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More photo practice shooting thru a slab...1938 Buffalo

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  • nwcoastnwcoast Posts: 2,884 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Excellent work!!
    I would have never known it was through the slab!

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  • lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,432 ✭✭✭
    sweet image
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  • buffnutbuffnut Posts: 933
    Amazing pics! Mine always turn out like they were drawn on an Etch a Sketch image
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  • rmpsrpmsrmpsrpms Posts: 1,953 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice. What did you use to polish the slab? And what equipment are you using?
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  • icsoccericsoccer Posts: 1,339 ✭✭✭
    No polish, just pulled it out of box. Slab was in good shape. Canon 3ti.
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  • cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 7,960 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well done!
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  • braddickbraddick Posts: 24,815 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Excellent, but your D is crooked.

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  • Crazy4CoinsCrazy4Coins Posts: 1,922 ✭✭✭
    Nicely done.

    I need to figure out how to black out the background like that.......Guess I need to have one of my kids show me howimage
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  • LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    the clarity and size and superb

    how do you feel the images represent the coin in-hand?

    odd coloration is why i ask
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  • icsoccericsoccer Posts: 1,339 ✭✭✭
    The color matches the coin 100%. Some original skin (color) of the nickel are still visible.. more so on the reverse.
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  • lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,893 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very nice!

    Virtually all the coins I shoot are in slabs. I don't find it a big disadvantage. It'd be nice not to have to deal with scratches and prongs, and get a better view of edges. But otherwise the slab is inconsequential.
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  • blu62vetteblu62vette Posts: 11,945 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Very nice!

    Virtually all the coins I shoot are in slabs. I don't find it a big disadvantage. It'd be nice not to have to deal with scratches and prongs, and get a better view of edges. But otherwise the slab is inconsequential.
    Lance. >>



    I agree, you don't notice the slab after a while.
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  • rmpsrpmsrmpsrpms Posts: 1,953 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Slabs limit the range of lighting techniques you can use but once you figure out how to light coins in slabs (as the OP has done well with) you can use the same techniques for raw coins and end up with a consistent look regardless of whether the coin is raw or slabbed. But ultimately the slab is very limiting and having the coin raw (as PCGS does during True View imaging) is an advantage. This is especially true when using specialty techniques such as "museum" lighting or other methods used to show surface details for attribution of varieties, etc. These are tough once the coin is under plastic.
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  • DorkGirlDorkGirl Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭
    image
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  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭

    ...how did you get the slab sealed back up again after the pic image
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  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,401 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great photos icsoccer. Those look very good and you have a beautiful coin to boot! image

    Regarding in-slab shooting, some scratches are easier to hide than others, but I always notice the prongs. They can be a nice and easy way to verify the coin was certified by PCGS or ATS at the time of the photo.

    As mentioned by rmpsrpms, lighting plays an important part too which is why I appreciate raw coin photos, like TrueViews, for exceptional color.
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  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,401 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Double post
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  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,068 ✭✭✭✭✭
    GREAT work. Well done, you get an A+....
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  • Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice !!!
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  • MikeInFLMikeInFL Posts: 10,188 ✭✭✭✭
    That's a superb photo. Usually I can pick out a thing or two to improve in most any photo, but I am left without criticism after viewing your photograph.

    Well done, sir.
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  • richardshipprichardshipp Posts: 5,647 ✭✭✭
    Beautiful pictures. How many lights are you using if you don't mind me asking?
  • rmpsrpmsrmpsrpms Posts: 1,953 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Because of the near perfectly uniform lighting and minimal expression of luster, I'd bet this was done with a small diameter ring light, correct?
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  • blu62vetteblu62vette Posts: 11,945 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Doesn't look like a ring light shot.
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  • icsoccericsoccer Posts: 1,339 ✭✭✭
    rmpsrpms... you are good...LED light ring.
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  • richardshipprichardshipp Posts: 5,647 ✭✭✭


    << <i>rmpsrpms... you are good...LED light ring. >>



    Hmm... I struggle with mine. Did you cover up a lot of the LED's?
  • icsoccericsoccer Posts: 1,339 ✭✭✭
    Actually all were in use.
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