Some imaging practice - Roman Republican Images

astrorat · November 14, 2011 2:29PM

Hi folks-

I was just starting to shoot images of some ancients and get the hang of shooting raw coins with some nice relief to them. I thought I would share images of a couple of my favorite brockages. Both coins were shot with a Nikon D60 with a Nikkor 100 mm Micro lens, f/8, 1/125 sec, 3 daylight florescent lamps, coins on short pedestal. Post shot processing was done to the L. Mussidius Longus obverse to darken the exposure. Coins match images fairly well. Let me know any thoughts for improvement.

Lane

L. Mussidius Longus, Silver denarius, 42 BC, Cr 494/43(a or b), 3.99 g, 17 mm

Octavian, Silver denarius, 42 BC, Cr 497/2d, 3.99 g, 20 mm

STLNATS · November 14, 2011 11:59PM

Very nice looking. Would be hard to improve. Interesting brockages on uncommon coins in outstanding condition too!

Hyperion · November 15, 2011 1:30AM

I don't think you need to practice anymore... AWESOME.

but you can still post more shots!!

bronzemat · November 15, 2011 1:36AM

Maybe try a different background color. I used grey/white on mine and found I prefer Black, makes coins stand out more especially toned ones.

Beautiful coins those are!