This is the beret badge of the Australian Special Air Service Regiment, one of the best special forces units in the world. It is gold plated. All the post processing I did was crop the image and reduce it's size to fit challenge guidelines. I chose this because it is gold and I respect and admire the SASR. I know the words are hard to make out but I did the best I could with the equipment available to me.
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Aside from that, though, the angle's a little too dead-straight. From the side, with some shadows, or standing it up vertically, or something, would catch my interest more.
Meets the challenge but the image is just too soft to do well. The lighting is also a bit harsh although do I like the angle in which it's directed giving the subject depth. I would maybe just dim/diffuse the lighting and also try and steady the camera better for a crisper image although from the looks of this subject it probably doesn't have real fine lines to get tack sharp.