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 Posted 06/28/2014  4:31 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add vheman to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Shot with Nikon Coolpix L610 and a 'natural light' hobby lamp.

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Not too bad. I think they would look better (more even) with two lights though.

As for framing alignment, I think the Date and the Denomination should be at the very bottom. You have the reverse correct, with 50C. centered at the bottom, but obverse is rotated a bit. 1810 should be centered at bottom. This puts Liberty in a relaxed position but that's the way the coin was designed.
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Forgot to say...welcome to the forum!
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You could also try shooting outdoors in natural sunlight.
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You got the focus well.
And the lighting is reasonably even.
But I think the lighting is just a bit too strong.
The images are washing out a bit.
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What's happening with the image wash-out is the camera is responding to the overall exposure in the frame rather than to the coin. More magnification will help, and also using a "spot" exposure mode to eliminate the compensation due to the dark background.

I cropped the pic around the coin and adjusted levels a bit to give an idea what the coin would look like with higher contrast exposure:

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