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Valued Member
United States
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I went with a toned dime this time, smaller coin and tougher to image. I could edit out the NGC tabs, but that is far too much work for such a common coin. I am looking for feedback on what you think could be improved here, keeping in mind that I was shooting through a slab.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2784 Posts |
CartwheelCollector hello great shot. I like the colour your coin was well focused and your lighting to me is great. nice job great coin well done
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Pillar of the Community
United States
9395 Posts |
Nice image, with great colors. Looks like your new lighting setup is working well.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6478 Posts |
Looks great! Maybe a tad bit lighter, but maybe not.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
4037 Posts |
The image is what I call "good raw material" - Good composition - Good focus - No crushed shadows - No blown-out highlights - Presumably good color balance - Correct lighting perspective What "good material" means is that with little or no post processing the image can be excellent. The only thing I see with this image I can criticize is it's a bit dark, and doesn't push the deepest shadows to black. I took the liberty of making some small adjustments in DPP to do overall brightening without pushing highlights too high, and pushing the shadows just a bit darker. Here is the result:  Contact me for photographic equipment or visit my home page at: http://macrocoins.com |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1601 Posts |
Nice pics! Briefly, what is your setup and how are you handling color calibration?
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Valued Member
United States
214 Posts |
Looks like an excellent set up.
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Valued Member
 United States
403 Posts |
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What "good material" means is that with little or no post processing the image can be excellent. The only thing I see with this image I can criticize is it's a bit dark, and doesn't push the deepest shadows to black. I took the liberty of making some small adjustments in DPP to do overall brightening without pushing highlights too high, and pushing the shadows just a bit darker. Here is the result: I did no editing after shooting besides cropping... I am guessing you raised brightness, increased contrast and added a point or two of saturation? Settings were as follows; Model: Canon EOS REBEL T3i Lens: EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Exposure: 1/100 sec; f/8; ISO 800 Manual; Evaluative metering Edited by CartwheelCollector
10/12/2015 1:43 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4037 Posts |
I did something similar to what you describe.
More important than the exposure settings are the picture style settings. "Standard", "Neutral", etc and the sub-settings within these for sharpness, contrast, saturation, hue.
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Greece
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can you post a picture of your setup? thanks
the foto you took is really good!
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New Member
Greece
45 Posts |
I would prefer the first picture as more realistic. Needed to be brighter? Yes. Overall very balanced photo and nice coin.
The second (edited) picture is not realistic. The colors are too much pastel.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You might prefer it, but no one but the OP can say if it is realistic or not. The coin may have "pastel" colors, or it may not. It also almost certainly depends on the lighting. Would be good to hear from the OP as to what the coin actually looks like.
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