Hi Michael, a nice simple shot - good use of DOF and suits the B&W conversion!
I have used a small LED torch for most of the lighting for mine this year, I've learnt alot about lighting this way - it helps you to see the effect instantly!
Hi Mike, pleased you like it, took quite a few goes to get it right, I kept noticing I had misplaced the top coin on the second row. Certainly makes you very thorough this projectMoney - now that I like a lot.
Very abstract - super shot and very well suited to B&W
Mike
Money
Great shot, love the DoF you have managed to get....... here it comes the BUT
I doesnt shot out money to me, i think it would have been better at a slightly higher angle where you could see the top of the coin.
This is a great shot Michael I think nearly everything works,
2 picky things
1: the end stack looks bigger than the other 3,
2: would like to see a bit better angle so as you can see the top a bit more and see that they are coins if you get my drift.
very nice, DoF does it for me
Handmade - #2 for me, lovely colours and the textures show up really well.
Money - very interesting, I cant help but like it. Great DOF. Well and truly meets the theme!
Simple and effective... good use of DOF. I think it works nicely in mono
Great shot for money, my only little comment is I would have liked the first stack to be a little lower because the others are in ascending order, although it's only a minor thing
Otherwise on the money
Money: Well done - simple, but effective interpretation of the theme. I like the b&w conversion and the dof very much. I actually think the lighting looks fine, and my only niggle would be I think the in-focus stack would look great on the third - it's a bit close to the edge. Well done on another good week.
A couple of people are commenting on how this year seems harder than last and I found that in 2010, after doing 2009. That's why I had a year off - this year doesn't seems to have got into its stride yet, but I'm sure it will.
Jean
Michael that money shot, is well bang on the money thik it works well in b and w and the focus and DOF is just right
Money - On theme of course, B&W works well, the only niggle for me is focus appears to be a little out (slightly infront of the first stack) but that's me being picky.
Buy one! It changes the way you look at the world around you. My 60mm micro was the first lens I bought (apart from the kit lens, but that doesn't really count) and I use it all the time.I need a proper macro lens!
HI Michael
you should do ok with the 500-500...monster of a lens...with IS ? I bought one a while back but couldn't get on with-it due to no IS so traded it for 150-500 is SIGMA & love it
Money.....good DOF ,B&W works well ,the flash light is symetrical on the stacks so doesn't bother me....1 less coin on the 1st stack & possibly a slightly higher POV to see the top of the coins ? Still , good work mister
Go on, Michael, treat yourself to a macro lens...you know it makes sense
I have struggled with a few of these themes!
I like what you've done, very simple. Was the SC needed as the coins are different colours anyway?
I like it, nice and simple with a nice clean background.
I don't mind the selective colour on it personally as I have no idea what the coins are from so wouldn't really know they were all different colours, in fact I wonder if it would ruin the simplicity of the shot and be too busy depending on their colours? Hard to know without a comparison I guess?
My only irk about the shot would be that some of the coins on the left don't seem to have enough contrast and look a little flat?
I like that a lot! I'm glad you've put the winning line over to one side; it makes for a nice composition.
If it had been possible I'd like to have seen a colour version, with the yellow line standing out in a sea of red tokens, but I'm assuming to fill the frame (the game's frame, not the camera's), you had to use yellow and red.
Win - very good shot and i like the SC
Oh yes, I see what you mean!
The SC does work better here Michael, good choice on the PP
I had the same problem but chose to crop mine instead.
Its maybe a tad dark in the top left corner but thats being picky. Iain
Good work Michael, fits the theme nicely (although it took me a little while to work out what I was looking at, and what SC meant )