My pic taking ability is improving

[sadysta1]

I think I'm doing better (this is a pic of my NEWP from Nashua show

 

obv

rev

[DonHeath]

Indeed. Nice looking coin.

[pawnee101]

Real Nice what kind of set up are you using

[Bruceswar]

Links are broken to me??? Or is it me?

[kryptonitecomics]

I was able to see the obverse.....that image was too big, but I like the quality.......it looks like a circulated Barber Should, not all washed out in the scan.

[Bruceswar]

nice coin..... images are nice and crisp..... you can see what the coin really looks like... What kinda cam you shooting?... nice shots all the way around.... now tackle some coins with luster... and or color... thats when it gets tricky... especially in slabs... nice work.... loooks good

[toyonakataro]

Nice Pic. I always have difficulty taking a sharp picture.

[chinook]

 

Looks very nice. I just joined Vendio. Now I can post larger pictures without suffering from compression distortion.

[TomB]

That's a beautiful coin with a completely original look to it. All of these pieces should be as fortunate as yours has been.

[HaydenTubbs]

Wow!

I've improved my pics recently,also

[Hoot]

A really solid and excellent coin. Your photo is quite detailed and revealing of the coin. Might the light balance be slightly different to accurately depict the color? That can be one of the toughest aspects of getting a photo right, which jom would point out, I've never done (even though he's always wrong about everything).

 

Hoot

[wingedliberty-migration]

I do like it. Good resolution and excellent use of lighting.

[Wihlborg]

That can be one of the toughest aspects of getting a photo right, which jom would point out, I've never done (even though he's always wrong about everything).

 

Yeah, but Hoot, you have to give credit where credit is due. Jom IS a wiz with a spray can!

 

John

[sadysta1]

Below I'm posting of the setup for those who were wondering how it looks like

setup1

setup2

 

I like vendio too, it costs a little money but i really like it for hosting pictures esp. for ebay. They have pic limit size but it is so big it should not affect you at all. I usually combine pics in photoshop before putting them on ebay.

 

Also here's a pic of peace dollars with some interesting die breaks

 

peace dude

[jom]

That can be one of the toughest aspects of getting a photo right, which jom would point out, I've never done (even though he's always wrong about everything).

 

 

Yeah, but Hoot, you have to give credit where credit is due. Jom IS a wiz with a spray can!

 

 

Anyway, comments from the "peanut gallery" not withstanding, I was wondering about your set up. What do you do when you have a PCGS coin? The shots you've shown here are in white holders which usually makes my shots too dark. If you have a PCGS slabbed coin then you could put a DARK background so as to limit the amount of light reflected into the lense. I have a lot of trouble with NGC coins in this regard.

 

jom

 

PS: To set the record straight, I've never wizzed with a sprary can in my life!

[Bruceswar]

That can be one of the toughest aspects of getting a photo right, which jom would point out, I've never done (even though he's always wrong about everything).

 

 

Yeah, but Hoot, you have to give credit where credit is due. Jom IS a wiz with a spray can!

 

 

Anyway, comments from the "peanut gallery" not withstanding, I was wondering about your set up. What do you do when you have a PCGS coin? The shots you've shown here are in white holders which usually makes my shots too dark. If you have a PCGS slabbed coin then you could put a DARK background so as to limit the amount of light reflected into the lense. I have a lot of trouble with NGC coins in this regard.

 

jom

 

PS: To set the record straight, I've never wizzed with a sprary can in my life!

 

 

Thats a flip and not a slab... much easier to photograph... anyhow... what camera you using for your pics.... I like the envelopt idea.....

[sadysta1]

The camera is Nicon coolpix 950 and I agree it is much tougher to take pic of coins in slabs, I think that NGC is toughest of them all. below there are some pics of coins in slabs

 

NGC is tough here's 1898-S MS61PL

double eagle

 

PCGS slabs are a little easier. This one was in SEGS proof error slab, but PCGS wasn't quite sure whenever it was a proof or not and I agreed to slab in as a mint strike error PCGS MS64 lamination, James@EarlyUS - this is similar to what you are looking for

 

nickel1

nickel2

 

And the "easy" holder to Photograph - ANACS MS62

 

Morgan1

Morgan2

 

See ya after Christmas!

[jom]

Thats a flip and not a slab... much easier to photograph... anyhow... what camera you using for your pics.... I like the envelopt idea.....

 

What I was referring to was the white background. Whether it's an NGC slab or a flip it still makes the lighting difficult.

 

sadysta1: NGC's slabs are the most difficult for a number of reasons. First, it's a white slab as mentioned above. SEGS, ICG nor PCGS have this problem but ANACS does. Ever notice how many of Heritage's NGC coins always look darker. I'm fairly certain this is why. Your best bet is to use a black background on the slabs that are see-through like PCGS. Otherwise you might try a piece of dark cloth or paper on NGC slabs...

 

Secondly, NGC's slabs have a holder that puts the coin somewhat below the surface of the slab's "field" so to speak. So when you need lighting or shots from a slight angle (usually to get the color to show best) a shadow hides part of the coin. I've never taken an ICG coin but I'd bet it has the same problem.

 

Third: It's a slab and that mean GLARE. I haven't had much luck with that. Any ideas?

 

BTW, I use a Nikon 950 myself. Great camera except it doesn't allow a timed shutter release on MACRO shots..which is really stupid when you think about it. I have to get one of those little rigs to release the shutter without holding the camera because my shots were too blurry.

 

jom

[Bruceswar]

white backgrounds always make for hard shots on silver... but copper... or gold.... That glare is always tough....