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Coin Toss: Heads or Tails
Coin Toss: Heads or Tails
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Opposites (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S2 Pro
Location: Hong Kong
Date: May 11, 2004
Aperture: F3.3
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1.5 sec
Date Uploaded: May 11, 2004

 Built a little X out of wood, painted it black and taped two Aussie coins on. Put two more down on a black cloth, tried a bunch of exposures, and crops, and settled on this.

You can see where the "x" is by the black reflections on the coin that make the sides appear to be missing.

Photoshop is nothing but Image Size, Crop and USM and Levels to get the black background to blend in with the "x" This did cause some hot pixels which I don't know how to get rid of in basic editing. Ran it through Neat image at the end.

Statistics
Place: 112 out of 286
Avg (all users): 5.0830
Avg (commenters): 5.6667
Avg (participants): 5.0569
Avg (non-participants): 5.1024
Views since voting: 912
Votes: 289
Comments: 14
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 06/18/2004 06:29:35 PM
I also think this should have scored better. The concept and execution are very good. The DOF seems off one way or the other- either shallower DOF to simulate motion blur on the top coins or deeper DOF to get them in focus. You might crop a bit off the bottom, too. With those minor changes, I'd have given this an 8.
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 05/19/2004 06:23:52 AM
i really thought this would do better. im one of your nines..oh well maybe next challenge ;)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/18/2004 07:44:45 PM
Nice... I assume you used 4 coins?
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 05/18/2004 09:29:26 AM
Brilliant execution! I love that the first and last are in perfect focus.
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 05/16/2004 11:52:11 PM
Interesting idea, nice stop motion too! Good job...
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 05/16/2004 07:27:34 AM
05/15/2004 05:30:34 PM
Nice setup - effective. Colors and black background very efective together.
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 05/15/2004 08:44:51 AM
Very fun idea to take a picture of the coin flipping as opposed to heads and tails of two different coins. Good focus on the first and last part of the flip.
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 05/15/2004 08:22:04 AM
good
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 05/13/2004 08:59:16 PM
OK, I'm just trying to figure out the trick of getting these four in a "single" shot! Vivat!
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 05/13/2004 08:32:45 AM
good idea.
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 05/12/2004 09:12:41 PM
very good
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 05/12/2004 05:34:19 PM
hmmmm.... did you use photoshop?
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 05/12/2004 03:51:11 PM
this is a very neat picture. would like to see how this is explained in a tutorial.
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