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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Tonight I played around with making a collage. I made a pile of a random selection of my coins-- well, not truly random since I purposefully included most of my better coins. I was just going to use a few and learn how to apply drop shadows for a more realistic look. An hour or two later I had a big pile and I'll probably add more and rearrange.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wow, that's very nice. The coins really pop in that picture.
Does anyone have a suggestion for a good lense to take coin pictures with with a Nikon F mount? Something on the less expensive side if possible, but I don't even know where to start looking for macro lenses or what to look for.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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chuy, you might be better asking the question on the photographic forum, lots of expertise there.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
513 Posts |
Thanks, I forgot that forum was on here.
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 United States
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Wow!, TIF that photo looks like it can from an expensive reference book. Great photo with beautiful coins.
I wish I could comment on how to take good pictures, but even after all these years I have still not mastered how to take a decent picture.
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Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
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really nice picture tif and amaazing coins (we dont expect less of you ;-))
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Pillar of the Community
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I have solved my problem. The answer is staring me in the face.
I just send my coins to TIF to get perfect shots every time!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Im not the best but I am the best with a point and click Sony Cyber shot.  Edited by Ancientnoob
09/16/2014 10:57 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4978 Posts |
I'm horrible...but I've improved a bit over the last couple years. here's the first pic I posted here..   here's the last coin picture I took, a wu zhu of han china...  the picture is pretty good...but the edge of the coin looks bumpy. I used a paintbrush in gimp to do the edge and didn't have a very steady hand. Edited by chrsmat71
09/17/2014 10:05 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2480 Posts |
Wow, chrsmat-- you've definitely come a long way!
Some things I've found helpful when painting around the edges:
1. Select a very large brush size. If there are cracks or irregularities you can go back with a smaller brush.
2. Zoom to show only ~1/6th of the coin's edge on the screen; it's easier to control your painting since irregularities of your gestures/mouse aren't as magnified.
3. (most important) Soften the brush. In Photoshop Elements I soften the brush's edge to ~80%.
4. Not that the effect of brush softening changes with brush size. If a coin has cracks or irregular margins requiring subsequent use of small brushes, you have to soften the brush even more. If your brush size is ~<20 pixels you may have to soften the brush to only ~10-20%.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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thanks for the tips TIF, yes..i think I know how to do all that stuff in gimp now. well see how they come out!
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2100 Posts |
I do not paint my backgrounds black. They are that way due to my setup which uses a black velvet background.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2480 Posts |
Martin, that's great! I really need to try this but my previous attempts have not worked out well, requiring editing despite the dark background. It certainly would save time if I didn't have to manually edit the background.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2100 Posts |
It took me over four years of experimentation to end up with my current setup.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2100 Posts |
This is an example of what can be done with patience and practice. The only post processing of these images was to crop each side and join the two images together.  |
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