Or more trials & tribulations...

...or maybe it's not as simple as it looks. I'm still working with my digital cam, trying to get pictures to show my coins to their best advantage. In a previous journal entry, I wrote I thought I was getting the green tint on my photos from the ceiling boards here in my basement where collecting central is located. Earlier this afternoon, my brother came in to help me put some white contact paper on the ceiling boards. Well, guess what, yes, I'm still getting some tint.

So my brother, who has done some film photography when he was younger, thought it could be my flourescent light source. So we switched some bulbs around in the light fixtures, and then tried the digital cam on different white balance settings. Right now, I'd have to say he's more on target with his theory about lighting being the bigger problem than the ceiling boards, as he pointed out the light bounces off the bar where I'm taking the pics a lot more than the ceiling.

So we put some white paper down on the bar, and now I'm experimenting with lighting and white balance settings. I'm attaching an image of an Ike dollar to this journal entry. The lighting was a small flourescent lamp, with the white balance set to flourescent light. As always, any comments would be appreciated. I feel like I should add if my photos are captured, the secretary will disavow any knowledge of my actions. :-) (Yes, you'd be right, I've been watching Season One of Mission Impossible TV series on DVD.)