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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks to the help of DVCollector and numerous others, I feel I can take semi-decent photos. I'll purchase a Gorillapod soon, but in the meantime I used two stacks of books and put the coin in the middle, basically a makeshift tripod. (I forgot who mentioned this in a post.) Anyways, here are the pics. They look pretty close to how it looks in hand, so I'm pretty satisfied. Please, if you respond, don't use those fancy photography words, as I have no clue when people rant about pixels and all that other nonsense.    Edited by wheatguy
03/24/2010 4:20 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That is a good photo. Colors look real and focus nearly encompasses the whole coin. My photos seem to lose the surface texture. I need to play around some more. nlp
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Field of obverse is slightly out of focus around edges; center is sharp, though. Still plenty of detail showing. Are you sure that your lens was 100% perpendicular to the coin (coin wasn't tilted?). Overall an excellent photo - say 97 out of 100.
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks everyone. Pls, I'll definitely have to work on the focus. As long as I remember correctly, the camera was perpendicular to the coin. The haze and toning on the coin is there in hand.
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03/24/2010 10:22 pm
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Please, if you respond, don't use those fancy photography words, as I have no clue when people rant about pixels and all that other nonsense. You're making my head hurt.  Seriously, though, these shots are so good that the only way you'll improve on them is to start using the fancy photography stuff or postprocessing. If you let me know what camera you're using, I can do the research and let you know exactly what settings to play with and how, rather than make you learn all the little arcane features. One possibility to improve focus: Back the camera off just a little bit - maybe one or two inches. You'll give up a little bit of size and maybe gain a little bit of sharpness if you're pushing the lens' limits right now. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Alright thanks, SuperDave, I'll play around with it a bit later. I'm using the Canon SD780IS.
Edited to correct the camera name. I'm actually using the SD780IS. Sorry!
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03/25/2010 11:32 am
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United States
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Let me do a little research on your behalf. Are you willing to experiment with manual settings if I can make the process relatively painless?
I'm in the middle of a darn busy day - it may be tomorrow before I can get back to this topic with the attention it deserves.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yes, I most likely will try to experiment. Let me warn you though, I am extremely limited in areas of technology, especially cameras. I tried installing Gimp, but I soon deleted it because I had no idea how to use it and it was making my computer a bit slower.  |
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United States
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Cool. Anyways, you should consider yourself blessed that you don't suffer from my obsession. Your pics are already plenty good enough for a Post 'n Brag here as it is. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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A good obsession to have, especially with the great photos you take.
I'll get a tripod soon, but I'm having a bit of trouble with the lighting. I use whatever light I have near me, although I usually like natural sunlight. Anything specific I should use?
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Rest in Peace
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SuperDave's suggestion to back off a little would most likely solve the sharpness problem, which might simply be lack of edge sharpness in your lens - a common problem with all lenses. In other words, if you back off enough to place the image of the coin away from the edge of the lens, you'll probably place it so that all of the coin image is sharp. It's not really a "focus" problem as I stated in my original post.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yeah, you're probably right, Pls. I can't seem to get a clear shot of this though, I'll experiment with various other coins.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Oddly enough, I see unsharpness only between 11-1 o'clock on both photos. Maybe something's going on with the lens. You might double-check it to make sure that it's clean, or that there's not a "bubble" in the glass itself. Unlikely, but it happens. Try a smaller coin and see what happens.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Alright, here's another one. I think I could have done a bit better, but I was in a bit of a rush:   |
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United States
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very nice picture, better than what I can do. Way better...
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Posted 03/24/2010 4:50 pm
