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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I was in Home Depot today and saw they had small glass inserts (10x11) for $3 so I figured I'd give axial lighting a try today. Here are my first photos. I used the camera auto settings and the only alteration I did to the files was to change file size. I have to admit this was a lot faster than what I do now.   |
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Valued Member
United States
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Those came out very nice!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I'm sorry if this sounds a little dim, but what exactly did you use to take these pictures? Glass inserts that fit into what? I'd love to learn more about photography options. Right now I hold a 10x magnifying glass over the lens of my camera to take pictures. That's really awkward for me.
thanks for any info you can share. your photos are great.
malissa
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Edited by biokemist6
07/26/2008 8:28 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That's a good writeup!  A relatively easy technique too--I'm surprised I haven't tried that yet. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
651 Posts |
The link Biokemist gave is the same one I used. I even had my laptop on so I could refer to it as I set everything up. Here's another shot of some pocket change with a little more luster to it. Again no adjustments to the camera or software tweaks simply point & click.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks great. What camera are you using? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
651 Posts |
A Sony H2. For the longest time I had problems with any silver or copper/nickel coin that had even the slightest luster. Either I couldn't get the color right or struggled with lighting and would spend way too much time just playing with lighting and settings.
Since I'm not seeking a photography career this works great for me. No muss, no fuss.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Picked up this coin with some light toning to see how it comes out with the axial set up and it appears to pick up the color pretty well. My next mission is to buy a BU silver coin and a toned silver coin to see how it works out.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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In my new thread I just recently posted, I show a special glass that uses 40% light reflection for my axial lighting. I know that a regular glass can work but I guess I was a sucker for getting something made specifically for reflecting light when at a 45-degree angle that the one I got (see picture in my thread). I'm pretty happy with it. The only problem is that it doesn't quite show the brightness of some coins like a direct light might. I'm still experimenting, though.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would like to try this out. So just a piece of glass is needed and I guess I can angle it myself right?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I haven't tried regular glass, but the stuff I'm talking about can be found at Edmund Scientifics for $20.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks, you also need to find a way to make it stand in an angle right?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yep....I had a friend cut me some MDF wood into a 5" X 5" square, then do a perfect diagonal cut. Worked great...just added some double-sided tape.
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Posted 07/26/2008 6:54 pm
