...finally figured out the tint and more.

At last, I feel like I'm getting there in regards to my pictures. The big thing I learned was: the green tint was not coming from my ceiling, but from the light source, and how I was positioning the coin. I tried the different white balance settings on my cam, and found the automatic was probably the best for my light source and how I position the coin. At least for right now anyway.

Silver coins are still picking up a little more, but I'm confident I can get very adequate pictures now. I may still have a little tint in them, but it all boils down to money. I could buy some good photo light sources, I looked at some on eBay and they were more than I wanted to pay. So I thought, do I want to buy the lights, or put that money to more coins and make due with what I have now that I know how to overcome the bulk of the tint. Well, you all can probably imagine my choice. I'd rather have a 90% good picture and not buy the lights, so I can put more money to coins.

I also found out that possibly the holders have a slight impact on it. A while back (November I guess) I bought a Mexican 1903 peso at a local coin show. Rather than get it graded right now, I put it in an Airtite holder. There is a story behind why I like the pesos, I'll leave it for another journal article if anyone is interested. Anyway, I popped it out of the holder, and it came out really well I thought. I'm attaching a pic of the peso so you can see my photo progress.

Anyway, now I'll be adding more pics to my sets as I get some taken.

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