Sorry Meep, I don't think you understand how depth of field works. The pictures are not in focus. I won't go over it again. If you think the pictures are good then that is all that matters. All the devices are visible. I just know if I was going through all this I'd spend some time (several hours or even days) working out the proper distance of the light source, camera and subject. All the best, I don't envy your task....it's a lot of work.
Hi Jay,
I appreciate your (and everyone else's) suggestions.
As you stated, it is a lot of
work. That's why I didn't respond to your post until now. When I read your post last night, I was awake about 18 hours. I was exhausted. This is the case every night.
Every batch of coins I do (approximately 10 coins) takes me about 4 hours. That includes setting up my lights, taking the photos, cropping, re-naming, storing them on the hard drive, storing them on the flash drive,
writing the code in html kit, uploading the photos and files, deleting the photos from the iPhone, deleting the photos from the hard drive, etc., etc. This usually yields 2 website pages. I try to do 1 batch a day. if I am lucky, I can do 2 a day. This works out to about 20-30 minutes
per coin. Of course, this is in addition to the 30-45 minutes
per coin it takes me to write up my hand-written tags. So, yes, it is a monumental effort.
This is in addition to my
health problems. I have a chronic illness. It is
Winter, and I don't feel well. I am having Lyme flare-ups just about every day. This causes difficulty breathing, lightheadedness, etc. This happens every
Winter.
On top of all of that, my family
members keep bugging me to
help them with different, various things.
It's amazing that I can anything accomplished at all.
In fact, if you noticed, I haven't been in (or posting in) other
Forum threads. I've been neglecting them. I'm devoting 100% of my free time to this project.
That being said, my plan was to go back at some point (when I am done with my
Bruttium coins, or when I am done with my
Magna Graecia box #1, or whenever) and re-shoot my blurry photos and swap them out. Actually, I wanted to do it today, but I gotta
help my family again. Maybe tonight.....?
By the way, I think that about 2/3 or 3/4 of my photos are "
good enough". If you remember, coming into this project, I stated that I wasn't looking to take high end
auction house
quality photos. I just want them to be "
good enough".
Meepzorp