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I went to a local cloth shop this past Thursday and purchased some nice black velvet, hunter green velvet, and flat white cloth to use in shooting some of my coins.
I am going to read here in hopes of learning about some lighting tricks. I have already read where one user uses cork in shooting his coins. I plan on saving a cork from my next bottle of whine.
Kenscott
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That was me using the corks, just make sure you cut them evenly and FLAT, otherwise the coin won't be in focus on all edges.
The corks I'm using are actually for small necked oil bottles, they are very tapered and only about 1" tall, the main reason I use them is to get dust and any other features of my background out of focus, to show off the coin better. Having a really fast, high quality lens will help with a small depth of field too.
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440Edited by westcoin
01/21/2012 8:34 pm
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I will see if I can find those type of corks at a local store here.
As for my camera, it is an older Olympus SP-320. It does have a rather quick
lens though and I am working on getting the right light angles when shooting.
It has the ability to add an assortment of other lenses via it's screw in threads
which are pretty standard. I am looking at purchasing some additional lenses seeing
that a new camera for me is not logical. I lost my job of 22 years about six weeks ago
as my employer made another wave of final cuts. Luckily, I survived until the last wave.
I may have more questions if you are willing to help.
Kenscott
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Why the cloth shop? Just cut up some of your families clothing and save what you paid for that material.
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Sorry to hear about the job loss kenscott, this sure is a trying time we as a country seem to be in. My own job was lost a few years ago, since then I've been working for a friend (at least) at a job, I don't enjoy, don't like, and living paycheck to paycheck. Thank goodness for numismatics to keep me sane and a little extra pocket change the past 3 years. My income has dropped to my lowest point since high school 25+ years ago, scary, but on the bright side, at least I won't owe the IRS anything this year, on the down side, I don't see anything changing much in the near future, no health care, no retirement left, etc. Just need to cherrypick a few monster finds at a show!
Always keep looking on the bright side.
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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I've had black velvet on my to-buy list for a while now. I just don't regularly visit craft stores.
Just Carl - Take all of your black items and photograph them! I've tried black t-shirts, black canvas bookbags, black fiberglass windowscreening, black trashbags, etc and they are all different. The goal is to have a uniform black field that can disappear into the background.
Elevate the coin however you like and is cheap and easy. I've used metal threaded-rod with plastic caps, and now use a plastic drywall anchor. I've seen mention of wooden dowels, plastic pieces, golf tees, etc. My photography isn't so large or sharp to capture minute differences in flatness, but it might apply to you.
I notice that some of our respected photographers don't employ that trick. I find it helps to defocus the background, which then can be selected and set to pure black or pure white.
The same coin on three different backgrounds would be great. I would love to see some pictures!
-wheatiefan
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I found an interesting item at my local W*lmart today which I think will help for
some of my more basic coins.
It is a package of two, mini-easels about 6 inches high by 3 inches wide. I plan on taking small squares
of my black, white, and green cloth and making a basic background for the coins. Then, with a little creative
camera work, I hope to have some better-than-before pictures.
Kenscott
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For a good black add a tube of shadow making material around the dowel or whatever you use to elevate the coin. It is easier to remove a background that was never there in the first place. See the bottom of this page: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/do...2011ez3.html |
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