One of my photos on a collector coin!
Jody Melanson
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I usually don't like to brag about my photo stuff, but I just had to share this with you guys/gals!
Out of the blue, I got an email a few months ago from the head designer of coins who works for the mint in Finland. He contacted me about using one of my photos on a collector coin.
This is the photo. Some of you probably remember me posting it a few years ago. I was out with another photographer shooting Short Eared Owls when this Cottontail came zinging past. I threw up my camera and managed to get this image.
Anyhoo, I just got an email today saying the coin has started shipping and I will get mine before Christmas.
Here is what the full coin looks like. A ying yang symbol. I thought that was pretty cool in itself.
My side of the coin.
Another unknown photographers side.
And here is a link to the coin on the Finland mint's website.
http://www.suomenrahapaja.fi/eng/commemorative-and-collector-coins/the-summer-rabbit-and-the-winter-rabbit
Sorry for the shameless bragging, but I couldn't help but share. I've been published quite a few times, but never on a coin! Christmas came early for me this year!
Out of the blue, I got an email a few months ago from the head designer of coins who works for the mint in Finland. He contacted me about using one of my photos on a collector coin.
This is the photo. Some of you probably remember me posting it a few years ago. I was out with another photographer shooting Short Eared Owls when this Cottontail came zinging past. I threw up my camera and managed to get this image.
Anyhoo, I just got an email today saying the coin has started shipping and I will get mine before Christmas.
Here is what the full coin looks like. A ying yang symbol. I thought that was pretty cool in itself.
My side of the coin.
Another unknown photographers side.
And here is a link to the coin on the Finland mint's website.
http://www.suomenrahapaja.fi/eng/commemorative-and-collector-coins/the-summer-rabbit-and-the-winter-rabbit
Sorry for the shameless bragging, but I couldn't help but share. I've been published quite a few times, but never on a coin! Christmas came early for me this year!
There is a fine line between a hobby and mental illness!
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But...what the hell do I know.
Your work appearing in any venue would not surprise me, Jody.
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Congratulations. That photo certainly deserves to be published. Beinb immortalised on a coin can't be something that happens very often...
How funny that a rabbit lifted from a background of snow becomes the 'summer rabbit'
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