think i'd have paid closer attention to the nails at this sort of closeness. i mean...a fresh coat of paint and perhaps some filing is in order.

Great idea! Autumn on skyscrapers...

Great action! I like seeing the action shots.

This is a great but scary shot, it just gives me the feel the guy out of psycho is going to pop in with a knife. Nice capture.

looks like an ad-good job!

Wonderful contrast in textures and colours.

Niiiice! GL to you!

very pretty

It's too sad...

Great shot, but I don't think it's really close up

Very good.

You're missing the point. You've added a step which makes the comparison invalid. The two themselves still have the same value. But it's irrelevent. I really don't care. It was just an innocent observation.

Wasn't talking about convenience... was talking about value.

debit/credit *shrug* who cares? Coins are worth the exact same amount if it's debit. If I have $1,000 in the bank for my debit card, I can get $1,000 worth of coins as well. Credit cards are actually worth less than coins as no one charges me interest or fees for my coins. All three are worth more in the hands of someone who can do math, although credit has FAR more likelihood of being harmful in the hands of someone who can't do math.

I think a shot of the CPU would have made for a better contest entry, you know the Central Processing unit? That's actually where all the math is being done on a motherboard.

okay.... well, only because i have a severe urge to tell you this... with your fair skin...black nail polish isn't your friend. it just makes your skin look more pale, and causes this really horrible reaction with the flash. my skin is really pale as well, so i fight it all the time. but... perhaps natural lighting with no flash on this might could help? and then raise the skin tone levels to make the skin work out better.
and a credit card is not math. unless you are looking at how they charge you for all the fees... "late fee" "interest" yada yada. a plastic card with random coins balanced on it doesn't really show math being done. and...the card, although i see what you are trying to say....isn't anymore powerful than the coins. ask anyone in debt. i'm sure they'd tell you having a credit card is actually absence of math.

Trust me you could still adjust the contrast, no matter what your skin color and your explanation doesn't explain how the math is being done. It's just guessing. I have a credit card that ain't worth anything. It's just assumption. Sorry, IMO still off theme.

The hand seems a little bright. Auto contrast would probably fix it. I am also having trouble relating this to the theme. Sure all the coins are worth something and the plastic is worth something but where's the math being done here?

Congrats on your win Shikyo..........an excellent capture, well deserved.

Have you got a border on this, I'm afraid that isn't allowed.

Yup, definitely well deserved and easily predicted. Blew the rest away. Congrats!!!

Congrats for your first place, Shikyo!

Haha, loving the comments on this... i got an ATI too! =D looks like Nvidia are being outnumbered! great picture!

Quite funny entry, well done

Very good shot ! High marks from me

very nice thought......

A nice choice for grayscale. And even though a bit simple, it's the simplicity that makes for a more artistic shot. So well done! Spring is always more fun to shoot in than winter.

Compared to most of the entries, this one is actually very nice. So good luck to you!

all the best ........

all the best ........

beautiful shot .........

gud luck to u ...........

Booooo Ati........ NVIDIA all the way. This shot looks good because I am viewing it on an NVIDIA card LOL

gl

nice shot ......... all the best .........

Nice. Extra points for using ATI instead of Nvidia

adorable!

very very nice...gl

Well I got to say after all the entries I've seen entered, this is the most artistic and creative take on the theme so once again good luck!

Looks similar. I'm sure it was not your intention to enter a photo like the previous but it ended up that way.

The white shades don't really dominate the picture.

fair enough, it was just my feeling, but it is YOUR photo.

You have the start of a great shot, try cropping about 1/3 off on the right side.

Nice shot and on theme. GL!

GL

Ah yes, I never said it had to be a real hat. GL!