Got this idea from another photo on the site that was done in black and white which I can't seem to find right now but anyways... Shot in my living room with the three pencils taped to a piece of glass suspended over a really thrown together colored background consisting of a red t-shirt with yellow and orange construction paper cause my printer ran out of ink and I ran out of options, so I had to get a little creative... lit with a small lamp between the red and yellow pencils to give it a little more depth and some shadows. Used my Canon 70-210mm f/3.5-4.5 with a 36mm Kenko extension tube. It was my first chance to use the extension tube for a challenge which I really enjoyed. Well heres the other stuff...
I'm really proud of this one and hope it does well. I love this site and how it makes me think about what I shoot and work for my pictures not just snap them as I'm out and about.
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Hooray! My best scoring picture so far! I'm so excited to be in the top 20 and can't believe it. Also my first 6+ but hopefully to be followed by many more. Thanks for the votes and the comments!
Very well done. I happened along this tutorial today actually. I would have liked to see more of a difference between the red and orange pencils though. But I know how hard these colours can be to photograph together. Also, the same amount of shadow on the orange pencil as on the others, would have balanced it out even more. 9.4
I'd love to see your setup for how you blurred the background. I tried something similar w/ colored bencils, and I wasn't either as well focused as you, or you have a macro lens. I'd be happy if you didn't, because that means I can do something similar!
If you were to print this, I'd clone out that tiny yellow spot under the orange pencil.
Good job on the theme and composition, although I just noticed you'll probably get DQ'd because of your border. A shame!
very nice concept but execution wise a bit more dof (to get complete pencils in focus) could have helped. also multiple light sources could have avoided the harsh shadow too. 6 for the concept and effort
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