pencils
Been awhile since I took anything just for the sake of it so i went hunting for something lying around the house to try and make it more interesting.
strobist: pencils standing on paper on a glass table 550ex at 1/128th power shot from below 580ex camera left into small umbrella for fill on the the pencil tips at 1/32 power
no post processing done except the border and copyright
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Beauxtx1, devrieda, tanyeehou, By Anita Larsen, and 50 other people added this photo to their favorites.
j.bengtsson (51 months ago | reply)
Interesting way to combine DOF and light origin... :) With a little imagination, the blowout on the glass could be rocketflares!
Like it.
B. E. N. (51 months ago | reply)
such a simple idea for cool result . . .
lizardspd (51 months ago | reply)
this looks awesome, did you try a few different arrangements as well? if you want a rounder highlight on the table, you can use a cardboard gobo with a round hole.
www.i-photo.it (aka Cric-PhotoPassionate) (51 months ago | reply)
superb shot and I love DOF plus nice lighting
krystel1 (51 months ago | reply)
interesting..!!!! great idea..!!!!...ktir 7elwe:)
tanyeehou (51 months ago | reply)
Kick [shift]244[/shift]
Hugh_C (51 months ago | reply)
Looks like a missile silo ...
JasonWalton (51 months ago | reply)
They almost jump right off the screen at you. I feel like I'm about to be stabbed in the eye. :)
willy gil (51 months ago | reply)
wow...really great.
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adartsotof (51 months ago | reply)
cool :)
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wow. great setup. great pic .. !!!
GarethDix (51 months ago | reply)
Thanks guys... I'm so glad other people mentioned the rocket thing as that was the original idea... and it also proves that I'm not crazy if other people are thinking the same thing right? lol
Lizard spd I tried one other arrangement with less pencils as i wasn't entirely sure if the hotspot would be big enough to accomodate more. I've started to get into that mind frame where I have an image in my head so this shoot literally took me 5 minutes to set up shoot and then stick up on flickr.
not sure what happened to all the other comments from earlier i think the browser at work was really screwing around so if you comment dissappeared I'm really sorry!
Aurélie Xénophane (51 months ago | reply)
Very nice ! Great perspective.
Rod Monkey (51 months ago | reply)
Brilliantly done.
dash - (51 months ago | reply)
oh woow cool idea!!!! love the perspective - the ends of the pencils vanish...... great shot!!! very interesting! :)
sokolowicz (51 months ago | reply)
Wicked DoF. Great composition and light.
HKVP Photography (51 months ago | reply)
Nice shot
dCapFoto (51 months ago | reply)
that's pretty cool, I like that.
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Digital Owl (51 months ago | reply)
very nice blur!
sevenbrane (51 months ago | reply)
Cool shot!
smoore24 (51 months ago | reply)
They look like they're popping out of thin air. Excellent shot!
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Kevin Logan Photography (51 months ago | reply)
Awesome! I love the composition and lighting. Well done.
tittiaden (51 months ago | reply)
Love this shot!
Roberto Lipavsky - La Escuela Foto Arte (51 months ago | reply)
Ultra Cool Shoot...the light is great but the DOF really makes the pic...well done
Caucas' (51 months ago | reply)
wooow
keen idea
well taken
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Kollektiv Pseudonym (50 months ago | reply)
a very nice pic….+++
ein sehr schönes bild…+++
greetingZ from bavaria
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Markinhos D7 (50 months ago | reply)
great shot!
Paulo Ramalho (49 months ago | reply)
Magnifico!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
noOonalita ~ Bônita² [ ♥ ] luv u Dadi (46 months ago | reply)
wow
Karim Iliya Photography (46 months ago | reply)
Thats such a strange perspective. Can you tell me what your focal length on this was?
GarethDix (46 months ago | reply)
it was about 20mm on a crop sensor so about 30mm FF... i was up close to get the distortion though
NMookerjee (33 months ago | reply)
Quite an interesting subject..nice how you can just use stuffs lying around the home and use for great shots like this.
Flash Parker (33 months ago | reply)
amazing!
RzzA™ (19 months ago | reply)
lovely work
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