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That "In-Hand Look"...was "Buffalo Nickel"

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 Posted 01/07/2012  9:10 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add rmpsrpms to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I'm starting to like taking photos of nickels...they seem easy to light. This is with a simple pair of Jansjos, at approx 11:00 and 1:00, 90mm above the coin, at approx 75deg from horizontal.

edited to add: I took further pictures of the same Buffalo nickel using the "pseudo-axial" technique. I'm becoming convinced this technique produces the closest to "in-hand look" of any lighting technique. Usually when I view a coin in-hand I use a single light, and tilt the coin so the light reflects off the coin so I can get the best view of the coin surfaces. Of course I tilt it this way and that, and check it with an angle to the light as well to see the luster, and also hold it obliquely to the light to see if there is any "rub", but that direct-reflective view is the one that is most revealing of the coin surfaces.

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Ray in my humble opinion, Its not incorrect.. to shoot photos
That are not fully SQUARE to the lens...Tilted to show the best of the coins appearance..as lighting in most circumstances..gets most of it correct but things are missing..as the coin size gets bigger....,.It does not quite get it right...I think dave is seeing this in his quest on the silver dollar... the differences in the reflectivity in the coin in hand....or its condition....and the lighting to bring its best appearence out...
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