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Valued Member
Norway
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 Yeh, different light, same coin.
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Pillar of the Community
2087 Posts |
I've seen that before....YOu used a polystyrene cup to act as a diffuser?
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Valued Member
 Norway
148 Posts |
Nopes, no diffusing what so ever. Just moved the coin to another place on my "tilted-flatbed-coinphotograpy-thingy-with-overhead-lights".
The photo where the coin showes a lot of contrast is at maybe 70 degree angle from the light, while the other is right below light.
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Pillar of the Community
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Ok thats why the effect wasn't as strong as I recall....The technique take a clean polystyrene cup cut the bottom out. Place it over the coin and light the cup from the side.
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Moderator
 United States
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Excellent work, as usual. For those reading - should a coin like this be presented online for sale or evaluation, it's appropriate to offer both sets of images for the viewer.
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Pillar of the Community
Puerto Rico
778 Posts |
What kind of light you use?
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Valued Member
United States
234 Posts |
Quite the difference! Nice pictures.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
627 Posts |
One of the reasons I don't care for proof coins imaged by PCGS TrueView method is because they are misleading. They are imaged tilted into the light source, and look similar to your first set of images. You can't see hairlines, or any of the Cameo contrast. I much prefer the more true look of your 2nd set of images, but I also agree with SSuperDdave that when selling a coin both types of images are most useful to show for potential buyers.
Very nice images!
Edited by brg5658
09/13/2014 3:51 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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What explains the identical shadow effect beneath the coin in both sets of photos? Sorry if this is a stupid question.
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Moderator
United States
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What explains the identical shadow effect beneath the coin in both sets of photos? Sorry if this is a stupid question.
Unless the shadow was added in postprocessing, it's indicative that both sets of lighting were coming from the same direction. |
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