There is something magnetic about the rough-smooth feel of paper; the printed letters in black ink; the strange smell of an old book---and how each book seems to have its own characteristic one; bookmarks, tags; the rustling sound of crisp paper sheets rubbing against each other; the gentle puffs of air that blow towards you as the pages flip by...
Here's to the love and joy of books! vipul.livejournal.com/36602.html
Update: This is my first photo to be featured on Explore.
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Picture Books, vdoneva, klm_kishore, Forestedpaths, and 76 other people added this photo to their favorites.
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Stuti ~ 55 months ago | reply
hi Vipul, this is lovely :-)
@ thanks so much :)
rhythm! [deleted] 55 months ago | reply
beautifully ingenius!! beautiful composition!! love the shot!! especially becuase of the black background!
Chocolate Geek 55 months ago | reply
Thanks you all!
@rhythm, I tried about 40 shots with different lighting and exposures to get this one that I liked.
NavneethC 54 months ago | reply
But the heart is so dark inside. Why?
;-)
The Wandering Hermit 54 months ago | reply
Good one.. quite creative.
.nitinmahajan. 54 months ago | reply
great one
Jeremy Brooks 54 months ago | reply
Hi,
I've used this photograph for an upcoming post on photochallenge.org under the terms of the CC license. It will be posting in the next few days. If you don't want me to use it, please let me know.
Thanks!
Chocolate Geek 54 months ago | reply
Happy New Year!
~vipul
Mary Alice=) [deleted] 47 months ago | reply
A picture is worth a thousand words and a book holds more then 1 story. This is a great pic.
greenelfmom 47 months ago | reply
I totally love this photo---because I passionately adore books. I had a rather unhappy childhood, but books helped me make it through :)
SHINE «KWS» 47 months ago | reply
Nicely Captured ..
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Fer Jimenez 45 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called "Books"(POST1,COMMENT1), and we'd love to have this added to the group!
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susanej05 40 months ago | reply
Nice photo! I've included it (with attribution at the bottom) in a blog post. Thanks!
Baltas 40 months ago | reply
Featured in
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matty_gibbon 30 months ago | reply
I heart this image too! I hope you don't mind, but I have included it in a blog post -
www.getmewriting.com/inspiration/writing-for-escapism/
I have included attribution and a link to this page, of course. If you want me to use something else, that's fine though, just message me.
vaula 28 months ago | reply
maybe paperhearts www.flickr.com/groups/paperhearts/
Sonia G Medeiros 27 months ago | reply
Great image! I used it on a blog post this morning. Thanks!
jessiebcuz 21 months ago | reply
Thank you for this lovely image! I'm going to use it on a blog post for my course on critical thinking. We just had a discussion about paper vs. virtual books and whether a book is about its body or soul, and your image works perfectly for my recap post.
critthinknvc.wordpress.com
Thanks!
Soulestial Services 21 months ago | reply
Love this photo & I've used it on my website. Thank you so much!!
soulestialservices.com/my-books/
christeneduncan 13 months ago | reply
This is an awesome photo!