Photo's of New Cents 2009 and later

[eaxtellcoin]

Is anyone else having problems shooting the new 2009 and up Cents including shields? The photo's are so bright you have to almost follow a black back ground to keep the color close? I've tried to shoot yellow and Black - The black dissolves the rim and looks like a black abyss the coin is so bright. I had to slow my shutter down to 1/1600 just to get the almost red color on a solid black back ground. Anyone else trying lighting on these?

These are taken on a stand with a Nikon AF Micro 60MM lens - auto focus

I need to figure which one looks better for coins or to keep looking for something that looks more natural. These are very hard to photograph..

[jmangham]

Ill get some photos with my set up this weekend. Maybe we can figure it out together!

[rglerdude]

Ive used several different scopes and cameras but never seem to shoot shield cents the way i want.

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[kloccwork419]

This is the same coin at different angles. First set is straight on shot. 2nd set is a cent thickness angle and the 3rd is 2 cent angle, no editing. Of course when you have it angled you'll have different focal points. It all hgas to do with your lighting and the angle it reflects to your lens. The last shot of the reverse is 2 cent angle with a few shots at different focal points, stacked and edited. Looks better but i still hate every cent after the memorial:~ The angle is just me putting a cent or 2 under it to angle the coin. Man, I said angle a lot...lol Click on the picture, then click on that pic and it should should have a + to zoom in even further to get the true size and see where it is and isnt focused

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[willbrooks]

You capture the cartwheel luster nicely. Smooth throat mofo. I liked him better with the Adam's Apple.

[kloccwork419]

Gender neutral nowadays...lol

[jmangham]

This is the same coin at different angles. First set is straight on shot. 2nd set is a cent thickness angle and the 3rd is 2 cent angle, no editing. Of course when you have it angled you'll have different focal points. It all hgas to do with your lighting and the angle it reflects to your lens. The last shot of the reverse is 2 cent angle with a few shots at different focal points, stacked and edited. Looks better but i still hate every cent after the memorial:~ The angle is just me putting a cent or 2 under it to angle the coin. Man, I said angle a lot...lol Click on the picture, then click on that pic and it should should have a + to zoom in even further to get the true size and see where it is and isnt focused



What are you doing to get that natural color?

[kloccwork419]

Only edited pic is the last one

[jmangham]

Only edited pic is the last one

I know. I'm talking about the others. What lens are you using?

[kloccwork419]

Its all in the lighting. Diffuse it. Different heights and directions til its good enough.

[eaxtellcoin]

Not always Jason. I tried the black surface back ground and liked the detail but hate the color. I'm back to white / white and faster shutter. They are more red but still nothing like natural. I have more than 10 coffee filters on the lights to diffuse - these shields suck - pardon my French to photograph.

The angle is about 4 or 5/1

Plus I don't want the shadows you have. I can take that photo also with a slow shutter but you really cannot tell the quality.

[kloccwork419]

My last set and the edited one look like the coin in hand. Color too. I’ll look for a shield cent

[kloccwork419]

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[eaxtellcoin]

Thats a bit better, color is good and the detail looks OK also. using a 2/1 with a tan background?

[eaxtellcoin]

Well this is about the best I could do. I used the Shade option for the flash exposure to make them more red.
May not be the greatest and maybe a little dark but the detail to me looks good.

[eaxtellcoin]

Well I'm through all of the EC#1's uploaded and fixed on my sale web page. Now to the LP2's - Wow I forgot how hard these are to photograph from flat. This is die #3 flat. The Second photo is elevated towards the light - any preferences? Centering to get the hand at the proper level was interesting. I had to use the book pages side - side to make level. The elevation of the hand makes shooting the secondary remnants very tough. Happy New Year. ALL - Hope this one at least gets us all back out to enjoy coin collecting.
Eric