Photo Opinions/1827 Bustie (big pics)

[MBA101]

Playing with a camera, opinions please:

 

[TomB]

The coin looks like it might be quite nice, but the white balance is markedly off on the obverse image.

[MBA101]

How is this? Some of those lines are actually shadows from slab scratches...

 

[mgoodm3]

Not bad. You're getting a little glare off of the light at the top of the image. If you back the light off a tiny bit it will go away.

[MikeKing]

It's a lovely, organic '27 Bustie. The background is a bit blue, and the coin a little bit too dark, maybe the white balance needs to be played with further. Do you have a grey card? I just got one and started experimenting with it, seems a few people here recommend it. Perhaps trying a different metering?

[MikeInFL]

In the last shot the lighting is a bit harsh. Move the light a bit farther away and "higher" (i.e. closer to the camera), which should even out the lighting.

 

I really like the realism of the second photos if I'm interpreting the color of the coin. If it is as dark as I'm guessing it is, I like the way you've resisted the urge to "brighten" it up. Dark coins should be dark in the photos, IMHO.

 

Have fun...Mike

[MikeKing]

Mike, I appreciate what you're saying about keeping dark coins dark. Is there any way of illuminating a dark coin fully, so you see all the devices, and keep it dark at the same time? I've got a few coins that are really dark, and I always feel that I'm not shedding enough light on them.

[mgoodm3]

Like this?

 

 

High-angle lighting is very useful

[MBA101]

I think this one captures the coin a bit better...

[James_OldeTowne]

As others have mentioned, the white-balance seems to be off-kilter. I brought in the obverse image and tried to auto-adjust it, and couldn't get a reasonable appearing image. Now, regarding the coin, I love it! Looks like a picture-perfect super-original EF-40.

[MBA101]

As others have mentioned, the white-balance seems to be off-kilter. I brought in the obverse image and tried to auto-adjust it, and couldn't get a reasonable appearing image. Now, regarding the coin, I love it! Looks like a picture-perfect super-original EF-40.

 

The "off-white" is the light reflecting off the holder. When you look at the coin in hand, it does really look like this. The other pic where the holder shows white, I took with sunlight. I will be playing more with this, but maybe not for a little time...

 

BTW, it resides in an NGC AU-50 holder. Bought it raw off of Ebay way back in 99 or 2000.

[MikeKing]

Like this?

 

 

High-angle lighting is very useful

 

Yes, How many lights and what kind, and how high is high angle?

 

Thanks