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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Never shot a proof before. The spots on the coin are little peices of cotton off my glove-should have gotten them off before shooting. Any help/suggestions will be appreciated.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pics look good, what kind of setup are you using?
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Valued Member
United States
211 Posts |
Here is the your shot with some color correction and post sharpening. I had to add a lot of blue to the shot to make up for the white balance.  |
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 United States
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I've rigged a small (12"), circular-fluorescent kitchen fixture with a hole in the center through which the lens points. Although color correction must be applied because the color temperature of the bulb is not consistent through its' whole diameter, the results are of pretty high quality:  Proofs only; it washes the luster out of Mint State business strikes. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Stunet-yours looks much better. I still have lots of trouble with white balance. I have set it against a 100 bright white peice of paper, I bought a grey card and set it, but I am still having problems. I am going to keep trying and hope to get as good as you and others here. Thanks!
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Valued Member
United States
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Jprine - Curious your having trouble with color correction using a grey card. Should take care of the problem. What is the model and make of your camera?
SuperDave - The circular-fluorescent light is a brilliant idea, the circular lights designed for photography are hugely expensive. Just spent last week having to replace the ballast and circular lamp in my bedroom fixture and it never occurred to me that it could work as a fill light. That sort of lighting is the holly grail of macro-photography. Genius!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Not sure if you're doing this already, but here's a little tip: I always found that my unedited raw images are huge, so I take the images from a short distance, maybe about a feet and a half, and then I crop the coin, and the image is still really large. I've gotten the best results that way.
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United States
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SuperDave - The circular-fluorescent light is a brilliant idea, the circular lights designed for photography are hugely expensive. Just spent last week having to replace the ballast and circular lamp in my bedroom fixture and it never occurred to me that it could work as a fill light. That sort of lighting is the holly grail of macro-photography. Genius! You should seen the look on my face when I took the first Proof shot with it.  I never saw it coming. The black/white contrast is natural, automatic. It is truly lousy for Mint State coins - kills the contrast completely - but there's nothing better for Proofs.  |
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United States
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Added: This is a Mint State coin under the same lighting:  |
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United States
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Dang Super Dave, That whole rig is geeky bad-ass. I am in awe.
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Posted 08/23/2010 12:27 am
