Years ago I used to use a flatbed scanner to get pics of coins. A few months back got a Canon EOS w/ a macro lens and started taking pics with the lens about 3-4 inches from the coins. Wasn't working out well so I got a ring light. I'm not going to say it improved the pictures any but in my mind I was accepting that it was. The main problem was the pics were very pixelated thus detail was lost. Yesterday I increased the distance between the lens and coin to about 13 inches, removed the ring light, and used a halogen
lamp at the 12 o'clock position about 3 ft above the coin. Quite the improvement. I took it a step further today and tried natural sunlight. I'm assuming these will post in the order I added them. The first is the original pic from the seller, The second is what I got moving the lens further away and the last is direct sunlight. The last is actually closest to the color of the coin. Any suggestions on how to improve?
I didn't save the pixelated image of this coin so will respond with another series of pics of another
Antoninus Pius Sestertius showing seller's pic, my pic of 3 inches, and the 13 inch distance with natural sunlight.
Hope you enjoy and looking forward to information on improving!
(Correction - pics got switched the middle one is the natural sunlight @ 13 inches distance the bottom pic was last night w the same distance and the halogen light)