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Proof Lincoln images with different bulbs
lsica
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Wondering which image the group likes better. Same coin, no modifying with software, just different bulbs.
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They both look great.
It also looks like you moved the light source when you took the second picture.
Camera: Kodak LS-753 5MP Easy Share camera
Settings: Macro ("Close Up"), White Balance setting "Incandescent"
Bulbs: 4 incandescent blubs (not spots or floods) in 4 Target desklamps with bendable snake necks for positioning
Picture 1: GE Reveals (of course)
Picture 2: Sylvania Daylights
Didn't realize myself just how different they were until I posted them here and saw the results myself. I agree with the majority, the Reveals are better. Guess I shouldn't've been surprised. Didn't realize how much of a "greenish" tint the Sylvanias put on a pic until I saw them compared to a Reveal pic
If the white balance is set incandescent, the color of #2 must be more accurate. When using reveals, you need to do a custom white balance for accurate color, as the bulb gives off more blues.
<< <i>If the white balance is set incandescent, the color of #2 must be more accurate. When using reveals, you need to do a custom white
balance for accurate color, as the bulb gives off more blues. >>
#1 is more color accurate.
Especially with modern Copper, I think you really need to only use 2-3 lights, otherwise you are way overlighting the coin, and these coins are already bright enough. Back down to 3 lamps, and try again... And your pictures also look like you used a lampshade... get rid of it... I hate the look that it gives coins, and I do not think it is at all accurate of how the coin looks in hand... And it is especially NOT needed on modern proofs, which already have great contrast and do not need any help... biggest thing I hate, is look at the fields in both pictures... they should be completely black... this is another problem of the lampshade, but may be because you are using 4 lamps...
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<< <i>And your pictures also look like you used a lampshade... get rid of it >>
No lampshade. I didn't shine the lights directly on the coin, but no lampshade, no light box, just light
<< <i>biggest thing I hate, is look at the fields in both pictures... they should be completely black >>
On a copper coin? I can see on a silver one, but completely black fields on a copper proof?
<< <i>I like neither...
Especially with modern Copper, I think you really need to only use 2-3 lights, otherwise you are way overlighting the coin, and these coins are already bright enough. Back down to 3 lamps, and try again... And your pictures also look like you used a lampshade... get rid of it... I hate the look that it gives coins, and I do not think it is at all accurate of how the coin looks in hand... And it is especially NOT needed on modern proofs, which already have great contrast and do not need any help... biggest thing I hate, is look at the fields in both pictures... they should be completely black... this is another problem of the lampshade, but may be because you are using 4 lamps... >>