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Blue Steely Color Photos - BU 50c & Dollar Quality Silver -How To Achieve

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 Posted 07/13/2021  11:45 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add gepfinfact to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I have BU Franklins Halves with great luster. Anyway, 2 ebay guys have attractive Franklins with blue/steely Hues in their photos. The coins in real life are not toned but Brilliant Uncirculated. The photos look great. What lights/techniques/software can I get for my bright Franklins to develop a blueish tendency and/or a combination of a steely color.When selling on ebay, I would like the first picture to be that attractive color then other pictures could show scratches,and strike. 2 images are attached to help people see the blueish tendency for bright silver. Thank you.

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Most reputable/main stream photo editing software solutions will allow for color manipulation--that's a good thing, and not so good too. I'd encourage sellers to only post images which accurately represent the actual coin as seen in-hand, under natural lighting conditions. Just my opinion.
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Color manipulation is as far as I'm concerned a form of fraud. Do you want the coins you sell on ebay to get returned to you with negative feedback?
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Great replies and both you are right. I do not think I could come up with such great "colored" pictures. Nor would I really want to.

On the other hand, I would not mind a little blue tint so someone looks at my picture a second longer. My question for Silver/Photo guys was it a certain bulb, or software, or what that made these coins somewhat unique.

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it is all about lighting, But don't try to do it.. It's a great way for you to get your coin returned to you..
When selling a photo should represent what the coin actually looks like, not what it may look like under different lighting set-ups..
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