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Coin Photography Made Simple (Part Four)

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W.K.F.

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Basicly the final part...

Greetings Collectors,

Once again I am late. My dad had a slight setback and I am with him about 90 miles from my home. I am using the computer I urged him to get under the guise he needed to keep track of his stocks etc. But I must admit there were some personal needs of my own that kept me nagging him 'til he finally agreed it would be a good thing for him. You really don't apreciate what you have until you are forced to use another system. But even though the screen is much smaller and here he has "dial up" rather than a broadband cable modem, it is way better than when we had nothing out here in the Florida forests on the Swannee River.

This post will be just the basics on combining two photos into one. Sometimes called a panorama view. This will come in hady for those of you that want to share an obverse & a reverse in a single journal. My buddy Brad who taught me most of what I know sent these instructions several months ago but I have to honestly say, I have not attempted this process. I will share "word for word" his info email to me concerning this task. It doesn't sound too difficult and I feel really lazy for not having tried it yet. But oh well, I am the "king of procrastinators". To join 2 or more photos together:

(1) Launch Irfanview

(2) Select the "Image" menu

(3) Select "Create Panorama Image"

(4) Horizontal will be selected by default ( If you want the pics vertical (one on top of the other) choose that way instead)

(5) Click "Add Images" then browse to the image on your computer that you want to be on the left side and click open.

(6) The image you picked will show up in Irfan in the "Input Images" list.

(7) Repeat steps 5 & 6 for the image you want on the right side.

(8) Click "Create Image"

(9) Irfan now displays the new composite (Panorama) Image.

(10) Then you can "crop & re-size" the image for gallery or journal posting.

(10) You can select file/save etc and save your new photo to your computer.

Play with this feature and see what happens. I'm sure you can figure it out.

My last post will be a collection of tips that were shared with me when I was learning. Each is only a few sentences long and I will share the CS member whose idea it was. I am also going to sponsor a contest to those of you who used Irfanview and the tips I have shared and the only stipulation is you have to post a short journal saying how you took your pic and of course, the/a picture as well. This contest is for those of you that had previously not posted any pics in either your gallery or jounals by yourself up 'til now. The second rule is you have to be a collector with less than 100,000 total points here at the CS. And the final rule is at the time of your posting you have to mention in that jounal posting, the pic you want to enter into the contest. Your fellow collectors will email me with their choice of who the winners are. I would also like the winners to post pics of the coin they win to finish off this entire learning process.

There will be three prizes. 1st place will get his or her choice of a PCGS MS-64 Brown 1909-VDB Lincoln cent or a PCGS MS-68 1986-S George Washington commemorative half dollar or a "Gem Brilliant" uncirculated Silver Eagle (one of several dates I have "ungraded". 2nd place will get their choice of the two items leftover and 3rd place will receive the final coin of the three just mentioned. A "Panorama" view pic will receive "extra consideration". The meter starts now and will end at the end of the month of July, voting the 1st five days of August and the winners announced on Aug 7th. Coins mailed out on August 8th.

If only a couple people learn to take pictures of their coins by what I have done, then I will think it a success. Please everyone who can, try and win this thing. If more people participate than I am imagining I will add another one of each of the above coins to the pot.

The photo I leave you with is one that kinda sybolizes how sad it is that the hobby we all hold so dear is one we can't share with very many and one that requires us to keep our beloved coins locked away in some bank vault where in order to see them we either have to have some good pics or we have to go sit in some small room at the bank to play with them. This is two of the six boxes I have at present at $110 a pop per year. ouch!

Happy Collecting!

WKF

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