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10/22/2007 03:14:57 PM · #1 |
 I was debating to mention it was a penny (1 cent US Currency) when I titled it but I decided a photo should speak for itself. I kind of new it would score poorly(since it is a little boring compared to some of those great insect shots) but I am wondering how many of you realized it was the back of a penny? |
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10/22/2007 03:30:05 PM · #2 |
Yes, I knew what it was. I didn't think the Memorial itself had suddenly transformed from crisp and white to pitted and copper-colored. :)
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10/22/2007 03:47:47 PM · #3 |
| I also realized it was the back of the penny - and I am sure the vast majority of voters did as well. Like you said in your comment, the image was a little boring - and this helped bring down the score. Besides that, the image was not super tack sharp and the suffered from pixelation and other assorted technical issues |
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10/22/2007 04:03:43 PM · #4 |
I knew it was a penny, yep. Perhaps some of the non-Americans didn't, but I doubt it had much effect on the score of this relatively pedestrian image...
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10/22/2007 04:35:30 PM · #5 |
| I understood it to be a penny too. I though it a little boring and lacking in sharpness too but then what do I know, I only placed one above you. I was right in the midst of the pack and gave your image a score of 4. |
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10/22/2007 04:58:56 PM · #6 |
| It's easily identified (even in the thumbnail)as the back of a US penny, probably most US residents could identify it too. I agree with the others and don't think it effected your score. The subject is on the boring side (no disrespect intended to you, your photograph, US currency or The Lincoln Memorial). Your lighting was not good enough to make your image pop. Yes, I agree with you when you said, "I kind of new it would score poorly(since it is a little boring compared to some of those great insect shots)..." but I do applaud you for trying something different. |
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10/22/2007 05:03:12 PM · #7 |
I think it would be pretty obvious to even non-US citizens that this is the back of a coin or some other small etched object.
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10/22/2007 05:20:35 PM · #8 |
Wow, I must be the lone misunderstander - Without reading the title I thought it was a scene from X-Man where that wheelchair guy is floating inside of a big cage covered in copper.
Lincoln Memorial, Penny, I see it now. Huh. :) |
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10/22/2007 05:20:45 PM · #9 |
When I saw it ... I was wondering if it ought to be DQ'd for the following rule:
You may:
include existing images or artwork as part of your composition as long as the entry does not appear to consist entirely of a pre-existing photograph in order to circumvent date or editing rules or fool the voters into thinking you actually captured the original photograph.
I would have thought the capture of the backside of the penny without any special lighting or anything else to differentiate it from simply being the backside of a penny would violated the artwork rule.
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10/22/2007 05:32:03 PM · #10 |
| As a non-Merrican, I understood immediately what it was. I also thought the image suffered from so-so lighting, and I didn't care much for the filled frame. Perhaps you could have tried some tricky lighting to bring in some shadows, or messed around with your angle...that "straight on" shot likely cost you some points. |
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10/22/2007 05:41:06 PM · #11 |
Yes I knew it was the penny.
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