Cameo

[MikeKing]

experimenting with the camera

[Oldtrader3]

Nice image, good lighting control.

[michael]

sweet

[Beijim]

Nice image! It captures both the cameo and that deep pool effect, particularly on the left side.

 

Beijim

 

[MikeKing]

thanks for the comments. trying some more light...

[EVillageProwler]

Mike,

 

You need a good light source as well as a good photo editing software, like Photoshop.

 

Practice using a combo of lighting, angling and contrast/brightness tweaking with the software to get what you want.

 

Russ and Shylock, both of whom usually can be found across the street, are great at this. Bustman also is a professional photographer.

 

EVP

 

[MikeKing]

This is an interesting scan of the same coin, unretouched.

[Oldtrader3]

I liked your first image the best.

[Dermott]

I've been doing the same this week preparing for Baltimore (I want good pics to share with everyone).

 

So far, this best one in my opinion is this one, a proof Buffalo Dollar in the mint case (but removed from the 2 coin presentation case for the shot) using an Olympus Camedia C-2040ZOOM digital camera and halogen lighting.

 

Nice shots on the quarter. Biggest thing I've learned is to try and keep away from a direct reflection of light, but don't block the light with the camera... oh, that and turn the flash off for coin pics.