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Bigger Than You Think...
Bigger Than You Think...
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Challenge: Illusions (Classic Editing)
Camera: Sony DSC-S30
Location: Kitchen table
Date: Oct 27, 2002
Aperture: 9.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1 second
Galleries: Macro
Date Uploaded: Oct 27, 2002

 The intended illusion is to make the penny (1 cent US) appear much larger than the quarter (25 cents US). The required DOF to pull of the shot was elusive, as was the ability to adjust out the "background".

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Place: 105 out of 148
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Votes: 272
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 11/03/2002 01:30:00 PM
Needs more DOF.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/31/2002 07:46:00 PM
Good illusion! (I had considered something like this, too!) Too bad split focus isn't a feature digital supports (yet!). 8 Swash
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 10/30/2002 05:35:00 PM
I'm not crazy about the fuziness of the black, but a good idea. I would have prefered it with truly black background.
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 10/30/2002 10:36:00 AM
whoah that's a big penny. that's like the one hanging in the batcave.
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 10/30/2002 10:01:00 AM
Penny in good focus. Quarter has lousy focus. can see background that quarter is sitting on. Shouldn't see this. It takes from the illusion.
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 10/29/2002 10:16:00 PM
No focus... no glory.
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 10/29/2002 12:14:00 PM
good shot! the classic optical skewed perspective...like the brown background. (beginning to think these two are not that far apart in value) (8) ~mcmurma
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 10/29/2002 09:53:00 AM
jeez, that's some macro lens
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 10/29/2002 02:47:00 AM
Well, I know it's not easy, but I really wish the quarter was in focus. Since it isn't, it's a dead give away.
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 10/28/2002 07:28:00 PM
The quarter needs to be in focus for this to work.
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 10/28/2002 04:43:00 PM
Well done. GOOD job. DOF!! 9 Justine
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 10/28/2002 02:29:00 PM
Yea, woulda been cool if both were in focus. shoulda used the f707! :)

karmat
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 10/28/2002 12:14:00 PM
I think the effect could have been better if the quarter was in focus and the horizon wasn't so clear. I like the idea of perception though. bamaster (7)
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 10/28/2002 10:56:00 AM
Would have been more effective with better DOF... in other words, if the quarter had been in focus, it would have indeed looked as though the penny is larger. With the quarter blurred, though, it only looks like the quarter is farther away...
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 10/28/2002 10:32:00 AM
Would be better for the illusion if the quarter was in focus.
 10/28/2002 08:20:00 AM
This image would be vastly improved if the DOF wasn't quite so shallow, or the focus be more in the middle so that both coins are equally not focused. - Inspzil
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