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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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
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)
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...
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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