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Postby xerubus on Thu May 12, 2005 9:16 pm

Something very very simple to shoot, however the result came out better than I expected. Another example of how seeing something you like and then trying to emulate it can work in your favour. Comments most welcome.

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Postby embi on Thu May 12, 2005 9:22 pm

Absolutely awesome. Yin and Yang :)
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Postby Pauld on Thu May 12, 2005 9:27 pm

Great shot!

I would have never thought of shooting pencils in that way. So simple but very effective.
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Postby Matt. K on Thu May 12, 2005 9:29 pm

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Very creative and a great piece of design work. That is an image you could sell and it's an image that some ad agency is going to pilfer from you. Register it as part of your logo in order to protect it further. Also, I can see it printed very large and framed, hanging in a swank boardroom.
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Postby xerubus on Thu May 12, 2005 9:29 pm

Pauld wrote:Great shot!

I would have never thought of shooting pencils in that way. So simple but very effective.


i can't take the credit for the idea ... saw it elsewhere and decided i'd try and do the same and practice some lighting techniques.

... but you're right... very simple but very effective.

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Postby xerubus on Thu May 12, 2005 9:30 pm

Matt. K wrote:xerubus
Very creative and a great piece of design work. That is an image you could sell and it's an image that some ad agency is going to pilfer from you. Register it as part of your logo in order to protect it further. Also, I can see it printed very large and framed, hanging in a swank boardroom.


thankyou for the comments Matt.... from you they mean alot. however.. as i have said earlier the idea wasn't mine... i just pressed the shutter.

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Postby jethro on Thu May 12, 2005 10:16 pm

execution is everything. this you have nailed
shoot it real.

look! and see. Shoot and feel
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Postby stormygirl on Thu May 12, 2005 10:42 pm

This is fantastic, I love it!!

I agree with what everyone else has said....so, so simple, but damn effective. Just brilliant!
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Postby xerubus on Fri May 13, 2005 8:09 am

thankyou jethro and stormygirl....
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Postby big pix on Fri May 13, 2005 8:28 am

great shoot ..........but the pencils need a bit of lifting off the background as they blend too much for me....... you can do this by adding some small reflectors or mirrors..........

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Postby dhess on Fri May 13, 2005 9:34 am

Absolutely fantastic.

I think its perfect the way it is.

I love the way the pencils bperfectly blend into the backgrounds.

Was that what you intended?
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Postby xerubus on Fri May 13, 2005 9:37 am

dhess wrote:Absolutely fantastic.

I think its perfect the way it is.

I love the way the pencils bperfectly blend into the backgrounds.

Was that what you intended?


exactly what i wanted. for once i'm totally content with the shot... :D
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Postby pippin88 on Fri May 13, 2005 9:40 am

Very nice. Perfect the way it is.

At first I thought it was just the black pencil with a a bit of stuff hanging off from being sharpened, and that the other pencil was in fact a curl of paper :oops:
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Postby xerubus on Fri May 13, 2005 9:42 am

pippin88 wrote:Very nice. Perfect the way it is.

At first I thought it was just the black pencil with a a bit of stuff hanging off from being sharpened, and that the other pencil was in fact a curl of paper :oops:


it made you think which is good.... :)
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Postby Neeper on Fri May 13, 2005 9:51 am

Looks great!! I can't see anything wrong with it. It's kind of trippy.
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Postby sirhc55 on Fri May 13, 2005 10:36 am

Mark - as a designer myself, I would have to say that you should never be afraid of plagiarism. It is 80% of any designers life.

The art is to emulate well - and you have done this. The real art is to emulate an original idea in another direction :wink:

I really like what you have done.
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Postby xerubus on Fri May 13, 2005 10:39 am

sirhc55 wrote:Mark - as a designer myself, I would have to say that you should never be afraid of plagiarism. It is 80% of any designers life.

The art is to emulate well - and you have done this. The real art is to emulate an original idea in another direction :wink:

I really like what you have done.


thanks Chris....

I have no problems in plagiarising an idea... but I will in no way take credit for it, just as i would expect that people wouldn't take credit for ideas which i have created... :D

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Postby stubbsy on Fri May 13, 2005 10:46 am

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Excellent. I thought exactly the same as Nick at first. Took a few moments to realise it was two pencils. I think this is what makes the shot - the way the pencils dissolve into the matching background.
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Postby xerubus on Fri May 13, 2005 10:51 am

stubbsy wrote:Mark
Excellent. I thought exactly the same as Nick at first. Took a few moments to realise it was two pencils. I think this is what makes the shot - the way the pencils dissolve into the matching background.


thankyou... btw... congrats on the 1500 posts.

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Postby MCWB on Fri May 13, 2005 10:51 am

Awesome shot Mark, you've nailed it. I can't say much more, it's so simple, and it works! :)
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Postby birddog114 on Fri May 13, 2005 10:53 am

Has Mark got the B&W CF card? :lol:
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Postby the foto fanatic on Fri May 13, 2005 11:13 am

I like it too, Mark. Would be an excellent company logo or letterhead.
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Postby mic on Fri May 13, 2005 11:37 am

A well executed & shot Mark, well done.

Think the little dent on the white pencil can be fixed and the pencils sharpened to a nice even point.

Then it would be perfect in my view, but you know I have a pretty different view on things. :roll:

Great imaginative stuff.

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Great shot!

Postby Yedrup on Fri May 13, 2005 3:13 pm

What an excellent shot. It would be an ideal poster for something like a graphics course.
The blending of the background set the shot and makes your mind focus on the subject.

Terrific.

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Postby xerubus on Fri May 13, 2005 7:30 pm

thankyou all for the kind words... much appreciated.

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Postby mudder on Fri May 13, 2005 9:46 pm

Wow, this is really eye-catching, at first I too thought it was oen pencil beign sharpened but it was so catching I had to keep looking at it. Then I noticed the second pencil!

This is really interesting and grabs the viewers attention...
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