First Photo in a long time
JapanJohn
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Finally got around to shooting some of the new coins I got recently. Of course I'm an ASE lover so that's first up under the lens.
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I like how the font color matches the coin color.
Good eye.
John
Never view my other linked pages. They aren't coin related.
In order to be true to the coin all I do is a little unsharp mask although I will confess to using the "Match Color" tool in Photoshop for the separate layers.
Sometimes with a slabbed coin or because of the texture one side will photograph much darker or with a much different shade. In that case I just hold the coin up and decide which shot, obverse or reverse is the best representation and then use the match color tool on the layer that I don't like the color of.
One thing I like about tethering the camera to the computer is that you can really take a lot of shots, see the results instantly and adjust quickly to where you don't have to fiddle with software not too much. I think I took about 10 photos of the obverse and 3 or 4 of the reverse until I got what I liked. The software changes had a pretty minimal effect on the overall coin and if you look closely over the word Silver you can see some minor milk spots. I try not to remove any defects in case the photo ever ends up as the photo I would use to advertise the coin. Not that I ever sell any.
John
Never view my other linked pages. They aren't coin related.
and you just hold a piece of paper over it?
I must try that.
Ron
Edited to add: I just noticed the coin color is the same color as the picture of Bender in the avatar. Is John secretly telling us to bite his shiny metal a$*?