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Response to Four (Response #46)

Uploaded 205 Days Ago by flipthom - 19 comments

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Montage said 205 days ago:

This is interesting. I wonder what it is.

Ana said 205 days ago:

this is a great find, and I love the way that corner is lit. what kind of surface is that??

flipthom said 205 days ago:

Thank you both for your comments. The surface is piece of metal that I found laying around. I picked it up, yawned, scratched my head, grabbed a knife, and carved the numeral into it. A bit anti-climactic, I know but that's the story. Who knows? Maybe I'll even get 13 ratings out of it!

myke said 204 days ago:

Nice one.

studia said 204 days ago:

I wonder what is it the number 4? Excellent Impact and background. Love it.

Flatline said 204 days ago:

It's hard to rate this because I have no context. Is this etched on glass by vandals using a key? IS this chalk on a blackboard? Is it on the floor? Because of that I don't know if there could have been better composition, or whether this was best technique.

Flatline said 204 days ago:

Ah, I see.

Beamer said 204 days ago:

Just out scratching around?? Nice find, if you found it, nice job scratching if you didn't. This has a great feel to it, good job capturing the texture and feels of this.

flipthom said 204 days ago:

Thanks Beamer! Yep, was out scratching around :)

And Flatline, thanks for the comment. I really do feel that this was the best composition. Even if I had shown the entire background, it wouldn't have given much by way of context. The piece of metal was standard business card size with rounded corners....very uninteresting. I was holding it with one hand, shooting with the other. I was experimenting with the natural light flooding in through the window, and I was trying to get the reflections just right so that they illuminated the scratches.

Thanks again for the comments and critiques.

stolenlife said 204 days ago:

I didnt like this as a thumb, but Im pleasantly suprised by it. Good texture in the background, and the over-iterated 4, makes me think irrate teacher/gun totting student

stolenlife said 204 days ago:

Thanks for the explanation Flip, its good to see someone responding to questions/comments. I thought chalkboard and chalk, not metal and scratching

Hummingbird said 204 days ago:

There is something about this that I really like.

pete said 204 days ago:

very stark and captivating!! nice photo.. was this created for the theme?

high marks

pete said 204 days ago:

yay for flip... hope this gets featured!!

flipthom said 204 days ago:

@ Stolenlife - You're welcome for the responses. In a perfect world, there would be more dialogue like this on all the shots. Maybe 08 will be more perfect in that regard.

@Hummingbird - Thank you :)

& Thanks Pete!

It's pretty close. I may see if Shipmate or Bogart can boost my score ; )

pete said 204 days ago:

if we both use our 3 invites.. and get Ana involved as well... thats 12 votes... we can get every single one of our photos featured.... think how cool we will be!!! we will be pushing all the ladies away (yes, you as well Ana)..... **dreams**

flipthom said 203 days ago:

LOOOOL!!

Flatline said 203 days ago:

I would have assumed it was a much larger object... something to be said for context after all. Good effort for creating a shot!

Flatline said 203 days ago:

Hardcore would have been a new way of working: this is a white wall, with etching directly onto the sensor.

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