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Valued Member
United States
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On each of these Morgans I used slightly different techniques. Which photo do you like the best? Why do you like it? A.  B.  C.  D.  Or E.  |
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Moderator
 United States
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A looks a little dull. B looks too yellow. C looks more natural. D looks too bright. E looks a little too dark. John1  |
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Moderator
United States
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B the coin looks good
A & C you can see all the detail, but the coins look cleaned
I would be happy with B
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That's amazing you were able to get that much variance simply by lighting adjustments. Just shows how important it really is. I think C and E would probably portray the coin's details more as they really are. Can't speak to color though.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would say I like B, but it's that way I see it. Which one truly looks the most like the coin in hand?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My preference in the pictures is B - I think that looks best, but as JackB asked, which looks most like the coin?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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A does not seem to show the details of the others.
B looks good (details) except the yellow overtones make it look unnatural to me and some of the scratches shown in the other pics are not as visible.
C shows the fine details (all the minor scratches show up) but looks a little too light in color.
D makes it look lik a more worn coin than the other pics show it to be.
E shows details but makes it look like it is made from lead.
Overall - B
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United States
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I'm inclined to agree with Earle. Be easier if the same coin were used for the different lighting situations.
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Valued Member
 United States
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Agreed... The same coin would make this much easier.I kinda threw you all a curveball with that one. I might have to try them all with the same coin again, unfortunately I throw them all in a 2x2 after a brief photoshoot. Sloop I'll just have to get another Morgan to try this on...
A. Is direct sunlight (low in the sky)
B. Is lamplight directly above the coin right next to the lens. (this coin has a very yellow tone to it, and it's a great representation of the coin in hand)
C. Is diffused sunlight.
D. Is lamp lighting from each side.
E. Diffused off camera flash.
A,C, and E are all actually the same coin!
Thanks for your input! I'd love to hear more if you guys have any...
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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it may be better to judge if you used the same coin in every picture and just changed the lighting, that way we would be able to judge which one shows the coin best instead of trying to pick from different coins
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None of the above  I would have loved to see the 1878 coin with the lighting used in B. Have you tried axial lighting? I find that I get the best results using axial lighting, especially with gold and silver coins. I have never really had much luck with dark copper coins thou. |
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United States
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C looks the most natural.
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Valued Member
United States
266 Posts |
C looks the most natural.
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Valued Member
United States
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C looks the most natural.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3076 Posts |
I would be happier in evaluating the differences in pictures for one coin instead of 3 with different settings from the post....
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United States
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Posted 05/25/2011 7:27 pm
