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BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Enclosed are images taken of a 2001-P Double Struck Broadstrike PCGS MS67.

My images posted upon arrival of this newp on 2/18/10

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New images shot today 4/26/10

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  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,492 ✭✭✭✭
    Doesn't look "Golden" anymore.
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  • FairlanemanFairlaneman Posts: 10,426 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Touched it up a hair for you.

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  • adamlaneusadamlaneus Posts: 6,969 ✭✭✭
    Just getting rid of those two different colored light sources and adopting two light sources with identical color...

    ...that's gone a long way towards making the image much nicer!

    However, the white balance does look on the 'coppery' side for a coin that supposed to look like fake gold.
  • FilthyBrokeFilthyBroke Posts: 3,518 ✭


    Very nice!image
  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Touched it up a hair for you. >>




    Thanks Fairlaneman image
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  • AnkurJAnkurJ Posts: 11,370 ✭✭✭✭
    Color looks nice and even now. Very nice!
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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Just getting rid of those two different colored light sources and adopting two light sources with identical color...

    ...that's gone a long way towards making the image much nicer!

    However, the white balance does look on the 'coppery' side for a coin that supposed to look like fake gold. >>



    It may have actually been 3 lights mixed 2 OTT's and 1 Halogen which made it look sickly green.

    Do to the error the bare copper core is exposed from the manganese and this SAC is toned.

    My white balance was correct, but I did place a 27.5mm extension tube between the body and lens for this shot...

    Not sure if the white balance needed to be re-adjusted for this change image
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  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,071 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Which image looks most like the coin in hand?
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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Which image looks most like the coin in hand? >>



    The shot I took today.
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  • tombrtombr Posts: 863 ✭✭
    I like the second shot. Pics that reflect the "in hand" look can be tough to take sometimes.
  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,340 ✭✭✭✭✭
    PlastX, man! 12:00 reverse. image

    Looks nice. No need to readjust white balance because of PK13 tube. Get a grey card and put it somewhere in the shot, either under a see-thru slab or in the margin of the photo, and adjust your white balance to it.
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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>PlastX, man! 12:00 reverse. image

    Looks nice. No need to readjust white balance because of PK13 tube. Get a grey card and put it somewhere in the shot, either under a see-thru slab or in the margin of the photo, and adjust your white balance to it. >>



    Thanks messydesk... Yes there's some haze on both sides of the holder that I neglected to polish as I was just playing around image

    I have a grey/white card that I'll use under the slabs, as I just noticed today that the white foam I've been using for the last couple years is rippling from the heat of the PAR30's.
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  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    nice pics. Watch out for coin tilt - the top is sharper than the bottom on the rev image.
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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>nice pics. Watch out for coin tilt - the top is sharper than the bottom on the rev image. >>



    Thanks mgoodm3! image

    Again I think it's the foam that I was using underneath as it's now getting a bit wavy from the heat of the halogens.

    I noticed it looking at the right side of this image I took earlier as the foam is no longer a usable flat underlay.

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  • BillyGoatsGruffBillyGoatsGruff Posts: 640

    Color balance tweak + retouch. Couldn't do too much with the flare around 4 o'clock though.

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  • mumumumu Posts: 1,840
    The child hasnt aged a bit.

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