Posted 05/22/2008 09:06 am
I know you're shooting through plastic...so that will always diminish sharpness, but these pics are just that...a bit soft. A bit of sharpening would be in order. Also, to show the coin in the best light, you need to get your white balance appropriately adjusted as Learjet correctly points out. The goal, of course, is to show the coin and all its glory (or defects) as accurately as possible...neither exaggerating the defects or hiding them.
I can see what appear to be scratches and/or reflections on the plastic; using photoshop or a similar program, you could clone those out and still accurately reflect the true surfaces of the coin.
Finally, you've cropped the obverse rim at 6 and 12 o'clock; a bit more care and you'd have the entire coin which would be necessary for grading purposes (to be sure that there were no rim bumps, digs or gouges.)
You are right, though, that your photos border on "good" because they are good enough to give a practiced grader a shot at estimating grade accurately. Just a little more care and effort, though, and you can shoot right past "good" to excellent.
I can see what appear to be scratches and/or reflections on the plastic; using photoshop or a similar program, you could clone those out and still accurately reflect the true surfaces of the coin.
Finally, you've cropped the obverse rim at 6 and 12 o'clock; a bit more care and you'd have the entire coin which would be necessary for grading purposes (to be sure that there were no rim bumps, digs or gouges.)
You are right, though, that your photos border on "good" because they are good enough to give a practiced grader a shot at estimating grade accurately. Just a little more care and effort, though, and you can shoot right past "good" to excellent.
