Need opinion on images

ajaan

IF you were thinking of buyer a Roman coin on eBay, which image would you prefer to see?

#1



#2

Preussen

Both are very good, but I'd prefer to see whichever one more accurately represents the actual appearance of the coin -Preussen

farthing

Not that I'm in the market for one but... #1

ajaan

Preussen thanks for the reply. You are 100% correct in that. I think #1 looks more like the coin. I'm just wondering if some people prefer the darker background to the lighter one.

TwoKopeiki

I always liked contrast, myself. Makes it easier for my eyes to focus on the actual coin. Dark coin - white background, white coin - dark background.

Just my 2c.

coinpictures

I prefer the contrast that the dark background provides on a coin this light (conversely, I think a dark copper would look better on the white background).

The highlights are "blown out" a bit though. If you can't adjust the lighting (more diffuse light?) or camera settings to compensate, I'd tweak the pic to darken the highlights and midtones ever so slightly:

SilverEagles92

What about this?



Just a quick crop job.

ajaan

SilverEagles92, I would love to do it like that but I don't know how to get a totally black background like that. Is it possible using Microsoft Paint?

TwoKopeiki

Don, you would need something a bit more powerful than Paint. If you'd like - you can forward your images to me in the future and I can crop them for you, similar to what SilverEagle did.

Preussen

<< <i>... I'm just wondering if some people prefer the darker background to the lighter one. >>

Oh . In that case, I prefer the dark background -Preussen

theboz11

I think they are both to brightl.

ajaan

oops! Should have been a PM.

StrikeOutXXX

I like the darker background - especially since you're dealing with some intricacies with the rim, the darker one shows the edge better (the void at 12:00 on the rev is much easier to see with the dark background for instance). As for the picture, just a little too much reflection for me, but it certainly isn't "Bad".

laurentyvan

I always like dark backgrounds even if I don't always provide them. Don, I've seen you take pictures of auction items with a dark background and that has to be the easiest way.

By the by, pic 1 is entirely satisfactory.

koincollect

I like the one tweaked by coinpictures. Your images are too light to make out much. I prefer the darker background too!

SilverEagles92

<< <i>Don, you would need something a bit more powerful than Paint. If you'd like - you can forward your images to me in the future and I can crop them for you, similar to what SilverEagle did. >>



Actually, MS Paint is what I used. I cropped the coin from the original images, and then colored in the previous background with black paint. Took about 10 minutes, but the product looks great.

JZrarities

#1

nicholasz219

I prefer the image of the coin itself more in pic 1, but I do also like the darker background. I have some silver Roman denarii and I know that the first picture should look more like the coin than the second one. Even though I like the darker background, it seems that it may the cause of why I don't think it would look more like the actual coin. It seems that the second image is unnaturally bright.


Nick

rhound1977

<< <i>I prefer the image of the coin itself more in pic 1,


Nick >>

Aethelred

Number 2 looks a little washed out, I'd go with number 1.

coinkat

not sure