It takes a long time for me to take a coin photo,
lcoopie
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I am happy that my pics are slowly getting better but
attaching the camera,
setting the white balance and settings,
adjusting the lights,
taking multiple shots,
transfering the photos,
going to the computer,
developing the photos, etc.
But I seem to enjoy it.
How long from start to finish does it take you?
attaching the camera,
setting the white balance and settings,
adjusting the lights,
taking multiple shots,
transfering the photos,
going to the computer,
developing the photos, etc.
But I seem to enjoy it.
How long from start to finish does it take you?
LCoopie = Les
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I must be up at 15-20 minutes
by the time it is posted on photobucket,
another step.
Only a couple of minutes to take the pics and 5 min or so to process in Photoshop.
MJ
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
it is awesome to see die polish lines in a pic that is good enough
to obviously see they are polish lines rather than cleaning
and to get the colors without washing them out with spotlights
Today, the coin comes in and is digitally imaged and placed on website, ebay, or coin forum in about 5 minutes.
<< <i>I can take an image of obverse, reverse, and full slab shot in roughly one min maybe two tops. I simply walk over to the camera pop in a memory card, click the lights on, adjust the height of camera if needed, click live view and check lighting position and snap away. >>
Pretty close to the same here.
The majority of times is, as others have said, in the photo-editing for cropping, sizing, and background. I find that, in photoshop, making the circle exactly fit the coin is what takes me, by far, the longest...sometimes 80-90% of my time.
I did about 15 half cents last week and I took most of the pics at one time, then spent the next 90-120 minutes in photoshop to crop/size/put into pre-ordained template. I didn't have anything to buff the slabs, so there are still scratches visible on the plastic, but, it is what it is.
If I had stuff to puff, then I would have been buffing about 13 of those slabs and that would have been another hour or so.
I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment
<< <i>Is that a French manicure you are sporting?
MJ >>
finally got it,
One big time saver would be to have
a dedicated camera,
in position, correct lens, white balance set,
and ready to go.
Screwing onto the copy stand takes a minute or so as well.
I don't have such a set up, yet.
But I do have some encouragement in that it takes Mark 10 minutes to "develop his shots"
Select coin, polish slab if scratched
Tweak lights, focus, shoot 20 pix
Upload to Mac
Post-process (cropping, brightness, white balance, etc.)
Save one set of best
Upload to PCGS registry/inventory
Resize and upload to photobucket (optional)
Rinse, repeat
I consider it fun. And it helps me study the coins and improve my grading skills.
Lance.
<< <i>I consider it fun.
Lance. >>
All you consider it fun, LOL.
I consider it a huge amount of work and not very fun at all.
I don't even consider nature photography fun as it is even harder than coin photography. Work is work.
I probably image about 20 - 40 coins per week for my ongoing ebay auctions. I also image coins for my website and coin forum. Work, work, work is all I seem to do all the time.
Running 2 business at once and with both being photography intense doesn't make photography fun at all.
But I still have a lot of fun when not photographing
Ken
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
Hey, on the back of that MERC. I see a bunch of thin vertical scratches? Or what are those. I see them a lot now on my coins since I started taking high res photos.
How did this one grade?
67FB
LOL Ken ... I know that feeling.
As to the OP's question ... I take bad pictures, but ... by the time I takle the picture, load it on to the computer, crop it, color adjust it (if neccessary) and put it on a background and host it up at photoshop, I'm pretty sure it takes at least twenty minutes. Of course, if I can do three at a time, the average time probably drops to 12 -15 minutes.
Sometimes, maybe ...
I've spent well over an hour and not got a shot worth a dang on just one coin though
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Todd - BHNC #242
<< <i>Picture don't generally take too long. What takes the time for me is the post-processing. If all is going smoothly, I can do about 7-8 hour. >>
This has been my experience too. Except felt to the extreme I guess. For instance take the Simpson Collection, all the coins in the sets plus a lot that are not. 1000+ coins were all photographed in 2 days. Post took a bit longer as you can imagine, but the results are pretty good all things considered.
<< <i>I am happy that my pics are slowly getting better but
attaching the camera,
setting the white balance and settings,
adjusting the lights,
taking multiple shots,
transfering the photos,
going to the computer,
developing the photos, etc.
But I seem to enjoy it.
How long from start to finish does it take you?
It looks like your holder is imaged sitting on the carpet? is that so? That may be why you're having focus issues.
which has a base thats a gray "blend", formica-like material.
Next time I am going for the white paper look.
I think it's in focus?
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<< <i>Picture don't generally take too long. What takes the time for me is the post-processing. If all is going smoothly, I can do about 7-8 hour. >>
This has been my experience too. Except felt to the extreme I guess. For instance take the Simpson Collection, all the coins in the sets plus a lot that are not. 1000+ coins were all photographed in 2 days. Post took a bit longer as you can imagine, but the results are pretty good all things considered. >>
Super images Phil.
U.S. Type Set
<< <i>Great images! Decent coin
I love that coin
<< <i>Really good images, really nice coin. Need to find a way to get light into that 3 o'clock area. Looks like there is some toning up there that would love to be brought to life (unless it is black). >>
you are correct, its not black at all