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Some photos of Lincoln toners . . .

And the lessons I'm learning about imaging toners.

First, take the darned coin out of the 2x2 or you'll get shots like this one:

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And this one:

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Next, don't forget to get an image of BOTH sides of the coin.

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Then, rig up some way to hold the camera absolutely still as you shoot so you don't get slightly blurred images like this one:

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Or this one:

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Keep in mind that a nice rainbow is a tricky thing to capture. It's all about taking care to get the lighting just right--which I clearly didn't in the case of this upcaptured beauty:

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And it helps to get ENOUGH light on the subject so you don't wind up with a shot like this:

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These were all shot on film, since only my film camera has a macro setting. Needless to say, it's disappointing to pay for the developing and find a bunch of shots like these!

Most important lesson of all: It's time to invest in a digital camera that has good macro capabilities.

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"Coin collecting problem"? What "coin collecting problem"?

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