Monetary Reforms
by stephan

Comment by alanfreed:
I like how you used light to emphasize the progression from old to new.

Monetary Reforms
by stephan

Comment by Jacko:
Nice concept.

Monetary Reforms
by stephan

Comment by focus:
I think there were two ohter coin submissions. Yours stood out because of the excellent lighting. You made your point without my having to read your caption.

Monetary Reforms
by stephan

Comment by ron:
Lighting a bit too extreme on the edges (too dark, too light) but I love the idea and composition.

Monetary Reforms
by stephan

Comment by tunnard:
shows the transition from old to new. nice, i like the way the light shows the new stuff, and gets darker towards the old.

Monetary Reforms
by stephan

Comment by rocco22:
I did this ide also but didn´t post it because i didn´t like it in the end, Your is better then mine was but to much hot spots on the Euro coin. rate it 2

2nd/3rd century AD
by stephan

Comment by stephan:
I find the diversity of opinions very interesting... If I count how many people like the lighting (counting me in) and how many think it's too dark it's 9 to 9. I'm not sure what to do now ;-)

After reading floyds comment I also see that the photo would have looked better when the light was more evenly distributed. The direction of the light was not under my control as the statue is in a museum and I think they wouldn't be very happy if I would have started to adjust the lamps ;-)

Personally I liked the photo for the strong shadows and to me it looked almost like the statue "beholds" me. That was also the reason why I cropped it that way. To me the statue looks down at me and somehow I liked this effect.

Anyway, many thanks for your comments. As always, most welcome :-)

2nd/3rd century AD
by stephan

Comment by GeneralE:
I like the way the colors "fit" the subject

2nd/3rd century AD
by stephan

Comment by nightfall:
great composition and great lighting.

2nd/3rd century AD
by stephan

Comment by MaYz:
Very nice. I like the positioning of the statue, a position in the middle would have been as perfect. The lighting is also great, the shadows are really nice.