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13-JUN-2004

Eye to Eye by Tom

Took this with tripod and a hand held magnifier (the lighted kind with a small 7X circle built into a larger 2X lens). Lincoln penney, Lincoln five.

Minolta DiMAGE Z1
1/4s f/6.3 at 9.7mm iso50 full exif

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M. Scott Cole17-Jun-2004 00:51
Tom,
I hate this image! "Why?", you ask. Because as I was struggling to come up with a subject for this competition, a macro of a Twenty Dollar Bill came to mind. And later that afternoon this image popped up on my screen, done so far better then anything I could have imagined. I love the opposition of the eyes, the contrast of the color and texture of the coins and the selective defocus to frame it. This has a great chance of gaining my 4 points.
Konica Minolta Users15-Jun-2004 23:08
Simple but efective PP.
Jose Medeiros
adrianox15-Jun-2004 21:00
totally original tom - to give us a great image - and perfectly framed - how many hands did u say you had? - thanx.
Konica Minolta Users15-Jun-2004 19:57
Thanks for the explanation, Tom. Guess I'll have to experiment a bit with these techniques.

Alain
Guest 14-Jun-2004 19:42
In PS-Elements - drew a rectangle, selected inverse, one of the menus has an effect "Texturizer", which has 4 or 5 choices. I picked burlap or Linen or something like that. It just adds a texture to whatever you selected.
Konica Minolta Users14-Jun-2004 19:29
Great combination and idea, Tom. Nice framing too. I'm a real sucker at framing. Can you tell how you achieved this one ?

Alain
Philip Potts 14-Jun-2004 02:20
I have been wondering if this could be done. Great idea and even better shot.
Konica Minolta Users13-Jun-2004 23:31
Clever idea and well executed. Bravo!

Fred