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22 Comments | Report
HarrieMuis
 
HarrieMuis October 30, 2014
highly original- lovely
JeffreyA
 
JeffreyA November 19, 2014
Nice work very creative
spencerandscottfrancis
 
spencerandscottfrancis November 25, 2014
love this photographer's work. His photos are truly art. Thank you for using your talent to show the rest off us a different way of seeing things...
truetolifephotography
 
truetolifephotography November 27, 2014
This image makes me smile. Wonderfully creative. Reminds photographers that it is important to keep seeking opportunities in original ways even with only the most simple/limited subject matter available.
eddiaz
eddiaz November 28, 2014
thank you very much for your kind words! much appreciated!!!
ToddGrivettiPhotography Ultimate
 
ToddGrivettiPhotography December 19, 2014
this is totally awesome!
denisenewman
 
denisenewman December 19, 2014
Loving this one =D Beyond original - into zone of your own!!
Robb PRO+
 
Robb December 21, 2014
nice
robwood_2863
 
robwood_2863 December 22, 2014
Incredibly creative!
clandestino
 
clandestino January 02, 2015
Excellent :-)
3VPhotography
 
3VPhotography January 26, 2015
Creative....
travelfaraway
 
travelfaraway January 27, 2015
This is an incredible and creative image.
Chrissimpson01
 
Chrissimpson01 February 02, 2015
Very creative and colourful, most of all, fun.
Emailwalla
 
Emailwalla February 07, 2015
Clever shot.
guybahonsrichardson
 
guybahonsrichardson March 25, 2015
ooo! very original and colorful, 10/10
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Ozbod54 June 20, 2015
Brilliantly manufactured
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Mirza_Cengic January 23, 2016
Fantastic idea and photo.
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CWphotos5 January 26, 2016
How very clever!!!!!!!!!!!!
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murphey March 09, 2016
Very Creative !
StaceHartPhotography
 
StaceHartPhotography August 24, 2016
I love this image! Very imaginative
eddiaz
eddiaz August 24, 2016
thanks! it is one of my favorites!
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K_C_P August 27, 2016
Great job! voted!
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kathyk_abq August 09, 2017
Very original and colorful! super cool!
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firesign March 08, 2020
Brilliant
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Behind The Lens

Location

I took this photo in the kitchen of my house one very cold day when it was around 15 degrees and I was not going outside. These were my granddaughter's pencils which I originally bought her with the intention of giving them to her. She never got them, and probably never will now. I started playing with them and got this idea for a zipper using the 2 boxes. Each side of the zipper is a separate box of pencils. The most difficult part was to create the curve so they look the same on each side. I did this with a flexible metal ruler that I use when I do model ship building, another hobby I have, and played with it till it looked right. The background is just a white posterboard, very simple.

Time

It was in the afternoon and since I was inside there were no issues with the lighting other than the use of a flash.

Lighting

I wanted a clean shot, no shadows or anything, I used a flash to the camera and that is how it came to be.

Equipment

I use a Sony A850 DSLR with a wide angle Tamron 28-80mm, f3.5-5.6 lens and a flash, handheld as I was sitting on the floor. I had a monopod that I was holding on to but didn't have the camera on top, I just used it to steady myself holding the monopod with one hand and leaning the camera against it for support about halfway down when it was fully closed while getting low enough to shoot what I wanted.

Inspiration

I love photography and enjoy various types like landscapes, street photography ( which I think is my favorite) but I want to learn still life studio photography like for advertising, commercial etc. which I am studying now. Although I have been doing this on and off for many years I still work at learning and read a lot on both the internet as well as from books I have. This is one of those attempts to play with still life, one of the first I ever really did. I have had it published in a magazine in the United Kingdom as well as having the photo selected as the featured shot on the BBC.com's webpage which has a section for photographers to send in photos based on themes they select, very excited about this which really has motivated me further!

Editing

Not really. Although I see a value in Photoshop or other programs I don't own the program and honestly I think too many people use it as a substitute for not having composed the shot or thought it out first. I have seen great work in Photoshop but I don't use it. Honestly, I like the shooting but dislike the editing part of photography but am working on learning how to do it.

In my camera bag

Depend on what I am shooting. I carry a Sony A850 with a Tamron 28-200mm f3.8-5.6 lens.This is my "walk around" lens which I really like, then go see what I can discover and shoot, no plans just drive or walk around somewhere. That's it. Now when I plan a specific event, like some of the Native American Pow Wows I have attended or some fair or festival. I will add the wide angle Tamron 28-80 f3.5-5.6 len as well as a Sigma 170-500mm f5-6.3 or my Sigma 70-210 f2.8 lens. I also still shoot real film with my one of 3 Minolta 650's I own. So when I go to an event I will have both digital and film cameras, usually 1 DSLR and 2 Minolta film cameras, I do this primarily because I am not buying another 3 or 4 more DSLR when I would only use them once in a while, and honestly I have been shooting film so long I have no problems with it. Many of my shots in my gallery are with Kodak Portra 400 film, then maybe a monopd or tripod. maybe a few filters but rarely.

Feedback

Plan ahead. I literally have drawings I have done of shots I have planned and by that I mean I sketch what I see in my mind eye first, then draw a sketch and try planning how I am going to create the shot, as in this example then go and try to shoot accordingly but staying flexible. You also have to be patient. I have a shot of 2 Tigers in my gallery. Tigers were on my planned list of photos I wanted. I went to the Miami Zoo and for 4 hours I stood there in almost 100 degree heat and high humidity waiting for these beauties to awake from their nap. When the zookeeper came with their food they immediately stood up and I only got 1 shot before they ran away to eat. 1 shot, probably 1/250 of a second but had to wait 4 hours (this was with film by the way). Now you look and tell me if it was worth the wait. Photography is also about being at the right place at the right time. If you are not out there consistently you are obviously not going to get the shot, so plan ahead and go shoot!

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