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Elements of Style
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Challenge: Puzzle Macro IV (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: A day at the office
Camera: Nikon D700
Location: Utah
Date: Feb 20, 2011
ISO: 1000
Shutter: 1/50
Galleries: Macro, Science and Technology
Date Uploaded: Feb 20, 2011
One in series of images I am making of objects found in an office.

Knurled knob about 7 mm diameter that stretches a spring to feed staples evenly in an old fashioned El Casco stapler from Spain, a model which has been awarded prizes for stylish design. Title also because of colors, textures, shapes, light, shadow, line, contrast, and proportion of the pieces contributing to the composition.

Surprising amount of fussing required to clean away dust and set up lighting. This is looking down from the top at the rear of the stapler. Background lit with doubled blue gel, knob lit with ungelled light on camera right with white business card reflector on left, and another business card on the right to prevent white light from diluting blue background light. Six original raw captures at slightly different focus depths stacked using Zerene Stacker at default settings. Some tweaking in CS5.


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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 02/27/2011 10:32:02 PM
The spaceship of a pencil.
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Pentax K-5
Pentax FA 50mm f/1.4 AF
 02/27/2011 05:34:13 AM
quite obviously another pic of a marijuana smoking device. ;)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 02/26/2011 09:25:41 PM
Good one. I can't identify it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D3000
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 02/26/2011 09:31:53 AM
light bulb..holder?
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Sony Alpha a7 V
Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS II
 02/25/2011 11:00:08 PM
Machined printe head?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony DSLR-A350
Konica Minolta AF 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6(D) DT
 02/25/2011 01:13:41 PM
Don't know but like handling...
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Sony DSC-RX100 VII
 02/24/2011 11:52:10 PM
Drill
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
 02/24/2011 02:26:43 PM
I can't help but think of Strunk & White. However, this is clearly not a book, and looks more like a heating element on a burner of some kind, but I'm not so sure
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon PowerShot SX30
 02/24/2011 10:18:56 AM
Is it a confribulator?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 02/23/2011 10:07:28 PM
adjustment screw
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 02/23/2011 01:59:29 PM
Camping stove head?
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Nikon D850
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II
 02/23/2011 11:45:27 AM
This is a precision adjuster, for what, I don't know. I like the steam-punk feel, the clean mechanism, sharp focus and blue back light - it ties the image together nicely - 8
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Samsung HMX100
 02/22/2011 09:29:08 PM
I don't know what they're called.
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Canon EOS-7D Mark II
Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
02/22/2011 12:53:29 PM
Valve/
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR
 02/21/2011 08:27:35 PM
Watch stem
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-D60
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 02/21/2011 05:40:36 PM
light bulb socket!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM II
 02/21/2011 05:39:24 PM
Drill bit of some sort.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 02/21/2011 01:09:42 PM
gas burner tip
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS R6
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 02/21/2011 12:51:08 PM
Guess: a gas burner
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/21/2011 11:42:30 AM
Is this the winder for a wristwatch?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Samsung TL500
Sony DT 16-105mm f/3.5-5.6
 02/21/2011 09:33:47 AM
Quick release screw head
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D90
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 02/21/2011 07:34:55 AM
This is like a jewel and is nicely done.
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