Taken with my new lense nikkor 50 mm 1.8D lense i had just got hours earlier hence the super shallow depth of field. Shot in raw and cropped, USM, gaussian blur, hue saturation to get rid of some more yellow, level save for web.
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I am assuming you used a filter because of the strange focus on this shot, but I could be wrong. Basically it is a great idea, but with so much dead space in the photo it is hard to keep ones interest - I believe that cropping in on the focal point would be really helpful. The spirals add great texture, and the handwriting has a story all of its own. Maybe try putting the camera right down on the page?