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Proof-like coins are difficult. I've struggled with them myself. You can try axial lighting.
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SuperDave is expert at them. He has suggested using a ringlight. I don't shoot many proofs so haven't really put much effort into perfecting a setup so I'll leave it to those who have been successful...Ray
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Thanks Captain, I'll try axial lighting. I have several of these examples, so it will take some time (I have plenty) to get things right. The only problem I have is that I am many miles from a large city. Hopefully SuperDave is around to respond. What about the scratches?
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No idea for GSA holders. There are various polishing compounds that work to varying degrees on TPG slabs. |
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I've been working on this 1883CC GSA dollar, and finally arrived at this image. It' graded MS65 DPL by NGC. What are you thoughts and opinions?  . |
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I'm of the opinion that you have made it obvious this coin has extremely reflective surfaces.  |
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I'd try to increase the contrast a skotch, maybe two skotches, but generally it looks great. The cameo contrast is really nice. There's a brighter area at the top - it's either glare on the holder or light getting into the lens from someplace other than the coin. If you can eliminate that, the coin will pop even more.
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Ham...that's a really nice image! I tried playing around with it a bit and it takes well to processing, so it appears you have things pretty well-balanced. Captain's right on regarding the glare at the top. Move the light to just a bit lower angle and it will go away, or perhaps add a small piece of black paper over the light to keep it from reflecting directly off the holder. A bit of sharpening really helps the image as well, but don't over-do it. It doesn't look like you did any sharpening post-downsizing, but that's always a good practice as the downsizing algorithms tend to leave the image a bit less sharp that the original...Ray
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Thanks SuperDave, Captain, and Ray. I'll work with those suggestions. I believe I finally have a feel for what I am trying to accomplish. I just need some helpful suggestions from time to time. I'll keep posting.
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Did I over do it? I went 2 click more on the contrast and one more on the sharpness.  |
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Wow, now that pops! I think you got it about right. Does the picture give you the same impression as the actual coin? If so, then you've nailed it.
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Looks a little dark to me Ham, and I think you still have some room on sharpening. I took the liberty to tweak the image a tad and this is what I came up with...  Contact me for photographic equipment or visit my home page at: http://macrocoins.com |
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Thanks for the input Captain and Ray! My image pretty much depicts the coin. I like what you did Ray. May I ask what corrections you made? It looks to me that you added some brightness and sharpened is some, like you suggested, correct?
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In DPP I gave it one level of "tone curve assist" gamma correction to get rid of the shadows, and sharpening of "60". That's a bit more sharpening than you really need but I don't think it's over-blown. Maybe "40" or "50" would have been enough...Ray
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For the record, I do all of my postprocessing on a full-size image, before downsizing to post here. The downsizing itself adds sharpness and apparent contrast, making me need to do less.
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