Opinions welcome!
dizzyfoxx
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Thanks "MrSpud" for helping me properly portray my cherished Oregon commem!
Opinions welcome!
Opinions welcome!
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Russ, NCNE
<< <i>It's marginally attractive. >>
Russ was being marginally generous in his assessment.
Edited to add: That is one gorgeous coin!
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Really nice coin, Dizzy.
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<< <i>IMHO, the photo is overexposed and the colors juiced in post processing. Otherwise a good photo of a superb coin...Mike >>
Mike, feedback, whether praise or constructive criticism is ALWAYS welcome. I must elaborate and say that when viewing this coin under good lighting, this is EXACTLY what the colors,and the coin itself looks like. I would not accept anything otherwise.
Edited to add: I'm dazzled myself as to how striking this Oregon is in-hand!
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<< <i>Mike, feedback, whether praise or constructive criticism is ALWAYS welcome. I must elaborate and say that when viewing this coin under good lighting, this is EXACTLY what the colors,and the coin itself looks like. I would not accept anything otherwise.
Edited to add: I'm dazzled myself as to how striking this Oregon is in-hand!
You have the coin in hand, so I'll bend to your perspective on the colors.
However, I stick by my guns on the overexposed comment. The photo has blown highlights most easily seen in the lower right of the coin. If you take the photo and look at the values of the RGB for pixels in the area, you will note values of 255,255,255 which is indicative of an overexposide photo. While blown highlights when photographing coins is oftentimes virtually impossible, the areas in which your photo is overexposed are too expansive for my eye.
In digital photography it is imperative not to blow highlights and overexpose. In contrast, underexposure is a much more fixable problem in post processing, details that are not visible can be amplified easily. However with blown highlights, the details are generally complely gone and no amount of post processing can restore them. So if you are going to make a mistake one way or the other, make it on the "dark" side and underexpose.
If your camera gives you the ability to turn on the "blinkies" or see where the photo is overexposed by blinking the pixels, this can be used to tell if you've blown highlights. Incidentally, the reason that this feature is available on some cameras is due to the problem blown highlights cause in post processing.
Another feature one should make themselves familiar with is the histogram -- basically a plot of the brightness of the pixels. Some camras have a feature to preview the histogram immediately after you take the photo. If yours does, learn to use it as histograms are an even better tool to tell you about the exposure of your photo.
I hope this helps, for that's my intent...Mike
I'm with Mike as far as the pic goes............but I'll be damned if I understand all that technical jargan. I too at times have a problem with overexposing my pics..
Herb
Nice combination of toned and untoned areas.
Good photo too.
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<< <i>Mike, feedback, whether praise or constructive criticism is ALWAYS welcome. I must elaborate and say that when viewing this coin under good lighting, this is EXACTLY what the colors,and the coin itself looks like. I would not accept anything otherwise.
Edited to add: I'm dazzled myself as to how striking this Oregon is in-hand!
You have the coin in hand, so I'll bend to your perspective on the colors.
However, I stick by my guns on the overexposed comment. The photo has blown highlights most easily seen in the lower right of the coin. If you take the photo and look at the values of the RGB for pixels in the area, you will note values of 255,255,255 which is indicative of an overexposide photo. While blown highlights when photographing coins is oftentimes virtually impossible, the areas in which your photo is overexposed are too expansive for my eye.
In digital photography it is imperative not to blow highlights and overexpose. In contrast, underexposure is a much more fixable problem in post processing, details that are not visible can be amplified easily. However with blown highlights, the details are generally complely gone and no amount of post processing can restore them. So if you are going to make a mistake one way or the other, make it on the "dark" side and underexpose.
If your camera gives you the ability to turn on the "blinkies" or see where the photo is overexposed by blinking the pixels, this can be used to tell if you've blown highlights. Incidentally, the reason that this feature is available on some cameras is due to the problem blown highlights cause in post processing.
Another feature one should make themselves familiar with is the histogram -- basically a plot of the brightness of the pixels. Some camras have a feature to preview the histogram immediately after you take the photo. If yours does, learn to use it as histograms are an even better tool to tell you about the exposure of your photo.
I hope this helps, for that's my intent...Mike >>
Mike, your feedback is ALWAYS appreciated. I must say that when viewing the coin under good quality halogen lighting, that this is honestly exactly what the coin looks like. The colors in the toning are dead on, and the lower right untoned area is very white and lustrous. Thanks so much for your input for I am always eager to learn the finer details of the hobby and imaging.
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Bruce Scher
<< <i>I have had that dang Oregon on my screen saver all day.... >>
On the compliment scale, you just got the topper.
Russ, NCNE
But i love Oregons
Oregon+Toning = Wood
If Bruce Scher is drooling it has to be Wood Worthy ™ !
Proof
<< <i>Generally i dont like toners at all.
But i love Oregons
Oregon+Toning = Wood
If Bruce Scher is drooling it has to be wood worthy !
Proof >>
If a pretty toned coin is equivalent to a little "wood". Then IMHO, this Oregon =