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Postby Mal on Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:23 am

I was playing around last night with one of the kids toys, and this is the end result.
They are straight out of the camera and the only PP was to crop the first one.
What do you think?
Leave the toys for the kids to play with?
Try again?
Just give up?

Any suggestions welcome.

Blue1

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Blue2

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Postby Oneputt on Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:40 am

Mal I actually like them for what they are. :D As a matter of interest what are they?
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Postby Mal on Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:50 am

It is a little torch with optical fibres. A $2.50 toy. The ball is plastic "crystals" covering the globe.
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Postby gstark on Thu Mar 23, 2006 10:08 am

Very bloody nice.

Do nothing with these

Except print them.

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Postby Alpha_7 on Thu Mar 23, 2006 10:10 am

Mal, to be honest they don't work for me. Perhaps because I recongnised the toy, so they didn't feel as abstract. I can see how some people would like them, but I'm afraid I won't be buying a print, not even a big one.
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Postby Mal on Thu Mar 23, 2006 10:38 am

Thanks Gary and thanks Craig.
Another example of how one picture can evoke two very different responses :)
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Postby Alpha_7 on Thu Mar 23, 2006 10:39 am

I also apologise for my horrible spelling.
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Postby Jonas on Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:19 am

The colours are great, but the shallow DOF in #1 doesn't work for me. It appears a series of a blurs and no one object/area appears to be sharp. I like #2 better for this reason.

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Postby jdear on Fri Mar 24, 2006 4:58 pm

Mal,
Always a pleasure to look at your photos :)

These types of photos make really tasty backgrounds for brochures :) our design department bought a CD from getty images called the skan 9 collection with random bokeh / blurred backgrounds.

Im always a fan of blue, and blue on black is always tasty.

I wonder if you could use a little light painting - a torch and long shutter speed to bring out some of the fronds a little...

A great and cheap idea!

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Postby SteveGriffin on Fri Mar 24, 2006 11:21 pm

I can see #2 on one of my walls but #1 dosen't do it for me.
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