Really lost for ideas on this one. It was harder than you would think to line up the nuts. I did it with a yardstick on a mirror. The gradient comes from the background foamcore being on a slant away from the mirror and a remote flash firing up at the foamcore from under the mirror (sitting on a table). I also used a silver reflector to try to get some detail in the hex nuts. Finally, this is a compilation of six exposures with the focus changed to increase the DOF.
PP isn't that much after combining the exposures. Rotating the canvas, a few adjustment layers, etc. The blue was achieved with color temp on the RAW conversion and some saturation in hue/sat.
The over/under on comments which say "but I see twelve" is at six.
POST: Ahhhh...slipping into 4th like a comfy pair of slippers. :) I can't complain since I didn't think this would go anywhere at all.
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Hey, nice breakout from your usual style, Jason. I like how you used the multiple exposures to increase DOF, too. I'm going to have to remember that technique when I next shoot macro. I know you're not nuts about 4th, but I'll say congrats anyway. :)
I love the blue but I cannot tell if you did a little too much oversaturation of it? The shadows look blue to me. Also, the reflections are slightly blurred like either from camera shake or someone hit the camera right at the wrong moment. Very interesting setup tho - I love the progression of larger to smaller nut.
I like the cool blue tone. Nice symmetry. The reflections, being doubled, is a little distracting. I wish the reflections could of been a sharp as the hex nut. Still a good shot.
Superb. I think I could happily have an A1 print of that on my wall. The symetry, colour and toning are all damn fine work. The only thing that demotes it from a 10 to a 9 is the mirror - and that's not your fault.
Because the silver backing is throwint the double reflection which just spoils it a little but I know that a surface mirror or polished metal or using water is the stuff of commercial photography and not DPC
This shot is very unique in the fact of the objects are very small at the top of the picture and as you look down the picture they size increases as the objects increase so do the colors. It starts out with a light blue and then gradually gets darker. Very unique thought.
But I see 12 nuts????!! LOL - nice image - the reflections to create interest (and little eights) are great. Don't forget this idea when the 8 challenge comes up - it would be perfect
Clean and simple. Using three nuts (total of six in the image with reflections) might meet the challenge better, but the resulting image would not be as pleasant. Also I am somewhat distracted by the double edges on the reflections.
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