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phankins11 Valued Member United States 355 Posts	Posted 07/05/2011 3:42 pm Over the past couple of days I've needed to take some quick good pics of some coins. One pic of a 1909 VDB cent for a separate topic that I posed in a different forum, and a couple more to possibly list on E-bay. I had started to read and, as usual started to over complicate taking a picture of a coin and gave up. My biggest issue with the pics I was getting was that the flash was washing out most of the coin due to how close I needed to get, so I had tried different angles, turning the flash off and using laps and other lights....but then on a whim I folded up a cheap cotton white glove used for handling coins and held it over the flash while taking the pic. I dunno, but it seems to me its doing a pretty good job, now I just need to document how many folds, etc, because the lighting is inconsistent from pic to pic, but it seems to be a good starting point to diffuse the flash light and I'm getting really good detailed pics. I'm using a Nikon Coolpix s202, flash on, macro mod, with a white cotton glove folded up at least 4 times holding it over the flash. Here are some of pics: Report this Post to the Staff

tokenmast Pillar of the Community United States 648 Posts	Posted 07/05/2011 3:55 pm cool solution heard many here talk about new meaning to white glove treatment ! I like it Report this Post to the Staff
phankins11 Valued Member United States 355 Posts	Posted 07/05/2011 5:35 pm LOL tokenmast - I love your use of the smilies. Report this Post to the Staff
specksynder Pillar of the Community United States 1080 Posts	Posted 07/05/2011 5:42 pm I've taped white paper over the flash and gotten good results too. Great pics and very clever solution! Report this Post to the Staff
harrison2 Pillar of the Community Mexico 1304 Posts	Posted 07/05/2011 9:29 pm I have found good ol sunlight does the trick....when availalbe. :( Report this Post to the Staff
phankins11 Valued Member United States 355 Posts	Posted 07/05/2011 10:00 pm harrison2 you are right...no substitute for natural light for sure. Report this Post to the Staff
Yokozuna Pillar of the Community United States 4618 Posts	Posted 07/05/2011 10:05 pm My flash has a built in, pull out diffuser with a small white reflector card that works the same way you're using the glove. It gives me some really nice control of the amount of flash. ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! Report this Post to the Staff
michaeln1306 Valued Member United States 262 Posts	Posted 07/05/2011 10:21 pm Nice pics...you shpuld experimemt with some other fabrics, who knows, you may get better results. Report this Post to the Staff
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