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  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,659 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Now all you need is an electron microscope! :)

    All glory is fleeting.
  • jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 10,538 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great pics. Like the die cracks on the 8, morgan I suppose.
    Jim


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  • OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 8,067 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Let's have a little fun with these great photos.

    Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )

  • Aspie_RoccoAspie_Rocco Posts: 3,571 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What did you use to get these pics? Great quality close ups.

    https://www.autismforums.com/media/albums/acrylic-colors-by-rocco.291/

  • WindycityWindycity Posts: 3,535 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great pics!

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  • ShurkeShurke Posts: 650 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Amazing pics, as always!

  • pcgsregistrycollectorpcgsregistrycollector Posts: 1,260 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great pics!

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  • CopperindianCopperindian Posts: 2,335 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Always like your detailed pics - thanks for posting!

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  • OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 8,067 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Like @291fifth said: The next step is scanning electron microscope! 😉 👍

    Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )

  • in2Coinsin2Coins Posts: 365 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Aspie_Rocco said:
    What did you use to get these pics? Great quality close ups.

    Thanks! These pics were taken with 10x Objective Lens. I will post my camera setup later.

  • emeraldATVemeraldATV Posts: 4,893 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "With great photos, comes great responsibility". "
    WOW!

  • Eric_BabulaEric_Babula Posts: 441 ✭✭✭✭

    @in2Coins said:

    @Aspie_Rocco said:
    What did you use to get these pics? Great quality close ups.

    Thanks! These pics were taken with 10x Objective Lens. I will post my camera setup later.

    Don't tease us like that! Inquiring minds need to know how you got those shots! I need to learn to take shots like this!

    Rocking my "shiny-object-syndrome"!!!

  • lilolmelilolme Posts: 2,841 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Eric_Babula said:

    @in2Coins said:

    @Aspie_Rocco said:
    What did you use to get these pics? Great quality close ups.

    Thanks! These pics were taken with 10x Objective Lens. I will post my camera setup later.

    Don't tease us like that! Inquiring minds need to know how you got those shots! I need to learn to take shots like this!

    .
    I don't want to try and find it but in a previous thread it was mentioned that focus stacking was used. Don' recall how many photos were said to have been used at that particular time. I don't know if that is still being used but these appear very similar in quality and depth. Here is an article that I found and I posted sometime before on focus stacking.

    https://digital-photography-school.com/a-beginners-guide-to-focus-stacking/

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  • in2Coinsin2Coins Posts: 365 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Here’s the camera setup. The attached objective lens is what I use most. The other one is a 4x mag.
    As you can see, there are varieties of extensions and lens converters. Sony body, Canon Ef converter, Nikon F converter, etc. to utilize all my other lenses.

    Lighting is the biggest challenge since the working distance isn’t much (16mm).

  • emeraldATVemeraldATV Posts: 4,893 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @lilolme said:
    I don't want to try and find it but in a previous thread it was mentioned that focus stacking was used. Don' recall how many photos were said to have been used at that particular time. I don't know if that is still being used but these appear very similar in quality and depth. Here is an article that I found and I posted sometime before on focus stacking.

    I can say this, about that, above.
    The OP's photo's, in my eyes, are made from a single pristine image.

    They call it photo stacking ?
    It has a name ? It is what it is, no web site needed. I use that method sometimes.
    Is it considered a false image or even a bogus way to support a view ?
    Save this discussion for another day.
    Carry on.

  • yosclimberyosclimber Posts: 5,026 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 27, 2025 12:01AM

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focus_stacking

    Prior post in 2023 used focus stacking. It's normal for very high magnification like this.

    https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/comment/13508717/#Comment_13508717

    Pic above was from 8x stacked photos. Below pics are way more for better stacking for sharpness. Software used is Helicon.

    A lens with 1:1 mag ratio have a very shallow depth of field (focus). With lens with higher mag ratio, the depth of field gets even shallower. Taking multiple photos at different focus plane enables the macro lens to have greater depth of field. Focus stacking software (Helicon or Adobe) will stitch the sharpest focus of each photos and will then stack them. Hope this helps a little bit…..

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