Tuesday, August 07, 2007

Wordless Wednesday #16





Click image for monetary inflation

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21 comments:

Suprina said...

WOW!
Great Shot!

Happy WW!

Anonymous said...

a penny for your thoughts :)

Mark said...

I love the warped look.

Kate said...

I also liked the warped look but I can't decide which I like better the photo or the "click image for monetary inflation." I might have to go with the words.

Kate

Sevan said...

The caption is so creative!!! I giggled my head off. Thanks for that. Happy ww

Stephanie said...

I realy like this. I love the way the copper stands out in the otherwise colorless image. And I agree with everyone that the caption is very clever :)

Anonymous said...

Riches of riches! Norah's education fund? ;)

Simon said...

"Daddy, can you buy me a bike?"

"Uh, soon Sweetie. I almost have enough for the seat."

Anonymous said...

Did you darken the color of the pennies? It's an amazing splash of colors.

And what a GREAT reminder to save our pennies!!

Moksha Gren said...

The story - This one was inspired by my blog pal Anna who has a knack for shooting stunning photos of everyday items. I took this shot a few weeks ago, but was never overly pleased with it. So I started playing. I erased the color from everything other than the pennies themselves and then added just a hint of a green tint that radiates from behind the pennies. It's not bright enough to even register, but it makes the copper pop even more than it would otherwise.

Mark - I, too, like the warping of the glass...but I can't take any credit for that. Old glass jar.

Steph - Thanks. I worked on about 15 different tactics to make the color pop. After about the 5th one, Moonshot left me with a, "They all look the same to me!!" ;)

Emilie - I don't know what I'm gonna do with all my change. I have a jar for each type of coin and I haven't cashed them in for about 5 years...so there's actually quite a bit there. I had once thought about donating it all since it's sorta free money in my mind. But the guess about college fund will probably turn out to be more accurate.

Simon - As much as Norah likes to stick her face under water...a trip to the local wishing fountain at the mall could be just what we need to get the rest of the bike funds. She'll love that bike all the more since she worked for it. ;)

Everyone else - Thanks, as always, for swinging by to comment on my WW. If I haven't already, I'll be sure to visit your site today.

wesleyjeanne said...

This is a great shot. I do love those shots of everyday things and your changes only add to it.

Also, I like the "money inflation" comment.

Josh & Emily said...

With that many pennies, you can control the world. Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

Mark said...

I just now inflated it, and I see dust on the right side of the jar. Cool.

Nice work with the post processing. I've played with this some, too, and I tend to get (1) frustrated, and (2) indecisive.

Does this look better, or this? Aaaauggghhhhhhh!

Unknown said...

You simply have to eamil me to tell me how it is you made everything fade to gray yet the pennies pop with colour..

~pleeeeeeeeeze~

susan said...

Monetary inflation, lol! Love the color contrast.

Samantha & Mom said...

Very clever and the pennies look so coppery. Great photo as always. Happy WW!

Anonymous said...

Moksha, love the picture. I just wonder how many billions of pennies are sitting in people's homes in jars like this.

Nice job! Have you melted yet up there? We have been running ever so slightly cooler than you guys!

Anna said...

Great shot. I am a huge fan of bottles, glass, etc in images...and so I like this. The glass almost looks like seeded glass.

Hope you are well there! :)

Melanie said...

I love the caption! Great choice.

Anonymous said...

$7.00

Did I win?

Jenny said...

Nice shot!

Hey, I've got a question for you about your site. Will you email me at jenny at blogher dot org?

Thanks!