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My Lucky Penny
My Lucky Penny
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Challenge: Lucky 7 (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 3200
Location: Home
Date: Nov 26, 2004
Galleries: Abstract, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Nov 26, 2004

 I have been carrying this penny in my wallet for the last 12 years so I would never be broke. I used two mirrors to capture the pennies reflection 6 times plus the orginal penny in the foreground. 6+1=7. I found it to be most difficult tasks actually. Simply meaning that to show seven images "exactly" the same of the subject matter. I could have used seven pennies, but they would not be all "exactly the same."

Statistics
Place: 257 out of 260
Avg (all users): 3.6310
Avg (commenters): 3.1250
Avg (participants): 3.5086
Avg (non-participants): 3.7226
Views since voting: 936
Views during voting: 364
Votes: 271
Comments: 18
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/07/2004 11:18:58 PM
Very difficult to figure out this complex composition. The reflection idea itself is quite good, but all the other shapes distract the eye. Simplify!

EDIT- I assumed that you would get enough complaints about the image size without me jumping in, so I waited. After you've tweaked your image, make sure that the longest dimension of your image is 640 pixels before uploading (DPI is irrelevant). The small size is costing you at least a full point. Good luck!

Message edited by author 2004-12-10 18:45:50.
 12/06/2004 10:23:14 PM
if only it were larger...
 12/04/2004 11:01:54 PM
Your scores will improve if you produce larger images.
 12/04/2004 07:32:25 PM
Image too small and only one object (reflected).
 12/04/2004 05:02:42 AM
I can't even tell where the pennies are laying? Is that a staircase? The image is too small and just plain confusing.
 12/03/2004 02:54:51 PM
I like the idea and have tried it myself (with bad results) but I feel the image is too small and was just posted to get it in the challenge. Work at different types of mirrors that maybe don't have a frame and see if you can get it perfected.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/03/2004 11:05:51 AM
Kinda tiny...next time, make your shot a bit bigger so we can enjoy the details.
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 12/03/2004 10:10:54 AM
nice idea, making it a bit larger would help, and the focus is a bit off-putting, but nice all the same :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/02/2004 10:38:09 AM
too dark and too small. Why so small? Did you use a camera phone? you're allowd 640 pixels on the longest side.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/02/2004 07:44:45 AM
Great idea and execution, except for the size of the photo. I have to strain a little to see past the second coin.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/01/2004 10:22:00 PM
Nice try, but this image is too small. Resize submissions to 600-640 on the long edge. Better luck next time around. You had a good idea here but hampered by bad execution.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/01/2004 09:59:00 PM
Interesting shot but image a bit too small to make out the detail. I recommend you figure out how to use full size allowed by rules - 640 pixels along longest dimension. You'll be glad you did!
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 12/01/2004 08:41:45 AM
would have been nicer if it was a little larger. It is difficult to show much detail in a photo this small.
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 12/01/2004 07:31:52 AM
This will get rated low because of the size of the photo, if you are having trouble gettin the size down to 150k try reducing the quality' and increasing the size, you will never notice the loos of quality
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/01/2004 02:48:04 AM
way too small. As your next to last step, resize to 640 pixels on the long side. Ignore DPI. Then do any shaarpening (like USM 150%, .3, 7 threshold) and when yousave it as a JPG use hte quality/compression setting to get teh file size to 147k or less.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/01/2004 01:40:38 AM
reflections are difficult to control. i applaud your effort.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/01/2004 01:35:12 AM
fun idea, but i think this shot will suffer from being too dark and too small. try to use the full 640 resolution.
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 12/01/2004 12:37:29 AM
Too small...can't really see much.
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