New lighting technique

I think it looks nice on smooth, chocolatey brown copper. I'm not sure the same technique would work well for all metal compositions and for all size coins. I have had some trouble lately even getting 2 Jansjo lamps to light a silver dollar size coin well, and have had to use 3. Very nice piece. I'm a fan of both the young Victoria bust and of the seated Britannia design!

Thanks! I think this technique will work well when I want to capture every detail. I also shot a higher-grade silver coin this way:



As for setup, it's very simple: I position the LED (with some added diffusion) over the coin and then eyeball the light balance/centering.
Then I bring in the camera and carefully shoot. I do these hand-held with a small Canon point-and-shoot--very low-tech.

The color are pretty true, but there are some reflective colors that change with light. It's a solid copper coin.
Here's another coin that I applied this technique, and I'm happy with the results.