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BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I've noticed over the last year that there's a new preference for coin imaging.

So I was just toying around with my camera setting on an old favorite.

Both images are raw with no post editing beyond the template.

Sorry I don't know how to do a Poll... So which style do you prefer image

Thanks in advance! image


1.)

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2.)

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,895 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Both are stunning, but I think I like #1 better. For some reason I can't fully explain, it seems to express that coin's obvious cartwheel luster better.

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  • MikeInFLMikeInFL Posts: 10,188 ✭✭✭✭
    My first reaction, candidly, was it would help if you took photos of the same coin.

    Then I looked closer, and noticed it WAS the same coin.

    Clearly #2 is better to my eye -- it brings out the color.

    Which is closer to in-hand?
    Collector of Large Cents, US Type, and modern pocket change.
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  • UncleJoeUncleJoe Posts: 2,551 ✭✭✭
    I prefer the one that looks like the coin when I have it in hand.

    Joe.
  • 1Mike11Mike1 Posts: 4,427 ✭✭✭✭✭
    2 looks brighter
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  • MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,561 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>2 looks brighter >>


    Yes, too bright.

    I like photo 1.
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Number two.... image Cheers, RickO
  • TwobitcollectorTwobitcollector Posts: 3,952 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • PatchesPatches Posts: 1,700 ✭✭✭
    I much prefer #1
  • lcoopielcoopie Posts: 8,873 ✭✭✭✭✭
    by raw, do you mean RAW?
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  • ormandhormandh Posts: 3,111 ✭✭✭
    #1 probably is closer to the colors, but you really need more light towards the top.
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  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,328 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I like the first picture better. Details are not saturated like they are in the second one, and I get a better feel for the coin. If you keep the lights where they are in the second picture and diffuse one or both of them a little, you'll still have plenty of luster, but you'll reduce the contrast and probably pick up better detail in the central parts of the coin that are currently too bright.
    John
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  • chumleychumley Posts: 2,305 ✭✭✭✭
    my vote is for 9ne...second pic too much light
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  • GreyWarriorGreyWarrior Posts: 7
    I'm a color guy, so I'll pick #2 by a slight margin. Although, I agree #1 shows much more detail.
  • DorkGirlDorkGirl Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭
    I'd like one that is right between the two. #1 with little more light.
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  • RWBRWB Posts: 8,082 ✭
    Which looks most like the coin? #1 has better detail delineation. #3 is good, also.
  • lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,893 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Number 1 is a better picture, clearly, but it lacks the "flash" that number 2 has.

    The problem with 2 is the glare. Excess exposure drowns detail. (Hey, that's kind of alliterative.)

    I'd toy with the lighting a little. I'd also reduce highlights and recover detail in software.

    Nice Isabella! How much do you want? image
    Lance.
    Coin Photography Services / Everyman Registry set / BHNC #213
  • erickso1erickso1 Posts: 1,705 ✭✭✭
    Did you shift the position of the lights from the sides (9 o'clock and 3 o'clock) and further away in number 1, to the 12 o'clock and 6 o'clock position and closer in picture #2?

    I prefer the color in photo #2 but agree the definition gets a bit washed out, especially in the center.

    Maybe a composite of the two would create the total picture.
  • FlatwoodsFlatwoods Posts: 4,247 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It depends on whether I'm buying or just looking at pretty pics.
    I'm not crazy about either to purchase the coin from.

    Alot of the pics I see now have gone from nice to almost cartoonish.

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