Coin Photography - Everything you ever wanted to know

Griv

. . . . . is what I hope people will post in this thread.


That last photoshop thread was helpful plus I switched to RAW format and this is what I was able to produce.





This is what I was getting before and I couldn't get rid of the glare.

JapanJohn

Getting there. Looks a tad bit out of focus though, but the color is 1000x's better than the last shot. It's just a matter of playing around until you see what you like.

The thing I hate most is taking a half an hour and photographing an obverse and getting exactly what I want and then flipping the coin over and thinking one shot will nail the reverse.

Sometimes it does, sometimes it's like starting all over.

Good work.

John

Griv

Here's a couple more that I worked on tonight.

derryb

cheap Kodak DX7590 point and shoot camera with fixed lens that accepts close-up (diopter) screw-on filters
telescopic table top tripod
two gooseneck desktop lamps from Home Depot
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Doesn't have to be too complicated and technical to get acceptable results:

rmpsrpms

My first attempt at picturing a toner with the new setup...