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Dirty gold Newpy doop.

topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I'm trying to concentrate on early stuff from here on out and found this dirty half eagle.

I suck at pix and am TRYING to get one that truly shows the DIRT contrast, but so far no luck.

These are the seller images and pretty darn accurate but ...still.... not QUITE the "dirtbag" look I wanna capture.

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I have a brighter AU53 1803/2 but I kinda like the dirtier lower grade. image

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    coinlieutenantcoinlieutenant Posts: 9,305 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Awesome coin...

    siliconvalleycoins.com

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    valente151valente151 Posts: 1,068 ✭✭✭
    Nice looking coin with alot of meat on it.
    My Retired Toned Proof Mercury Dime Set
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    BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 11,963 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks nice, congrats!

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    YorkshiremanYorkshireman Posts: 4,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Love the toning!
    Yorkshireman,Obsessed collector of round, metallic pieces of history.Hunting for Latin American colonial portraits plus cool US & British coins.
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    BustCudsBustCuds Posts: 1,096 ✭✭✭
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    BustCudsBustCuds Posts: 1,096 ✭✭✭

    Super Early Half Eagle image
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    BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congrats as that looks really nice image
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    BustCudsBustCuds Posts: 1,096 ✭✭✭
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    BustCudsBustCuds Posts: 1,096 ✭✭✭
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    FlatwoodsFlatwoods Posts: 4,122 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow! That is beautiful.
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    kazkaz Posts: 9,096 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I love the color/patina. Congrats!
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    BigpoppasBigpoppas Posts: 241 ✭✭✭
    Absolutely beautiful coin !!
    Amazing addition to any collectionimage

    Deliciously golden !!
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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,624 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I use an older program, Microsoft Digital Image, to process pictures. One way to make the "dirt" show more is to increase the "shadows" level on the exposure and lighting area. This sometimes makes the colors too intense, which requires you to lower the saturation. Otherwise the colors are too intense. Less you think that I am "juicing" the pictures, I sit with the coin in hand and compare it with the screen as I work.

    I would also suggest that you increase the size of your photos. This one is a bit small.

    Does this come closer to what you would like to show?

    image
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    WeissWeiss Posts: 9,938 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That coin is awesome.
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    SwampboySwampboy Posts: 12,903 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image

    Great coin and kudos for a thread title with Newpy doop in it. image

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    crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 13,899 ✭✭✭✭✭
    An incredible beauty!!!!image
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    lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,408 ✭✭✭
    coins like this
    make me want to just crack all my coins out of holders and spend them

    this is a coin...A STUNNING ONE AT THAT
    congrats

    thanks for sharing it's beauty
    everything in life is but merely on loan to us by our appreciation....lose your appreciation and see


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    stevebensteveben Posts: 4,598 ✭✭✭✭✭
    i love early gold.

    that coin took 209 years to make it to you. imagine that.

    congrats!
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    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I use an older program, Microsoft Digital Image, to process pictures. One way to make the "dirt" show more is to increase the "shadows" level on the exposure and lighting area. This sometimes makes the colors too intense, which requires you to lower the saturation. Otherwise the colors are too intense. Less you think that I am "juicing" the pictures, I sit with the coin in hand and compare it with the screen as I work.

    I would also suggest that you increase the size of your photos. This one is a bit small.

    Does this come closer to what you would like to show?

    image >>




    Purty darn CLOSE!!!

    Might have been how I tweaked it for my avatar.
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    BaleyBaley Posts: 22,659 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Love the coin! image

    Not crazy about the yellow border on the avatar

    Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry

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    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Love the coin! image

    Not crazy about the yellow border on the avatar >>



    Me neither but it was about all that worked at all from Paint's choices.

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