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Colorful Mercury Dime

TonedloverTonedlover Posts: 142
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I read Mark Goodman's book, Numismatic Photography, got a copy stand, and started experimenting. What do you think?

Thanks!

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    JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You read it very well! Great pic and coin. MJ
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    bob48bob48 Posts: 465 ✭✭✭
    That is a beautiful coin. It is one of the better examples that I have ever seen.
    Thanks for showing it off!
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    TomBTomB Posts: 23,070 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think you are doing extremely well.
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    AnkurJAnkurJ Posts: 11,375 ✭✭✭✭
    Nicely done!
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    tightbudgettightbudget Posts: 7,299 ✭✭✭
    Looks like that book purchase paid off well
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    robertprrobertpr Posts: 6,862 ✭✭✭
    Nicely done. But why so small?
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    keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,650 ✭✭✭✭✭
    We need a much larger image to fully judge.
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    fcloudfcloud Posts: 12,133 ✭✭✭✭
    I like it!

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    TonedloverTonedlover Posts: 142
    Thanks for the encouragement, everyone! Here's a larger version for those who asked.

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    secondrepublicsecondrepublic Posts: 2,619 ✭✭✭
    excellent!!! now that's a nice coin photo. image
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    CameonutCameonut Posts: 7,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very nice coin and photo! image

    Can you describe your setup for us? Camera, lens, lighting, etc. (I've been thinking about buying a new camera)

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    TonedloverTonedlover Posts: 142
    Thanks again! Here's a picture of my set-up (that my wife took to illustrate how ridiculous my hobby was becoming image). So far I've only tried incandescent bulbs (100W), and I only have 2 lights, so that's a limitation as Goodman has shown that 3 lights can be an improvement in some circumstances. I use my daughter's Nikon D90 camera and 105 mm macro lens. So far I've only tried the "aperture priority" mode at an f stop of 5.6 or 6.3.

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