I made no editing adjustments of any kind after shooting images of the coin below. The copy stand set up and bulbs used were recommended to me by K6AZ and TonedPeaceNut (thanks again guys) and mentioned in this thread here:
Nice, it's a little over exposed... you've led me to want to get a couple of felxible lights to go with my set up... Are you using the bulbs Eric recomended?
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Mark, how are you shooting the coin? If you're not doing so already, use the self timer and step away from the camera when the shot is taken. This will make sure the camera is absolutely still when the shutter is released.
<< <i>Mark, how are you shooting the coin? If you're not doing so already, use the self timer and step away from the camera when the shot is taken. This will make sure the camera is absolutely still when the shutter is released. >>
You did fix the lighting! Congrats!!! Now you need to go for crispiness. It looks like you might have resized the image or something that made it a little grainy. Could be your camera settings.
I think it is a great attempt and a lot better than I could have done. Is that a picture of the rare elongated seated dime?
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Nice dime! A question about picking the "right bulb," though. With most digital cameras having a white-balance calibration. What would be the difference between a picture taken with two bulbs of different color temperatures if the camera were calibrated on a grey card illuminated by the bulb before shooting the picture? To get a fair comparison, both bulbs need to be the same "frostiness" and in the same type of lamp when conducting the test. My impression on non-traditional bulbs like the GE Reveal is that it's simply a slightly different color temperature that accentuates certain colors for your eye, which doesn't have such a discrete white-balance calibration function.
I'm currently using a daylight-balanced fluorescent bulb in my desk lamp. I suppose I'll look for a nicely toned coin and try this experiment myself sometime. My guess is that if there is a noticeable difference, it would only be with toned coins, where certain colors will "pop" more under certain bulbs before the camera adjusts for them.
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I did use the bulbs Eric recommended and I do feel that the images are extremely accurate/true to life
tim
<< <i>Mark, how are you shooting the coin? If you're not doing so already, use the self timer and step away from the camera when the shot is taken. This will make sure the camera is absolutely still when the shutter is released. >>
You did fix the lighting! Congrats!!! Now you need to go for crispiness. It looks like you might have resized the image or something that made it a little grainy. Could be your camera settings.
You can stop tilting the coin now though.
TPN
<< <i>You can stop tilting the coin now though. >>
Michael, YOU can stop drinking now though
<< <i>I didn't tilt the coin >>
Oh, okay -- it just looks oblong thats all.
Nice pic -- you are getting there Grasshopper!
TPN
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--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
I'm currently using a daylight-balanced fluorescent bulb in my desk lamp. I suppose I'll look for a nicely toned coin and try this experiment myself sometime. My guess is that if there is a noticeable difference, it would only be with toned coins, where certain colors will "pop" more under certain bulbs before the camera adjusts for them.
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