Makeshift Light Box for Coin Photography

Vondiggity asked me to photograph a few late antiquity coins of Roman origin. I used my MacBook Pro, an iPad and a piece of white paper to create a light box.

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The results are not bad at all. The photos below were not re-touched other than 16 by 9 cropping and resizing.

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