I'm playing around with my photo-editing software to see how it looks. Eventually, the ANA 3-Medal sets will become one of my albums. Tell me what you think and don't hold back on the punches.

Chris

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Nice crisp picture, I think you did fine.   

I personally like to inspect every mark and crevass on the coin's surface, so I do prefer a slightly larger pic.  That's just my personal preference, though.  I wish I could get that clarity on mine, I use a Sony DSC-H5 w/macro built in, and it does pretty well overall but not quite the crispness of yours. 

Nice crisp picture, I think you did fine.   

I personally like to inspect every mark and crevass on the coin's surface, so I do prefer a slightly larger pic.  That's just my personal preference, though.  I wish I could get that clarity on mine, I use a Sony DSC-H5 w/macro built in, and it does pretty well overall but not quite the crispness of yours.

I'm using the Canon Powershot Pro 1 with the built-in Supermacro option. The problem you have with enlarging the image too much is that it magnifies imperfections, flaws or blemishes moreso than you would even expect when looking at the coin or medal through a loupe. For example, if you examine a coin under a microscope, the tiniest little nick, 1/10th the size of a pinpoint, can look like a crater on the moon.

I'm still playing with the software, but I'd like to figure out how I can get rid of the shadows on the outside of the perimeter.

Chris

This is the 1969 set, but I still can't figure out how to get rid of the shadows.

Chris

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Do you mean the shadows around the outside, away from the actual coin, that run about 4-7:00 around the perimeter?  I don't mind them at all, but if you wanted to you could lay out a background and crop each coin and paste them to it.  I use Photoscape (free) to crop coin pics and insert a solid background.  It's not a fancy as Stef's templates, but it removes any background distractions.



edited to try to clarify

Do you mean the shadows around the outside, away from the actual coin, that run about 4-7:00 around the perimeter?  I don't mind them at all, but if you wanted to you could lay out a background and crop each coin and paste them to it.  I use Photoscape (free) to crop coin pics and insert a solid background.  It's not a fancy as Stef's templates, but it removes any background distractions.



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Good idea.
A black background works great from my point of view, and since you're asking for opinions; I would put them against whatever background you choose but not have them touching.

What do you think of this?

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Hmm...I think I like the plain gray background better.  I've tried many of the neat functions on the photo editor, but ended up liking the basic solid background best.  The coins are the main focus, and your pictures are really good. 

Oh, and Stefanie has some neat templates posted here somewhere if you want to try a cut-and-paste thing.

I like the gray, too!

Chris

What about this?

I need to make a template so that I can put a little space between the medals.

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