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Posted by danthro (Suburbia, United States) on 26 April 2008 in Miscellaneous and Portfolio.
this is the other image i thought about using for macroday, but i ended up going with yesterday's.
4-30-08 -- I just found out this was featured on the aminus3 community page. Thanks to whoever decides that, I'm honored!
sorry i'm not able to catch up on everyone's blogs as i'd like to, focusing on other pursuits more now.
Comments, feedback, criticism, suggestions, etc. are always appreciated. Thanks!
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Scarabaeus from Manchester, United Kingdom
Very interesting shot, I really like the lighting and focus in this shot.
26 Apr 2008 8:55am
GJC from Kyoto, Japan
I like this one. Creative and it's good you could see this.
26 Apr 2008 12:04pm
Jen from Alpharetta, United States
Simply everday object turned into a beautiful piece of art...nicely done!
26 Apr 2008 12:27pm
Kevin from OrganicPIX.com from DFW, Texas, United States
Oh, I love the simplicity of this photograph.
It has a beautiful DOF - I really like the separation of the cornered tip contrasting with the dark background.
26 Apr 2008 12:36pm
Observing from Chester, United Kingdom
Simple but striking. The folded page, its texture, the cast shadow and the detail all make an excellent abstract. Top marks.
26 Apr 2008 12:46pm
sherri from Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Excellent photo. I love books and hate seeing that cover bent:-( Greyscale is very good on this one.
26 Apr 2008 1:07pm
Craig from Vacaville, California, United States
I really like this whole composition! Well done!
26 Apr 2008 1:58pm
Oswegan from Lake Oswego, United States
It could be the beginnings of a paper airplane.
26 Apr 2008 3:26pm
yiannis krikis from thessaloniki, Greece
EXCELLENT lighting and tonal range - the best of the day
26 Apr 2008 4:05pm
@yiannis krikis: thank you!!
Sean from Champaign, United States
I'm diggin' this. It's so simple and yet seems elegant. Nicely done.
26 Apr 2008 7:12pm
baobab from Cambridge, United States
paper aeroplane :)
I like this one and yesterday's a lot for their use of shadow and light, edges and body, texture and bokeh. you're getting great control of DOF. is this something you can set or do you have to take *lots* of photos to get the shot you're after?
26 Apr 2008 10:18pm
@baobab: thanks. judging from people's reactions looks like i probably should have used this one for macroday rather than yesterday's--oh well. i do still have to take a bunch of photos to get what i'm after, but i've also gotten a little better at predicting what my camera will do. mostly, i set the camera to macro mode, frame the shot from the lcd screen, and then it has boxes in the middle showing what part of the picture it's going to use to get in focus, and then try not to hold it too close to the object in question 'cause then it'll all end up out of focus.
this one i spent way too much time on, trying a million different angle and compositions and desperately trying to make the edge look bigger and thicker but i couldn't get it better than this. didn't help that i didn't have good lighting so it would get grainy if i enlarged it or cropped out stuff. after i got the image to this point i was so frustrated, i gave up and photographed yesterday's bottle cap. then i decided after all that work i might as well post this image too
baobab from Cambridge, United States
that's quite the art (managing DOF and focus areas with your camera).
I liked yesterday's shot a lot, just wasn't able to offer a coherent comment at the time. It 's a sophisticated shot with real flow, more distinct differences in textures, and I really like the shadow/light positive/negative of the perforated edge and its shadow. Today's shot is simpler, easier to immediately grasp. So it's easier to immediately comment on - and this reflects more on the audience and our usually brief attention spans than the artist :-)
27 Apr 2008 1:46am
Justin from Beijing, China
This works nicely. I like best how the shot takes me to a cozy room in a quiet house.
27 Apr 2008 2:11am
Lunamania from Oakland, United States
Thoughtful composition and would make a nice stock shot? It'd be neat to see what it looks like in color too!
28 Apr 2008 9:38pm
Melissa W. from Warsaw, Indiana, United States
Love the simplicity of the composition. What a great idea. I like the processing and the graininess works...very well done!
28 Apr 2008 11:28pm
Jan from Bruges, Belgium
Very good b&w. The grain is a nice 'addon', here. It makes the image stronger.
29 Apr 2008 7:13pm
Twelvebit from Victoria, United States
I guess you know that this one was featured on the community page?
30 Apr 2008 4:15pm
@Twelvebit: No way! I had no idea. I used to check the community page but i hadn't had time in a while. That's really cool! Thanks for telling me. ...and to think i almost didn't post the shot! the irony is of course that the day after i posted this someone gave me a low VFXY rating and, alas, my rank went down by a thousand blogs (out of 3700). but what do they know ;)
Twelvebit from Victoria, United States
At this moment it's still in the spotlight with your no parking shot one of the featured images.
30 Apr 2008 10:48pm
drphoto from Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
I like both of your edge pictures but I think I prefer todays, great work considering you're just using a p&s
Dan
4 May 2008 5:23pm
Sony DSC-W55
1/40 second
F/2.8
ISO 100
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