Yesterday NEWPS lead to me PHOTOGRAPHING this NEWP

keyman64

Yesterday, I shared with you my NEWPS IN THIS THREAD
with a fancy shot of my three new lights.

At FUN, I Cherrypicked the below coin and I had Todd photograph it so I could quickly share it in my FUN report.
He did a great job with the photos but I of course wanted to image it myself to see how I could do. The desire is to
get accurate colors and portray the luster accurately was my goal. I believe I did. I would not have been able to do this
with my two CFL bulky desk lamp setup...yesterday I bought new lights and I am very pleased with the results.

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keyman64

<< <i>Not bad. Did you diffuse the light? Just wondering. >>

I put one of the two plies from a tissue over the lights and held them on with a fancy rubber band.

morbidsteve

Wow great pictures!! Wish I could do it that well.

I'm working on it.

Steve

keyman64

Thanks Steve. I lot of experimentation and practice has gotten me here. Keep working at.

AuroraBorealis

Nice looking Merc keyman! Your shots are very good... One thing I see and I have had trouble with it as well are some of the cold areas... Try and illuminate a slight bit better the areas at the top of the head, in front of the eye above the upper lip etc. The relief of the Merc can make that challenging but you are so close and right there... Great job!
Edited to add tricky and a fine line full illumination and loosing the luster...

AB