Trying To Get Better With Photos.

Is that a struck through on the 1911? If so,why is it not noted on the holder?
John1

One thing I notice, is you're using daylight(sun or overcast). You should buy yourself a couple of custom photographing lights. I'm using to lamps, with 250w 5500kelvin temperature(colour if you like).

2nd is to get a decent DSLR camera, with 100-120mm macrolens, and a copystand. You're probably looking at $500 or more if bought brand new. When you have those things in place, it's just to fiddle with the camerasettings, and the lights.

Obverse from 7-9k.
John1

DAH, I see now it's just the holder
John1

Jon,

Looking at the pics themselves, they are not too bad! The major issues I see are the reverse of the Dollar is out of focus, and the lights on the Half Eagle are coming in at too low an angle.

The trick to getting the look you want usually comes down to lighting. My best advice is to hold the coin such that it shows the luster and "look" that you prefer. Then reproduce that same lighting situation, but with the coin sitting flat on a table. Then take a picture of the coin, and it will look exactly the way you want. If it doesn't, that's the time to start working on improving your camera setup.

Looking forward it would help if you told us a little about your setup. What kind of camera and lens are you using? What kind of lights? Tripod or handheld? Those sorts of things in general about your setup. It's hard to tell you what to change to improve your shots without knowing what you're doing now and with what equipment.

Ray

This one better?



This is the older one.