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BStrauss3 Pillar of the Community United States 4594 Posts	Posted 01/29/2014 08:56 am I'd love to see a separate thread on how you built THAT! -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ Report this Post to the Staff
Jon K Pillar of the Community United States 723 Posts	Posted 01/29/2014 09:18 am Looks like the light from "Close Encounters". Report this Post to the Staff
Jon K Pillar of the Community United States 723 Posts	Posted 01/29/2014 09:31 am Plain glass is what I am trying to use on my axial setup. And a couple of florescent desk lamps. Nice white light from those desk lamps, but not enough to bounce off the glass with anything left over. Until I can rebuild my axial setup with some proper components, I went back to direct lighting. Lit it from the left only, got this. Better, but still not happy, I will keep working on it. Got plenty of time, nobody is going to buy it . . . . Reverse looks a bit better. Still have not had any sunlight. Report this Post to the Staff
rmpsrpms Pillar of the Community United States 4038 Posts	Posted 01/29/2014 10:46 am This quarter looks a lot like the toned 57-D Cents that I've published images of over the last couple years. Best method I found to bring out the deep color in them was using my RSD (Ray's Super Directors) or Smile Directors attached to Jansjos. I also have good luck with the fixed Smilies that Captain Fwiffo uses. They do essentially the same thing as the Smile Directors but are not actually attached to the Jansjos. The principle is to simulate two arcs of a ringlight, with the direct reflection from the arcs just slightly outside the radius of the coin so you don't get any glare over the coin. This puts the lights as close to axial as possible without glare. It's extremely effective and brings out the deep toning colors nicely. Contact me for photographic equipment or visit my home page at: http://macrocoins.com Report this Post to the Staff
westcoin Pillar of the Community United States 9794 Posts	Posted 01/29/2014 1:47 pm Right now CostCo is having a sale on LED Duracell flashlights that have an adjustable focus, they throw out an amazing amount of light that is very even, you might try to use something like that. I have been using them in lieu of flash units for Polaroid photography, they put out way more light much farther than a standard flash bulb will. Plus they evenness of light with little to no hotspots make it a great light painting too in my photo bag. I imagine hitting a coin with one of them would produce enough alight to cut through the dark patina on your coin. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 Report this Post to the Staff
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