Coins from Kenya

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 6:04 pm

My wife brought home some coins from here trip to Kenya (three months ago) and she finally showed them to me yesterday. OK, get the camera out and take some shots......for your pleasure

#1-a group shot...#2 & 3, single coins.

Bill D · Post by **Bill D** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 8:28 pm

Very nicely done! All three shots are sharp and well lit. I really like the composition of the first shot. Would make a nice wall hanger. And, I hate to ask... but... could you spare some change? LOL

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 3:48 am

Very nice Doug!

I prefere a group shot. Not because of lot of money but because of "The Color of Money".

Bruce Williams · Post by **Bruce Williams** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 4:23 am

Your lighting is just about spot on Doug ...and an interesting composition too.

I was interested to note that the Kenyan currency is still in shillings - obviously a legacy of the British colonial period which ended over 40 years ago.

In the UK the British shilling (1/20th pound) disappeared (in name anyway) with our change-over to decimal currency in 1971. I suspect that most of the kids here wouldn't have a clue what a shilling was.

We used to call a shilling a "bob" - come to think of it MOST of our pre-decimal coins had nicknames whereas NONE of our decimal coins have nicknames, even after 35 years!

Bruce

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 7:14 am

Brother can you spare a dime...or maybe even a "bob"

Great set of images there Doug and interesting too.

Ib Mathiasen · Post by **Ib Mathiasen** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 7:43 pm

Great color and rearly good focus i the first foto - this picture like this can i look at for in a long time, and still find somthing new every time - great picture

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 5:58 am

Thats everyone for your great comments. I was very happy how they came out also. The first one makes a great computer wallpaper