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Posted:
Thu May 12, 2005 9:16 pmby xerubus
Something very very simple to shoot, however the result came out better than I expected. Another example of how seeing something you like and then trying to emulate it can work in your favour. Comments most welcome.
cheers
Posted:
Thu May 12, 2005 9:22 pmby embi
Absolutely awesome. Yin and Yang
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Thu May 12, 2005 9:27 pmby Pauld
Great shot!
I would have never thought of shooting pencils in that way. So simple but very effective.
Posted:
Thu May 12, 2005 9:29 pmby Matt. K
xerubus
Very creative and a great piece of design work. That is an image you could sell and it's an image that some ad agency is going to pilfer from you. Register it as part of your logo in order to protect it further. Also, I can see it printed very large and framed, hanging in a swank boardroom.
Posted:
Thu May 12, 2005 9:29 pmby xerubus
Pauld wrote:Great shot!
I would have never thought of shooting pencils in that way. So simple but very effective.
i can't take the credit for the idea ... saw it elsewhere and decided i'd try and do the same and practice some lighting techniques.
... but you're right... very simple but very effective.
cheers
Posted:
Thu May 12, 2005 9:30 pmby xerubus
Matt. K wrote:xerubus
Very creative and a great piece of design work. That is an image you could sell and it's an image that some ad agency is going to pilfer from you. Register it as part of your logo in order to protect it further. Also, I can see it printed very large and framed, hanging in a swank boardroom.
thankyou for the comments Matt.... from you they mean alot. however.. as i have said earlier the idea wasn't mine... i just pressed the shutter.
cheers
Posted:
Thu May 12, 2005 10:16 pmby jethro
execution is everything. this you have nailed
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Thu May 12, 2005 10:42 pmby stormygirl
This is fantastic, I love it!!
I agree with what everyone else has said....so, so simple, but damn effective. Just brilliant!
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Fri May 13, 2005 8:09 amby xerubus
thankyou jethro and stormygirl....
Posted:
Fri May 13, 2005 8:28 amby big pix
great shoot ..........but the pencils need a bit of lifting off the background as they blend too much for me....... you can do this by adding some small reflectors or mirrors..........
cheers
bp
Posted:
Fri May 13, 2005 9:34 amby dhess
Absolutely fantastic.
I think its perfect the way it is.
I love the way the pencils bperfectly blend into the backgrounds.
Was that what you intended?
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Fri May 13, 2005 9:37 amby xerubus
dhess wrote:Absolutely fantastic.
I think its perfect the way it is.
I love the way the pencils bperfectly blend into the backgrounds.
Was that what you intended?
exactly what i wanted. for once i'm totally content with the shot...
Posted:
Fri May 13, 2005 9:40 amby pippin88
Very nice. Perfect the way it is.
At first I thought it was just the black pencil with a a bit of stuff hanging off from being sharpened, and that the other pencil was in fact a curl of paper
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Fri May 13, 2005 9:42 amby xerubus
pippin88 wrote:Very nice. Perfect the way it is.
At first I thought it was just the black pencil with a a bit of stuff hanging off from being sharpened, and that the other pencil was in fact a curl of paper
it made you think which is good....
Posted:
Fri May 13, 2005 9:51 amby Neeper
Looks great!! I can't see anything wrong with it. It's kind of trippy.
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Fri May 13, 2005 10:36 amby sirhc55
Mark - as a designer myself, I would have to say that you should never be afraid of plagiarism. It is 80% of any designers life.
The art is to emulate well - and you have done this. The real art is to emulate an original idea in another direction
I really like what you have done.
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Fri May 13, 2005 10:39 amby xerubus
sirhc55 wrote:Mark - as a designer myself, I would have to say that you should never be afraid of plagiarism. It is 80% of any designers life.
The art is to emulate well - and you have done this. The real art is to emulate an original idea in another direction
I really like what you have done.
thanks Chris....
I have no problems in plagiarising an idea... but I will in no way take credit for it, just as i would expect that people wouldn't take credit for ideas which i have created...
cheers
Posted:
Fri May 13, 2005 10:46 amby stubbsy
Mark
Excellent. I thought exactly the same as Nick at first. Took a few moments to realise it was two pencils. I think this is what makes the shot - the way the pencils dissolve into the matching background.
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Fri May 13, 2005 10:51 amby xerubus
stubbsy wrote:Mark
Excellent. I thought exactly the same as Nick at first. Took a few moments to realise it was two pencils. I think this is what makes the shot - the way the pencils dissolve into the matching background.
thankyou...
btw... congrats on the 1500 posts.
cheers
Posted:
Fri May 13, 2005 10:51 amby MCWB
Awesome shot Mark, you've nailed it. I can't say much more, it's so simple, and it works!
Posted:
Fri May 13, 2005 10:53 amby birddog114
Has Mark got the B&W CF card?
Posted:
Fri May 13, 2005 11:13 amby the foto fanatic
I like it too, Mark. Would be an excellent company logo or letterhead.
Well done.
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Fri May 13, 2005 11:37 amby mic
A well executed & shot Mark, well done.
Think the little dent on the white pencil can be fixed and the pencils sharpened to a nice even point.
Then it would be perfect in my view, but you know I have a pretty different view on things.
Great imaginative stuff.
Mic.
Great shot!
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Fri May 13, 2005 3:13 pmby Yedrup
What an excellent shot. It would be an ideal poster for something like a graphics course.
The blending of the background set the shot and makes your mind focus on the subject.
Terrific.
Cheers,
Terry
Posted:
Fri May 13, 2005 7:30 pmby xerubus
thankyou all for the kind words... much appreciated.
cheers
Posted:
Fri May 13, 2005 9:46 pmby mudder
Wow, this is really eye-catching, at first I too thought it was oen pencil beign sharpened but it was so catching I had to keep looking at it. Then I noticed the second pencil!
This is really interesting and grabs the viewers attention...