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Pencil Shavings



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cameraCanon EOS REBEL T3

settings Aperture f/7.1 ISO 800 Shutter 1/80 

upload_dateApr, 2013

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11 Comments |
ricardocosta
 
ricardocosta May 09, 2013
Cool shot!
C_H_Photo
C_H_Photo May 12, 2013
Thank you!
sweetpea72
 
sweetpea72 May 24, 2013
Love this...
C_H_Photo
C_H_Photo May 24, 2013
Thank you!
keepsakesc
 
keepsakesc May 28, 2013
love it !!
C_H_Photo
C_H_Photo May 28, 2013
Thanks!
AlanC
 
AlanC June 05, 2013
I like everything about this shot. the lighting, the contrast, the concept, the colors. I give it 99/100, full marks, A+++. Good job! :-) Woof!
C_H_Photo
C_H_Photo June 06, 2013
Wow! Thank you very much!
KrakenWaker
 
KrakenWaker June 17, 2013
Haha, this is really unique. The colours here are really great too.
rinrinflu
 
rinrinflu November 27, 2013
It's so fantastic! I hope one day can make that!!!
billebbing
 
billebbing January 06, 2014
nice
onyanita PRO+
 
onyanita May 12, 2014
excellent !!!
Manjucus
 
Manjucus July 07, 2014
Very clever shot! Well done.
erines18
 
erines18 August 16, 2015
Great concept and shot!
ziggyzoo52
 
ziggyzoo52 May 25, 2017
Magnificent & original. Love it. Great work

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Behind The Lens

Location

At home, in a portable soft light box, on top of my bar in the basement!

Time

In the evening.

Lighting

Lighting was very simple. There were some over halogen lights, from the bar. On each side of the light box, I had a small halogen spot light pointing at the sides. The light box is made of a translucent material which allows, nice shadow-less lighting.

Equipment

Camera is a Canon T3, on a basic tripod. I also was using a screw on macro lens/filter with a +4 power.

Inspiration

I was trying to find some everyday, ordinary things around the house to create some interesting macro shots. A pencil sharpener full of shavings happen to be sitting right there, so I gave it a shot.

Editing

No special post process other than cropping a bit, and adjusting some basic settings, such as levels and contrast.

In my camera bag

My bag is very simple, my camera, two kit lenses (18mm-55mm standard and 70mm-300mm zoom) as well as a 50mm prime. I also have various extension tubes and screw on lens filters for macro use (+1, +2, & +4).

Feedback

Experiment, and practice. Learn to look at things differently. Macro is great for showing a completely different view of an ordinary object. You can do it with anything, but texture and shape makes a big difference. Take a lot of shots. You might take a few shots and not be happy and stop, but you need to keep going, trying new angles, etc. You might take hundreds of images and only get one good one, but that's ok.

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