I desaturated out all the other colors except blue, yellow and green. This is for all those bad day at work when you reach for a paper clip and all the paper clip erupt all over the desk. The paper clip are wired to the background.
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General: For impact I would have probable chosen different coloured paperclips. Red is a more prominent colour than the green and yellow chosen.
Composition: You'r almost there with the composition. The tape dispenser adds balance though I think the paperclip dispenser is too central horizontally. A different vantage point would adjust this or just including a bit more to the right.
Exposure: The lighting seems a little flat. A little fill flash may have helped. I think if you just exposed it a little more you would blow out the foreground.
Impact: I don't think the vantage point chosen does justice to the image. Maybe shooting more from below and to the left would help here, keeping the same components within the frame.
Clever idea and a fun shot. You might think about providing fun lighting or a unique perspective to enhance the feeling of whimsy and fun provided by the paper clips. Right now, they're pretty much on their own.
Heh. This made me smile -- definitely funny. I'm actually not sure if I like it with the tape dispenser but mostly I think because that's the brightest colour in the photo -- maybe if it were a bit more of a muted tone. The eyes keep going to there away from the 'action' of the shot.
The roll of tape is not really helping things in the picture. This might have been better if you didn't show the bottom of the cup, or the bottom of the screen behind it. You really lose the illusion of the paperclips in motion knowing that the screen is immediately behind the cup. If we couldn't see that at the bottom, it would be a better sell. Its a good idea, and this picture would've worked if you cropped off the bottom. I know why you didn't (the paperclips on the table), but I think weighing out the pluses and minuses, it would've been more conducive to cut it off
Funny - wonder if it's the same person as the candies or someone copying the technique. Either way, interesting colors - the yellows and greens have a strange feel to them, while the blue is almost perfect. Focus is a tad off here. Great composition. 9
I'm getting the idea behind these shots. Although it's already been done with jelly beans it hasn't gotten worn out yet. I do like the idea with the paper clips...good take on the challenge. I just don't like the tape dispenser in the photo. The vivid blue kind of wants to dominate the picture and takes away from the muted colors of the paper clips. Also, the table seems to want to go downhill to the viewers right. 7 Good luck in the challenge.
How did you do this? A nice idea, a sharper focus would have been nice but I can understand how that would be difficult if you are dealing with flying paper clips. Good luck with it.
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