photographing silver

I have photographed silver under all kinds of conditions and have never achieved very good results.

Recently I installed an "E-Star" lamp in my ceiling light and got amazingly good results in night conditions.

I placed the bar on a white sheet about 1.5 metres directly below the light.

The photo was taken with my iPad mini.

Here is the first and only attempt at photographing this Engelhard bar.

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This is a very accurate representation of the colour and characteristics of this bar.

I photographed a couple of others too with very good results.

So, was this a fluke or is this the Holy Grail?

I don't know, but if you want to try the same light it's: E-Star GLS LED LAMP: LG3/860B22: 600K / Daylight: 250 lm: 3W LED

 

I've always preferred taking pictures outside in the shade personally. That's a very nice picture you took!

 

Thats an awesome pic of a mesmerizing bar....

 

So, what's the best way to take photos of mirrored Ag / proofs?


I recently attempted for the 1st time with a couple bars, and got all kinds of reflections (ceiling, wall, camera, hand).. :lol:

 

I haven't tried taking pix of proofs with this light.
But I might give it a go.

 

I find this easy, I have a tiny point and shoot Sony Camera, I just take the picture and it comes out.

 

When I tried to take pics of a silver coin last month it was a disaster and I used 3 different cameras under different lights and various backgrounds.

 

Here is a image that I recently took.



Sony Rx100 mIII Cyber Shot.