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David Swan1

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    Wondering about photographing slabbed comics
    I have a question and a comment.
    First, I was wondering if anyone has advice on photographing slabbed comics. I?m sure everyone who tried to do it has come up against the obvious problem of the reflection of the flash (as well as the reflection of the photographer if no flash is used). Some of the comics I have in my collection have beautiful photos but I pulled those from the website I purchased them from. The only thing I can assume is that these were photocopied. Is that how these are taken to avoid a flash? My concern with that is blasting my covers with a few moments of intense light. I?ve tried tilting the comics and that works to a degree but obviously they come out looking a bit wonky. I also want to take a photo with high enough quality to see the certification number but reducing it under 128 KB kills that for the photos I take. I know I must be doing something wrong.
    I also have a comment. I greatly admire many of the collections people have put together but I?m really surprised at how many of the top collectors don?t include images. I want to send out huge congrats to Ghost Town for including images of 100% of the comics in his collection. That is AWESOME. Also, a shout out to Merced as a fellow DC fan. But why why why are your best collections obscured? Rosland is another one with a great collection with 100% images but they?re obscured. Oh how I would love to see them. Seeing a collection as nothing more that the certification number and grade is pretty unsatisfying. Even though my images may be a bit weak I plan on getting one for every issue.
    Thank You
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    Check Out This Collection I Stumbled Across
    I like to peruse the various collections that people have put together looking for some really neat ones and yesterday I came across one that just blew me away. This may possibly be the most staggering comic collection I have seen. I?m not plugging for this person because I know them in any way but WOW you have to check this one out. It?s ?Off to the Museum? by clarkkentdds in Superman #1-#423. I briefly flirted with starting a collection of early Superman comics before concluding that the high grade issues were simply out of my price range and settled on the much more reasonably priced Captain Marvel Adventures. This collection has the feel of someone with unlimited funds because this HAS to be the most impressive collection of golden age Superman comics ever and the collection was only added within the last month. Never would I have expected that there could possibly be this many 9.0+ early Superman comics in existence much less collected by a single person. I only wish the person had included images because it would be an amazing sight to see. Congratulation to clarkkentdds and remember, with great power comes great responsibility. Keep those comics safe.