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Valued Member
Norway
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  This is the result of a couple of hours worth of headscratching and swearing.
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Moderator
 United States
23522 Posts |
Interesting. Not much for luster, but really neat contrast and excellent detail. This looks like fluorescent lighting.
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Valued Member
440 Posts |
Weird but my first thought was also "interesting". I like the detail but the lighting seems a bit harsh and yeah no luster. Kind of like a black & white of coin photography.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Usually the goal is to maximize the dynamic range and expose most of the pixels toward the middle tonal ranges. This image is a bit over-exposed, with many blown-out highlights and the majority of the pixels toward the upper end of tonal range. There are very few dark pixels, so not much shadow detail. A little less exposure (-0.5EV, max -1EV) will bring down the histogram away from over-exposure, and a bit more contrast will give the coin some shadow detail. Some of this can be done in post-processing but too much processing makes the coin look artificial, so is to be avoided.
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Valued Member
 Norway
148 Posts |
Hmm, same lighting as before, but lower exposure and and higher shutterspeed. (so now it's too dark?) It's darn hard to be a perfectionist!   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5825 Posts |
The coin looks "dead".
Lots of dipped coins have this appearance.
A bit of contrast would help too.
What lighting setup are you using?
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Valued Member
Norway
148 Posts |
Surely not the one I'm using now, it seems, hehe :P
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3546 Posts |
Hello aleroe,
Because it is almost impossible to know the true state of a coin's appearance without having it physically in hand, could you tell us if it exhibits any cartwheel effect when tilting it in various positions/angles under axial lighting?
It's impossible to 'squeeze blood out of a turnip' or see luster from a dull-looking coin.
This info., although not 100% conclusive, would at the least further assist us to drill down on arriving at an even more applicable suggestion for the photo to appear as lifelike as possible.
mdpmedia
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Valued Member
Norway
148 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4691 Posts |
Not to be a smart Alec but have you tried taking a picture using natural lighting only?
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Valued Member
Norway
148 Posts |
 [/url]  [/url] I just wanted to show the progress I've made. (yay for new lights!) Regards from a snowy Oslo! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4132 Posts |
Nice! It's all about practice...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4036 Posts |
Very nice, and an immense improvement. Let us all know your improved technique!
Contact me for photographic equipment or visit my home page at: http://macrocoins.com |
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