I thought I'd try something in the vein of Tom Robbrecht's Mediterranean Food, Anyone? and hoped I might learn something in the process. I did.
I tried several setups before I settled on the one I used for this shot. I had two lights shooting through large plastic bags on either side of my image plane. This was not ideal.
I couldn't get a good white in the background without highlights that were too bright; and in PP, trying to bring the BG back to white, the transparent tape dispenser became almost invisible.
I should have traded out the tape dispenser for a stack of post-its.
I would probably have refined this shot further, but doing so would have continued to monopolize the majority of my living space, and I wasn't willing to let that continue any longer.
I'm not entirely happy with this, but I'm submitting it anyway, because it took so much work to produce!
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Very nice composition.
Well displayed and lit. I like the variety of colors and shapes.
I struggle with the two transparent items on the right and it's a bit distracting, but doesn't take away from the overall shot at all.
I've always liked the idea of a setup like this. interesting stuff in your drawer! ;)
too bad the white tape is almost disappearing in the background and the left top of the photo is darker then the rest.
Another classic image for this challenge, and I hope it does well..... Maybe the white on white is a little hard to see, but still the idea, and also the composition is very good.....
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