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Valued Member
United States
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I've been trying out different techniques on lighting. These were taken with a Axial lighting type setup. Are these images considered too dark?   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
17503 Posts |
Have you tried using diffused lighting in your axial set-up? I place a sheet of tracing paper in front of the light source--seems to greatly reduce glare and 'spreads' the lighting more widely/evenly.
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Valued Member
 United States
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@ijn1944: Here they are diffused   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
17503 Posts |
looking a bit better in my opinion--nice. What are you using for a camera & lens?
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Valued Member
United States
55 Posts |
Just an old cellphone. Oneplus 6t. I purchased some black foam board, a piece of glass from HD and a light I had laying around. Just not sure if the light is bright enough. The images seem dark to me.  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
4693 Posts |
The second pictures are evenly lit. If you want to increase brightness, isn't that as simple as moving the light closer?
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Valued Member
United States
55 Posts |
@Brandmeister, yes the light is closer when I take the pics. I pushed it back to take a pic of the setup.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
94367 Posts |
Lighting aside, pics appear too sepia-toned.
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
347 Posts |
I like the diffused light. I'll try that with my setup at home. I also use a bulb with a slightly blue tint which gets rid of the yellowness associated with lightbulbs that have tungsten filaments.
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Moderator
United States
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The first two pics are showing hot spots or glare. The next two are a lot better but just a bit too dark, in my nonprofessional opinion. John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
17577 Posts |
the last photos are better, did you adjust anything after you took the photos? filters etc.
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Valued Member
United States
55 Posts |
Thanks for the comments/feedback. I'm trying to improve on the images I upload. I appreciate your comments, do not want to be wasting your time on bad pics. @Coinfrog - Thank you. I agree, they seem dark to me. @panzaldi - No photo editing except resizing the image to upload to this website. On the camera (phone) I limited the ISO to 100. This maybe what makes it too dark or maybe my light is not good enough?! Here is a couple more with just the auto settings on the phone. I moved the diffuser (just a sheet of paper) closer to the light source, then closer to the coin.   Here is a pic with the light source above the coin and the setup used.   |
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Moderator
United States
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Pics 3&4 look best out of this bunch. John1 |
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Valued Member
Canada
276 Posts |
Hi Razorsedge, I purchased one of those "selfie phone hoder thingies" as a light source also. Mine only has one flexible light coming off of it. I found it helps a bit because you can control the brightness and direction of light. I am also waiting on a scope to be delivered and a digital scale. I have nothing photo worthy but am still searching my bank rolls. Thank you for the pics showing the different techniques used.
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Posted 12/13/2023 6:02 pm
