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morgansforevermorgansforever Posts: 8,491 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited September 1, 2025 6:40AM in U.S. Coin Forum

Just arrived today, what a magnificent piece. The artistry and detail is wonderful, which I could've purchased the gold, this will have to do. I did manage to secure two of these though. FYI, 1/160 ss, f10, iso 100, center weighted, lights at 10 n 2. Have a wonderful Labor Day weekend all.


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  • pcgsregistrycollectorpcgsregistrycollector Posts: 1,640 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sweet!

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  • Morgan13Morgan13 Posts: 1,723 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Really is beautiful.
    It looks perfect.
    Such great artwork.

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,352 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice

  • BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,553 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Beautiful coin!

    Beautiful photography too.

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  • pmh1nicpmh1nic Posts: 3,376 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Really like the obverse design, not so much the reverse. But you did a create job of capturing the coin in your photographs.

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  • duck620duck620 Posts: 1,038 ✭✭✭✭

    Beautiful coin.

  • morgansforevermorgansforever Posts: 8,491 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 31, 2025 9:53AM

    @pmh1nic said:
    Really like the obverse design, not so much the reverse. But you did a create job of capturing the coin in your photographs.

    Learned most if not all of my photography skills right here on the forums. From members messydesk, Bluevette and so many others. The final presentation is important to me and capturing the coin/medal to the best of my ability. Still shooting with my d3100, with a AF Micro Nikkor 105mm 1:2.8 D lens, it has served me well. ss1/160, F10, iso 100, center weighted, lights at roughly 10 n 2, fyi.

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  • Coins3675Coins3675 Posts: 523 ✭✭✭

    Cool

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 36,992 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like both sides very much

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  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 36,992 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It would help others if you used a more informative title.

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  • FlyingAlFlyingAl Posts: 3,995 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice! I might suggest using a timer to take the image, as you have a little bit of camera shake on the first image. You should be able to choose between 2 and 10 second timers.

  • morgansforevermorgansforever Posts: 8,491 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @FlyingAl said:
    Very nice! I might suggest using a timer to take the image, as you have a little bit of camera shake on the first image. You should be able to choose between 2 and 10 second timers.

    I did use the 2 second timer, maybe bump up my ss. Now that I look at it, it's slightly less clean than the reverse.

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  • FlyingAlFlyingAl Posts: 3,995 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @morgansforever said:

    @FlyingAl said:
    Very nice! I might suggest using a timer to take the image, as you have a little bit of camera shake on the first image. You should be able to choose between 2 and 10 second timers.

    I did use the 2 second timer, maybe bump up my ss. Now that I look at it, it's slightly less clean than the reverse.

    I would keep the shutter speed, just try and limit the factors that would move the camera. Back button focus also helps a lot. And of course, don’t accidentally bump the tripod.

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