built-in flash with ping pong ball diffuser. I had to work a while to get circular picture, but couldn't figure out how to make the background transparant or the same gray color as the website.
selected circular shape, copied to new picture, cropped, resized, B&W.
OK, I changed all my color pictures to black and white and deleted the color ones. I just realized I effectively also deleted all of your comments. Sorry about that. Thanks to whoever it was that pointed out to me the legal requirements to photographing foreign or domestic money. They will have to be black and white, so I won't be able to play with color as I'd hoped.
Thanks for clearing up up, Robert, and sorry for not reading all the details and over-reacting. I saw it upon getting up after 3 or 4 hours sleep due to issues at work, and spent the next hour panicing and replacing pictures instead of grabbing another hour sleep before a big day. I should have left the previous pictures in my portfolio so they could be relinked on the main forum page once this was clarified.
"The Counterfeit Detection Act of 1992, Public Law 102-550, in Section 411 of Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations, permits color illustrations of U.S. currency provided . . . "
The "provided" bits have to do with sizing, etc., but color is definitely allowed. Sorry to have mucked up the works, I think your other images were fine, and I think color is fine!
I honestly don't know how to deal with their restrictions and requirements in digital (especially as to sizing), but color is definitely not altogether prohibited!
I like what you've done here to draw attention to the round bits in the bill; interesting stuff! Stay with it, I say!
So far so good! I like this perspective. Glade you are still here and didn't have to go to jail for not converting your images into black and white. I didn't know that you could not use colored images of money. Live and learn!!
I'd need to see the law that says it can't be in color. I could be wrong, but I, for sure, would want to see it in writing.
Whoever left the message with the link (r-something, rheverly? runeric?}, would you please be kind enough to leave it again? I didn't know I was deleting the comments when I swapped pictures and deleted the originals. It was on the ustreas.gov Secret Service website. I can't find it now, but another site I found is somewhat less restrictive, though not quite as official. Since this is all files rather than printed I don't know how to delete all digital files used in making the illustration.
U.S. currency
The Counterfeit Detection Act of 1992 permits color illustration of U.S. currency provided that
the illustration is less than three-quarters or more than one and one-half times the size, in linear dimension, of any part of the bill;
the illustration is one-sided; and any negatives, positives, plates, or digital, magnetic, or optical files used in making the illustration are destroyed, deleted, or erased after their final use.
I've sold color pictures of currency to stock sites. No one ever told me I couldn't do it. I'd think a stock site would be aware of the laws. You can't sell pictures of a full bill is all I've heard. I guess I'd need to see the law that says it can't be in color. I could be wrong, but I, for sure, would want to see it in writing.
Other than that, The edges look a litle rough. Maybe feather them a little so they are smoother. Good macro.
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