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New Diffuser setup - TV-like slab pic
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I've had trouble imaging this 1883-CC MS65 DMPL (ANACS old holder) ever since I got it. A client asked that I put together a system for them which could emulate old True Views, and I figured out a specialized diffuser that seemed to do the job. I used this 1883-CC as an example and we were both pleased with the results. Here is a "Slab Glamor Shot", which is an overall pic of the slab with the special-diffuser coin photo pasted-in:
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great coin photo but don't understand putting separate photos together
Sort of a "best of both worlds" composition. It's impossible to get a good overall picture of the slab simultaneously with the coin since they require different lighting to avoid glare and such.
http://macrocoins.com
Nice.
That’s the industry standard.
Coin Photography
Maybe a picture of your photography setup would be helpful to envision what you've done.
Actually, this is probably closer to industry standard:
http://macrocoins.com
Interesting result. I'd like more details.
I described the process on this form perhaps 10 years ago, but it is basically "tilted pseudo-axial" photography. Tilt the coin a bit into the light to reflect off the coin into the camera. This brings out the deep toning colors and gives a bright reflective field to proofs/prooflikes. There are some tricks of course to getting rid of the glare...
http://macrocoins.com
How do you combine the photos? Also interested in such equipment.
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I just used Paint.net to combine the photos.
Open the high res coin photo
Circle crop around the coin and copy to clipboard
Open the slab photo
Paste the cropped coin as "new layer" and move it over the coin in the slab and adjust it to size
To get these results, depending on what you are using now, it may be as simple as adding a diffuser to your existing setup.
http://macrocoins.com
If I’m going to spend a lot of money on a coin with “fancy” pictures there’s a lot to be said about viewing the coin in hand or having good return privileges. I see lots of online images from the same group of dealers and there’s no way the coin looks that way in hand unless it’s imaged with perfect lighting and tilted or the images are processed.
Sure, but that is indeed the way the coin looks in-hand, just not with a simple single glaring lighting setup.
http://macrocoins.com