“Speaking of totem poles” As my mother used to say when faced with a comment from out of the blue.
“or worthless ducats that cannot be exchanged for anything meaningful” Some ducats can be exchanged for quite a lot. This is a 4 Ducat Franz Joseph gold coin from my collection
On the next post is my take on a silver proof version of the Florida State US quarter and a really amusing silver Mexican coin.
I’ve got several thousand shots of different coins like that.
Amusing, but about 15 years ago, APMEX, the largest online supplier of precious metal products tried to hire me as their product photographer but I was already employed as a Civil Engineer.
This photo was purchased by a Mexican Publisher for inclusion in a Mexican elementary school level arithmetic text book.
If you look around the perimeter it shows the Mayan counting system. Base 5 apparently but humorously, they assign minor deities to each number.
I’ve got a Mexican contact for trading interesting stuff back and forth.
Fantastic detail. Superb shot.
I’ve got several thousand shots of different coins like that.
Amusing, but about 15 years ago, APMEX, the largest online supplier of precious metal products tried to hire me as their product photographer but I was already employed as a Civil Engineer.
On the next post is my take on a silver proof version of the Florida State US quarter and a really amusing silver Mexican coin.
Macro of Florida quarter
Macro of Mexican silver coin, Don Quijote
This photo was purchased by a Mexican Publisher for inclusion in a Mexican elementary school level arithmetic text book.
If you look around the perimeter is shows the Mayan counting system. Base 5 apparently but humorously, they assign minor deities to each number.
I’ve got a Mexican contact for trading interesting stuff back and forth.
Wonderful collection of images (and coins!). That’s the great thing about macro. You can make wonderful images without getting cold (or hot or wet).
Tom, what lenses did you use for your coin work?
Virtually all of the pictures were made with my old Sony A850 with a Minolta branded 100mm f2.8 macro. I got a LOT of good work out of that lens and not just coins. I have a 50mm version that’s supposed to be in the same quality range, but it isn’t, at least my copy.
A different type of shot from that lens is below.
I like that water drop shot. I’ll save it for tomorrow.