Photo opinions? sorry modern crap here!!

nolimitz

Are these images suitable to use for an ebay listing?
TIA
Pete

nolimitz

anyone?

ER

Not great, but definitely better than those satellite photos.

Mesquite

I've seen better and I've seen worse on e-bay. The color balance is not too bad. I like the clarity of the reverse pictures better than the obverse pictures (they're not hazy) but I think they are underexposed. Good luck.

DHeath

Pete, that diffuse light thing is not working for the obverse detail. For what this coin will sell for, I'd prefer to see any and all marks, and to see the coin in direct light without slab reflection. The reverse pic is better, but too small to see how I'd feel about the coin being MS68. JMO

nolimitz

I'm going to try again in the am in natural light. This camera may not have it in it?
Thanks all.

TAClough

Don't worry abouit the light, just mail the coin to me and I'll send you a dollar.....no problem.


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nolimitz

one last try tonight

xbob

Your reverse pics are best. The large obverse is nice but a lot of glare. If you use Photoshop, bracket the levels and it'll fix it somewhat.

I doubt imperfect pics will affect the auction outcome. That coin will get high bids just for the PCGS grade and the fact it's a Goodacre Pres. They are hot now and that grade rocks!

bhartman35

I like the last pic best. There's some glare, but it's nothing so bad you can't see through it. If you get the reverse down like that, I think you'll have a great auction on your hands.

xbob

Here's what it looks like with level adjustment and nothing else. Just a little better but the best that can be done from the source.

relayer

I wouldn't use the close-up ones of the coins since you're not seeing useful detail.

If that's the best you've got, just stick with the over-all slab.

Also, the color of the obverse and reverse should match.

ModernDollarNut

ALL of your pictures, IMHO, are better than most eBay pictures of these difficult-to-shoot Godacres.

As hot as these 68's are right now, you are selling plastic: the number of "plastic paralyzed" (thanks be to Fats) bidders out there outnumbers those of us who would try to gather meaningful information from the pictures.

Keep working on your pictures for down-market times when every coin's a dog unless proven otherwise......

You mentioned "single light source"? Experiment wildly with proofs and other shiny coins like Goodacres with all sorts of lighting combinations, from multiple point sources to several Ott-like lamps and at wider angles from the axis of the lens. If you use a photostand or equivalent, sometimes a next to widest f-stop will shorten the focal plane enough to minimize plastic artifacts. But take this all with a grain of salt, I'm just learning, too! Rob