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Dave
11-22-2009, 05:26 PM
When it come's to the definition: Amature Photographer. You will read my name and find with it some crappy picture's I posted of my finds from last weekend's hunt. So, being completely unhappy with those photos, I set out to find a way to take at the least a decent picture with my Fuji Finepix J20 point and shoot camera. The first thing that I found out was that if you can't take a picture outside in the daylight then you need a studio. So I built one, a $10.00 Strobist Macro studio.http://www.strobist.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-to-diy-10-macro-photo-studio.html Then I set out to figure what or how I needed to photograph a coin. I found that information here http://www.mkdigitaldirect.com/tips/coin_photography_tips.html and here http://www.tabletopstudio.com/documents/coin_photography.htm#5000k bulbs. After reading and experimenting. I came up with these shots of the Barber quarter I found last week. The ones with the black background are from my post and the ones with the white background are what I came up with. What do you think? Like them, hate them, what?

Epi-hunter
11-22-2009, 05:27 PM
:shocked04: Now that is an impressive difference!!!

MNDigger
11-22-2009, 05:51 PM
I like it! What an improvement! I definately need to make something like that over the winter!

angellionel
11-22-2009, 06:42 PM
That is a definite improvement Dave. Very nice photos!

bmattioli
11-22-2009, 07:09 PM
What a difference.. great pic and beautiful coin..

Bruce

OkieDigger
11-22-2009, 09:03 PM
Great pics Dave!

coinnut
11-23-2009, 05:49 PM
The heck with the pictures, I want that quarter :beatdown: :beatdown: lol But the pictures are real good too lol Nice close ups. thumbsup01

bigjohn070
11-25-2009, 10:27 PM
Great pics
Awesome coin

HH
BIG JOHN

Dave
11-25-2009, 10:28 PM
Great pics
Awesome coin

HH
BIG JOHN


Thank you!

sectshun8
12-04-2009, 07:49 AM
Dave,

Great post man! I knew there had to be a way to make something like that, and the proof is in the results, wow. Thanks for the links! thumbsup01

greg
01-13-2011, 10:12 AM
Some good info. here.

Evan/tn
01-13-2011, 10:29 AM
You need good light and a cut and crop program that will enlarge the photo and you rall set
Nice improvement on the photos!

wingmaster
01-13-2011, 02:01 PM
Yep those are good pictures, when I first started detecting it took me a while to get around to coming to the detecting sites and I didn't have my own digital camera so I had a friend take them after they was already in the 2x2 holders, you can't get a good pic like that. So I bought a camera like his as it has a macro and super macro setting, I use the super macro setting and it does real good for close up shots, now I can get a pic before I put them in the holders.

M-Taliesin
01-13-2011, 02:17 PM
Howdy Pard!
I didn't see much wrong with any of those photos, but the second batch was certainly an improvement.

My own photos are usually just shot on a tray table with a tee shirt for background. Often it is the tee shirt I wore while finding those particular coins. My only issue is lighting.

Your photos are definately showing improvement.

Macro is what it is all about.

Blessings,
M-Taliesin

Dimeman
01-13-2011, 03:10 PM
Having a Macro setting or a super macro setting makes a world of difference. Most camera software that comes with the camera can crop a picture to get the unwanted background out of it. A couple small squares of colored felt or cardboard for the backdrop, and a small desk lamp with a couple different wattage bulbs can be used instead of a light box.

psychposse
01-13-2011, 04:13 PM
Sure, and I sold my macro lens :bangahead01:

When I want a really good image of a coin, I just lay the coin on the flatbed scanner and up the scan resolution - could even add a color paper to change the white back... I might have to experiment with that now.

Dimeman
01-13-2011, 04:17 PM
You can get a digital camera for less than $150. that will get very good results. My above picture was taken with one of those cameras. I cropped it, then resized it.

giant056
01-13-2011, 04:19 PM
Dimeman where'd you get a merc with no date?

Dimeman
01-13-2011, 04:25 PM
Dimeman where'd you get a merc with no date?


That's a 1 oz , .999 fine, silver bullion coin. They are hard to locate....but I have 5 of them.....got them a couple of years ago. :)

russellt
01-13-2011, 09:43 PM
i freaked out .. that was the first thing i noticed //////// no date/// mint error and in mint shape ...... wheew . you had me for a minute :shocked04: :popcorn:

jkress
01-14-2011, 01:39 AM
I like the darker background. Makes the coin stand out better in my opinion.

I've been tossing around the idea of finding a better background for my shots too.

For now, I've just been shooting my finds on my treasue table.

Great post. :yes:

giant056
01-14-2011, 02:37 AM
For capturing silver I have the best luck with a dark non reflective background.

Nitro 54
01-15-2011, 03:29 PM
Nice looking pictures