I've always loved Konador's (and others) picture so I'd wanted to try a shot using a filter like this for a while and when I came across a filter in a shop reduced to £2 I thought now would be the time to try!
The plan was to take the picture and convert it later to be red. But I decided it looked better blue, representing coldness, sorrow and broken-heartedness.
Shot in a dark room with a small desk lamp as the only light source.
I was also pleasantly surprised to find its actually quite difficult to break one of these filters!!
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The biggest problem most of you seemed to have was the choice of book, I did vaguely consider a romantic book but chose my java book for the folowing reasons:
-I needed a nice thick book, this was the most appropriate book I could find
-I don't own any romantic books
-I thought it was pretty apt, that me, a lonely single guy at Valentines spends time with programming books rather than reading love poems
Great idea to break the filter, I also love Konador's Shadow II entry. I have tried this subject and my experience is that it's not worth to make it tilt a much (because of the round filter having a feeling of rolling away), I would rotate a bit to the left. I would also prefer a bit deeper DOF to get the bottom of the filter sharp as well - and more contrast on the letters.
same creation i have seen before. so try to do some thing different u always stick with the book im not saying this picture is bad although nice creation but try to do something different 7
This is technically a very good picture, and it really meets the challenge. But, I'm only giving you a 6 because IMO this picture is being over exploited on this site. This is not a new idea, it has been done several times before on other challenges.
Great idea reproducing this marvelous shot with a twist. Exposure and lighting not as good as the orginal, but it is of course still a very good shoot.
Cool and a bit cliche.. first time i've seen a broken heart one though... but why not use a dictionary open to where you can see the definition for "broken", or a romance novel, rather than a java(?) book?
All alone and reading a basic Java programming book? ;^) I like your interpretation of this photographic technique. Was this a sacrificial filter, or already on the way to the trash bin (of course you never really know when garbage-collection is going to get called)?
It's contrived, but should do well. Only thing (really!) that might hold this down some is your choice of textbook. He-he.
This is beautifully done. However, I would have preferred the ring to be lying on the pages of a romantic love story ("Gone with the Wind" for example)rather than a specialised book.
I like it - you did good. Some voters may score you down because they feel this is being over used, or another persons idea stolen....but not me. We all learn from what we experience....you have been creative enough to add a twist. I would have tried to find a better book though....there should be a story within a story here by the words shown through the broken heart. (8)
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Let the broken games begin!!!!
I like my picture... It's really easy to spot if you have been following my entries since I started here. It'll be interesting to see how many people recognize it as my picture...
Good times...
(Above posted in "Rollover thread".) I recogonized this lastest in the series right away. I like this series and I like this version.
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