Better photos but less sets???

Like Jackson, I've been reading a lot the past month or two. Plus, I've been trying to think out my collecting interests better, trying to get rid of the green tint in some of my photos, but I have bought a few coins.

Back in March, there was a coin show in Muscatine, Iowa, which is about an hour and 45 minutes away from me. So with my brother, we drove up to Muscatine on a sunny, cool Sunday. My brother is trying to put together a lower grade Walking Liberty set, and I was looking for 2 coins; one was an 1849 Large Cent (since the first one I bought last November came back obverse improperly cleaned) and a 1973 Silver Ike proof to replace one I had bought that I didn't like once I received it. Well, I found both of them, I'm hoping the Large Cent comes back graded this time.

So the cleaning leads into one of the areas I'm trying to learn more about by reading, how to tell if a coin has been cleaned. I have learned a little, I'm hoping to learn even more. Jackson, I've read through the same Bowers book you're reading, and enjoyed it. I need to go back and read it again, to follow through some of his points better. When my brother returns it, I'm hoping to do it.

I'm also thinking through how I want to proceed with my Wild West Signature Set. In case some of you have wondered why I've left it so short of coins, this is why. Part of the reason is purely financial, I've come to the sad conclusion that I'll never have the financial wherewithal to put together a lot of top grade sets, that have a chance to compete for any registry awards. So I've already cut out my Indian Head cent set. Right now, I'm planning to the same with the Indian Heads as my brother is with his Walking Liberty halves, namely to put together a nice circulated set, say Fine to Extremely Fine. Another reason is even though the Indian Heads fit in with my Western theme, I realized I'm still a dollar man, and I do want to do more with my Morgan and Trade Dollar sets.

Finally, I'm working on my photos. I love the new digital camera I purchased late last year. But my big stumbling block so far is picking up a green tint from my basement ceiling. Today I had a day off (Mondays are sure good days to have off) so I went up to Burlington and the local camera store, and came back with a dome to photograph under, and a different type of bulb that is supposed to be almost like natural light. I have to get a fixture for the bulb, I'll see if my brother has any left over from when he was doing a lot of film photography. However, I was experimenting with different light sources today, also the dome, and came up with a couple pics that I think are better. I'm putting one with this journal, I'd appreciate any feedback on how much green tint you see. Please message me with your thoughts. Thanks