photographing silver

swoydaz

swoydaz

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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
 
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.
 
hepkitty said:
I find this easy, I have a tiny point and shoot Sony Camera, I just take the picture and it comes out.
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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.
 
fishtaco said:
hepkitty said:
I find this easy, I have a tiny point and shoot Sony Camera, I just take the picture and it comes out.
Click to expand...

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.
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Here is a image that I recently took.


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Sony Rx100 mIII Cyber Shot.
 
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