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Challenge: Money II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: charlottesville, va
Date: Oct 26, 2008
Aperture: f/32
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Architecture, Macro
Date Uploaded: Oct 28, 2008

 i tried this shot once when i first moved here, and since i got my macro lens i've been wanting to do a reshoot. i was driving around and decided to come by here. i found a nickel in my backpack, however it was scratched up (which is why you see some fringing and stuff). also, i had to stop down to f/32 so that the building was somewhat recognizeable. that had two consequences. first, the shutter speeds got slow enough that i had to bump up my iso to 400 to prevent blur; this could have been prevented if i had two tripods... one for the camera, and the other for the coin (the nickel took up my tripod on this pic). the second issue was that at f/32, there was tons of sensor dust that showed up.

i'll probably do a reshoot at some point, using a shiny new nickel and two tripods. but, i won't have the ability to do it before the deadline for this challenge. so, this will have to do for now.

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Canon EOS-50D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 11/02/2008 10:16:52 AM
Nice idea but why the letterboxing? I like the concept you have here.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 10/31/2008 09:29:16 PM
Meets Challenge:2
Technical:2
Interestingness:1
Creativity:
TOTAL: 5
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D90
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Nikon
 10/30/2008 12:55:49 AM
good composition, though i wish the nickel was not cropped.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 10/29/2008 05:08:28 PM
Great idea and execution, but hate the black bands. 6
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7200
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-140mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
 10/29/2008 01:55:10 PM
Great macro and idea
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Apple iPhone 6
Sony E 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ OSS
 10/29/2008 10:50:27 AM
What is the nickel in front of/leaning on? Without that, I would like this even more.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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