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Valued Member
United States
426 Posts |
Hello everyone, I took this a few days ago on a sunny day with a Sony cybershot. I had been trying to take pictures of a new coin I bought for the world coin forum section but every single one was making the coin look uglier than it really was. So I saw the sunlight and I thought what the heck I'll give it a try and it ended up being my best shot!  I used the magnifying glass mode which supposedly is better than macro on all auto settings and flash on from about 5-6 inches away. Next time Ill use a mini tripod that I have but for this pic I was in a hurry so I just handheld it.   Edited by RealPeso
10/20/2010 8:05 pm
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Rest in Peace
United States
1729 Posts |
Nice job! As you can see, the sunlight gives it quite a bit warmer tone that would a fluorescent light indoors.
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Valued Member
 United States
426 Posts |
Yep, it sure did! I'm going to continue experimenting with different types of lighting, inluding sunlight to see how I can get the best results.
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Valued Member
India
265 Posts |
very nice picture, I am trying to buy a camera myself, and try to photograph my collection of coins and banknotes someday
warm wishes.
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Rest in Peace
United States
1729 Posts |
Try some color filters or tweak it in Photoshop to see what happens. The image is very crisp; it's just the color saturation that probably isn't optimal for a coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I notice that some copper nickel coins tone to a gold color, but I also presume that some of us use less that a perfect light source, and so off color pictures can result.
In this case the sunlight has done it's job and the true patination color should be revealed. I think this is a very satisfactory result.
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Valued Member
United States
211 Posts |
Here is your photo with some color correct added. Because of the high color temperature (CT) of the sun (near 5500 degrees) the photo is actually colder than if it was shot with lower CT lights like an incandescent light bulb. Note: as the sun sets the CT lowers. Most cameras can not compensate for these shifts automatically. I warmed your photo slightly by reducing the cyan. Also increased the contrast by crushing the black levels.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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Wow! That is nicer Stunet! Thanks for the input, I'll have to dabble more with the photo editing instead of just worrying about the camera features.
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Valued Member
United States
451 Posts |
Nice one! Looks very good and brings out a lot of details too!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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HOWEVER, yours is NOT the actual color of the coin.... all you have to do is set your white balance to the proper setting, or change the white balance setting with a photo program. i believe below is more like it... right?  |
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Posted 10/22/2010 7:18 pm
