Proof Pictures

I read somewhere to use a black (dark) background and a slight angle to reflect the dark background on the coin instead of the mirrored surfaces (it works for cameos, not sure about non-cameos), which would result in something like this;



Here is my PL Morgan;



The NGC image is not much better than yours;

http://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/C...=3210809-001

The big thing to remember is trial and error and asking for guidance. There are lots of great folks on this forum who have taken some amazing images!

Nice coin by the way!

Here are my recent pictures of a cameo proof. I first tried going into a pitch black room and then have two lights on the coin, but the pictures did not turn out very well. These pictures are in a well lit room with no direct lighting on them.

You are much more limited with lighting control when a slabbed coin is the subject.

proofs and DMPL's and PL's are really hard to take pictures of and show the reflectivity. I had a P&S that was easier to show the reflectivity because the camera would show in the shots. Thats why most pictures of proof coins looks black in the fields