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Pillar of the Community
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Shot the reverse. Smug is on the holder-really ugly. Any comments?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Removed the smug and shot the reverse again. It is just not that eye popping image of the obverse that was edited in page 2 done by ray. What say you?  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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wow ham excellent great job. well done
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have taken 2 different shots of a 1884CC MS64PL reverse. One with a Nikon 75mm lens (first image), and the other with the 75mm Rodenstock. Even though they have different editing steps, which image is the better?   |
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Pillar of the Community
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The bottom one shows a bit more detail. Very nice job!
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Pillar of the Community
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I decided to return the Rodenstock 75mm lens. I couldn't see the large expense when I could get very good results with a $30 Nikon 75mm lens. I am about to wrap up taking pictures for awhile, as I need some new material. I would like to share some photos of a prooflike coin or two. Again, please give your opinions. Thanks.
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Pillar of the Community
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yes ham please do. you are getting great results. I see a new photo toy coming out. if I can get one. I will post some pictures later. have a great day ham
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1298 Posts |
For your review, a 1885CC MS64PL Morgan.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1298 Posts |
I have a question about DPP. What is the best sequence to start post processing besides leveling and cropping? What adjustment would you begin with? The histogram, tone curve assist, brightness, contrast, hue, saturation, or sharpness. Or does it matter?
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Pillar of the Community
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I decided to return the Rodenstock 75mm lens. I couldn't see the large expense when I could get very good results with a $30 Nikon 75mm lens. I am about to wrap up taking pictures for awhile, as I need some new material. I would like to share some photos of a prooflike coin or two. Again, please give your opinions. Thanks. This is the message of the EL-Cheapo thread, and why I suggested the Nikon 75mm in the original <$400 setup thread. The 75ARD1 is for sure better than the Nikon, but the differences are in the last 5% or less of image quality, especially when publishing for the web. The Nikon is a very good lens for numismatic photography. That said, it's actually fairly rare you can get the Nikon for $30, or at least it used to be. Lower prices recently have it falling into the EL-Cheapo category, for all our benefit! Contact me for photographic equipment or visit my home page at: http://macrocoins.com |
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I have a question about DPP. What is the best sequence to start post processing besides leveling and cropping? What adjustment would you begin with? The histogram, tone curve assist, brightness, contrast, hue, saturation, or sharpness. Or does it matter? Each person probably has a favorite sequence, and indeed my processing sequence has changed since my Nikon View NX2 crashed on me and I started using DPP exclusively. My sequence is: Snap the shot in JPEG Fine and have it automatically load into DPP Select image and open it for editing Adjust everything - levels, color, cropping, sharpness (for levels, it all depends on the histogram as to what' first) Downsize to final size using batch process View the downloaded image and compare with the original to make sure it meets quality expectations |
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Pillar of the Community
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hello ray would you mind explaining this statement. Downsize to final size using batch process. would this be part of DPP . see I would like to know how to down size in DPP I just don't know how to your help would be greatly appreciated.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I am away from my system, but IIRC within DPP there is a button called "batch process". Select the image you want to modify, and press batch process, and within the dialog box there is selection box called "resize". Type the size you want in the XY boxes and run the process, and it will save the file according to the naming rule you specify. DPP is not as intuitive as some editors, and not as powerful as some even less-intuitive editors, but it does a pretty good job once you get used to it. By the way, it can even circle crop...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Ray, I have put my photo taking hardware away until I receive (buy) another coin or 2. I would like your opinion on the last 2 images (1885CC MS64PL Morgan) above. Thanks.
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Pillar of the Community
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Ham...sorry for late reply, I was out of town, then work had me swamped. Your 85CC reverse looks very good. The obverse is a little low on contrast and a little too bright IMO, but no blown highlights, no crushed shadows, and good focus, so good "raw material". I did just a tiny bit of adjustment in DPP and here is the result. The changes balance the image a bit more IMO, yet only you can judge if they represent the coin better.  |
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