"New" Lincoln Cent Image

[leeg]

Part of the fun in the hobby for me is taking pictures of my coins and sharing them with others. Just about every day I'm trying different way's to improve my coin picturing taking ability. I use a NIKON Coolpix 5700 with the lens that came with the camera. I'm almost at a standstill on improvements now with this camera. Any tips you can provide are appreciated! Maybe Santa will bring me a D70 this year I used two 13W OTT-LITE's for this shot. Please post any new pictures here that you've taken.

 

 

 

[Regis44]

Nice. How close was camera and lights to the coin?

I've been working different light angles to get all edges without shadow or glare. I have had mixed success but, it seems different coins require trial and error (mostly error) for me.

[leeg]

Nice. How close was camera and lights to the coin?

I've been working different light angles to get all edges without shadow or glare. I have had mixed success but, it seems different coins require trial and error (mostly error) for me.

 

Both about 4" from the coin.

[drwstr123]

Pentax ist DS w/2 Otts 13w:

[leeg]

Pentax ist DS w/2 Otts 13w:

 

Nice!!!

 

 

 

[drwstr123]

Thanks Lee. I was going to go for the Nikon but I seem to learn in an easier fashion with Pentax. Maybe some day I'll grow up to a Nikon. In the meantime, post some Abes:

[leeg]

 

 

 

 

[drwstr123]

Top o' the mornin' to ya Lee -

[MikeInFL]

I use a NIKON Coolpix 5700 with the lens that came with the camera. I'm almost at a standstill on improvements now with this camera. Any tips you can provide are appreciated!

 

Do you shoot RAW (.nef) and use Nikon Capture or Phoshop RAW? If not, you should check it out. It will improve your photos....Mike

 

[Regis44]

I use a NIKON Coolpix 5700 with the lens that came with the camera. I'm almost at a standstill on improvements now with this camera. Any tips you can provide are appreciated!

 

Do you shoot RAW (.nef) and use Nikon Capture or Phoshop RAW? If not, you should check it out. It will improve your photos....Mike

 

 

Mike,

Wow! That is about the true-ist photo that I've seen! The color, shades, and clarity just grabbed me as looking exactly like the Lincoln setting here on my desk.

 

Great shot,

Regis

[leeg]

Do you shoot RAW (.nef) and use Nikon Capture or Phoshop RAW? If not, you should check it out. It will improve your photos....Mike

 

Hi Mike,

Yup. Shoot in RAW and use NIKON Capture 4. Since I do use this I guess you're saying my pics suck? Nice Lincoln there and great pic. Maybe I'm using too much lighting? I'll check this out.

 

[IGWT]

Lee -- Do you know whether or not Photoshop Elements (or other Adobe imaging software) supports Nikon RAW format? Do you have to convert from RAW to jpeg to post a photo (the properties of your photos suggest that's the case)? If so, what difference does it make if you shoot in RAW format if you must convert to jpeg anyhow?

 

Thanks. And wonderful pix, BTW.

[leeg]

Lee -- Do you know whether or not Photoshop Elements (or other Adobe imaging software) supports Nikon RAW format? Do you have to convert from RAW to jpeg to post a photo (the properties of your photos suggest that's the case)? If so, what difference does it make if you shoot in RAW format if you must convert to jpeg anyhow?

 

Thanks. And wonderful pix, BTW.

 

Appreciate it IGWT. Heres a link to a great article on photography by mgoodm3 from across the street.

 

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