I took this shot in very bright sunlight on my back deck. The ring is a reflection from my lens, I suppose. I used a piece of gray typing paper (left) and a sheet of white (right) for my background. I then arranged blue paperclips on together on the left, and colored ones on the right. Took the shot.
Post processing -
Increased contrast a touch. (This helped to define the white line between the sheets and made the blues a little more not so flat).
Increased saturation of all colors except blue and cyan, just a touch.
Totally decreased the saturation of blue and cyan, making the blue clips gray.
Cropped, resized, framed.
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I like the style of your border but I guess the black is a little overpowering. Also I think when you are trying to compose like this symmetry is very important. If you had organized the clips on the left a little better, it would have brought the mirror magic in the image.
Also I guess slightly reducing the amount of grey in the clips on the left would have balanced the frame better.
Over all a nice attempt!!
Is this the colour vs black and white war? I want to know how you got this effect. Kind of interesting 'growing from the corner' 3d thing with the clip going on there. Conceptually a little... I really need a word other than 'abstract' here for this sort of thing. "I don't get it." would be too strong, though.
Very sharp photo! Nice color. Image leaves with lots of questions - why the paper line down the middle (and the circle...could these be water marks)? Why colorful paperclips in one corner and bland ones in the other? This photo has a better "WOW" factor than the pics I gave a 7 to so, score upgrade to 8. Rob the Swash
You had a real unique idea here. I do think, however, the paperclips could have been place a little better. I don't really have any quick ideas to offer, but it just doesn't seem to appeal to me. Could have done without the diagonal line I think. Otherwise you focus is good.
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