untitled post-it pad

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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Comments (31)

Scarabaeus from Manchester, United Kingdom

Very interesting shot, I really like the lighting and focus in this shot.

26 Apr 2008 8:55am

TILALA from bordeaux, France

Great ! Beautiful light and framing ! Bravo !

26 Apr 2008 9:05am

Daroru from Amagasaki, Japan

Thoughtful work.

26 Apr 2008 11:48am

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

Marie from FRESNES, France

simplicité, c'est très bien vu !

26 Apr 2008 2:26pm

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!!

Alun Lambert from cheshire, United Kingdom

Very clever, well done

26 Apr 2008 4:34pm

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

Stunner from Kingston, Jamaica

Cool shot and focusing!

27 Apr 2008 12:14am

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

Oeilonirique from France

Abstract and pure, like the different shapes of shadows

27 Apr 2008 5:41am

Daniel from Kenmare, United States

interesting shot.

27 Apr 2008 3:30pm

Twelvebit from Victoria, United States

Sort of elegant.

27 Apr 2008 3:40pm

Michael from Wuppertal, Germany

Very nice macro shot, well done!

27 Apr 2008 5:15pm

Saeed from Tehran, Iran

nice shot

27 Apr 2008 6:11pm

Jarrard from Athens, GA, United States

I love the minimalism.

27 Apr 2008 8:12pm

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

HoMo from Iran

wow i like this streaks

29 Apr 2008 9:39am

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 ;)