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I don't think I'd ever be able to settle on a "best," but this one came out rather nice I thought:   I have a lot of trouble photographing proofs due to all the reflections, but this one came out better than most. |
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Great photos everyone !  @barryg - That reverse proof photo is stunning!! |
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This one is the best picture that I have taken;  I took this one on one of our Mediterranean Cruises when were stationed in Italy. Kelsey was disappointed when there were no dolphins escorting us out of the port in Venice. ...this is the best image I have taken of one of my coins...it is so good (lighting) that the scratch on the right side "disappeared".   Edited by oih82w8
01/19/2013 1:50 pm
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Barryg, Reverse Proofs are probably the most difficult of all coins to image, and your results are fantastic.
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I liked the look of this Trade dollar I found in my picture file. (Unfortunately, I have no memory of how it was taken. Still, IMO, pretty cool!)  1876 Trade Dollar  |
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@Moe: If you're trying to reproduce that look, it looks like an experiment in axial or near axial lighting.
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This one is the best picture that I have taken  More precious than any coin . . . ever. |
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wholeheartedly. |
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The mention of the difficulty of shooting reverse proofs got me wanting to try mine. My setup makes it somewhat difficult to photograph ASEs currently - they just barely, barely fit (minus a sliver of the reeding) at my minimum possible extension. I tried my standard lighting technique with smile directors (not great), down-reflectors (not much better), ring light (sorta OK), and axial (best IMO). This is the axial-lighting version.  2011-P American Silver Eagle Reverse Proof by CaptainFwiffo, on Flickr Edit: I've done some more work on the processing to try to even out the exposure. Axial lighting is a PAIN!Edited by CaptainFwiffo
01/20/2013 01:26 am
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I like how this one turned out.   |
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These are very beautiful photos. Barry, I especially like that reverse proof. I guess I'm going to have to go spend some time in the photography section and learn how to get my Canon to take pictures like these. Thanks everyone for sharing.
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I was pleased with the results of this one. I found it to be a bit of a challenge to get good results shooting through plastic.   It's about the best I could do with my point & shoot. |
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Wow. Nohope has, very quietly, joined the upper echelon. CaptainFwiffo, I am totally in love with what you and barryg have done on those Reverse Proofs. It's the opposite look from what we normally do with Proof coins, it's glorious and it's changed how I'm going to handle them in the future. Have you a "regular" Proof to try with axial lighting? A bit overexposed (deliberately), but it captures the color and flavor of the coin nicely. Sometimes the technical "best" isn't what's best for the coin:   |
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I haven't done axial lighting on a regular proof yet. I really avoid it as much as possible because it's so fussy to set up, is a nuisance to post-process, and significantly reduces sharpness. I've thought about getting optically flatter glass to eliminate that last problem (maybe salvaged from an old flat-bed scanner), but haven't gotten around to it.
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