A paint brush strapped to a cymbal stand suspended in front of a piece of cardboard painted black. The stars are both glow-in-the-dark paint, and pinholes illuminated with a studio light behind it.
Here's a picture of the setup:
A few days of setup, with many different ideas. I am happy with the final result.
Editting included cropping, some basic sharpening, dodging and burning, and some very minimal cloning.
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Place: 179 out of 295 Avg (all users): 5.4938 Avg (commenters): 6.4000 Avg (participants): 5.3942 Avg (non-participants): 5.6786 Views since voting: 12287 Views during voting: 249 Votes: 160 Comments: 7 Favorites: 0
Thanks for the comments everyone. Obviously I could have been happier with the score. :)
From the comments, I think I know why this scored so low.
First of all, the paint brush wasn't obvious in the picture.. The head was too small and not 'paint brushy' enough I guess. It wasn't lit very well because the black paint was too glossy and ended up causing too much shine with any amount of light.
Second, as Melethia pointed out, the picture looked computer generated. I actually take this as quite a compliment considering how low-tech the shoot actually was!
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