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Rest in Peace
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I tried two different lighting and backgrounds. Now I get fuzzy photo's! I messed up again by compressing the photos before cropping them, there by losing about 50% of the resolution. Below are two attempts at the same coin.The second set match the true color better. I think I have the resolution problem worked out,but not on these photo's. Mike Download Attachment:  1723Hibernia farthingOBV.jpg26.13Â KB Download Attachment: 1723Hibernia FarthingRev2.jpg43.95Â KB Download Attachment: 1723Hibernia farthingOBV.jpg26.64Â KB Download Attachment: 1723Hibernia FarthingRev2.jpg44.37Â KB Edited by Mike
05/17/2005 9:22 pm
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Forum Mom
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Cool coin!
You're right in that you should never compress an image before you're done editing it. Why did you try different lighting? Your Bust pics came out fantastic!
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Rest in Peace
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Just playing around. I 'm trying some of the stuff others have suggested. I'm finding out that copper's are hard to photograph particularly when their dark. Susan, when you did the attribution on the 1813 Bust Half, did you notice anything funny about the star positions? ND did and when I looked it up in Overton's I could not find an exact match for the positions. Let me know what you think. Mike
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Forum Mom
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I didn't do the attribution for the 1813. The_Cave_Troll had already done it so I just glanced over it. Let me take a look at it and I'll post what I find in the other thread.
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Pillar of the Community
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Originally posted by Mike
I'm finding out that copper's are hard to photograph particularly when their dark.
ND did and when I looked it up in Overton's I could not find an exact match for the positions.
Copper is very hard to photograph, especially when it is dark. If you make a trip to Walmart soon, pick up an LED flashlight. They are very small, and easy to mount. They will light the coin up and make the pics turn out much better. The 1813 Bust Half has a look that caught my attention. I have already packed up my referrence books for the upcoming move, so I cannot authenticate the coin at this time. I really don't have much to go on, but the star position stands out to me, based solely on memory. The date looks good. Check the stars in relation to the points. |
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Forum Mom
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I looked at the star position and it looks good to me. I think it's a slightly older die state from the pic in Overton, but the O-103 designation looks good to me. Since the coin is slightly off-center and the milling isn't as sharp on the left edge, it's a little harder to verify the position, but under high magnification, it looked okay to me.
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Pillar of the Community
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Originally posted by national dealer
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Originally posted by Mike
I'm finding out that copper's are hard to photograph particularly when their dark.
ND did and when I looked it up in Overton's I could not find an exact match for the positions.
Copper is very hard to photograph, especially when it is dark. If you make a trip to Walmart soon, pick up an LED flashlight. They are very small, and easy to mount. They will light the coin up and make the pics turn out much better.
The 1813 Bust Half has a look that caught my attention. I have already packed up my referrence books for the upcoming move, so I cannot authenticate the coin at this time. I really don't have much to go on, but the star position stands out to me, based solely on memory. The date looks good. Check the stars in relation to the points.
Hi Mike, just want to amend ND's recc re led flashlight. If there's an rei near you (or other outdoor store, can also order online through rei or another supplier) the black diamond led headlamps are fantastic. Rugged, inexpensive, adjustable. This is the model I use: http://www.rei.com/online/store/Pro...25301-703601which is $30, black diamond also makes a 2 element model for $20. Has the adtvantage of enabling use of both hands- so I use it as my backup source in the cockpit as well as outdoors. Weighs about what 4 double eagles do! Don Glad you're a pillar of the community- now we have two supports! thanks. |
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Forum Mom
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Mike, here are your pictures with the brightness turned up 70% and the contrast turned up 100%. What do you think?   Lighting problems can be compensated for to a certain degree with editing afterwards. |
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Rest in Peace
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Susan,They are much easier on the eyes.Pretty cool looking for a coin approaching 300 years of age. I hope I look that good when I'm 282 years old!  I messed up the resolution, but have the raw data on a disc so I can reload it and play with them all again. I'm going to keep working with these before I start any new ones. The shadow on the top of the photo's is caused by the by the coin being mounted crooked in the holder.I will shoot this again from a slight angle ,instead of straight down. Thanks, Mike  Edited by Mike
05/18/2005 12:49 pm
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New Member
United States
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Another thing to consider when attempting to go for that "knock your socks off" photo...
You want to try to "flood" (in a good way here) the subject mattter with light. To do this, you need more than one lighting source. In your photo it looks like you only one one close light source to the upper left of the coin. What you want is probably three or four difused light sources that flood the area fully - resulting in a coin with no shadowed areas. The thing you need to be careful about of course, is also generating too much light. In the case of the copper, more light is better. In the case of mint state silver, you need to tone it down.
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Rest in Peace
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Thanks cdcdany, I'll keep on trying these ideas as I photograph more coins. Mike
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Posted 05/17/2005 9:28 pm
