Pens

Posted by Bonj (Jefferson City, United States) on 17 March 2008 in Miscellaneous.

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Comments (8)

DaveB from Exeter, United Kingdom

Wicked lighting in this one!

17 Mar 2008 4:51am

@DaveB: Thanks Dave.

Oeilonirique from France

Expressive bright and obscure composition not only for the lighting but also for the choice of colors

17 Mar 2008 7:15am

@Oeilonirique: Thanks for the comment.

Tracey from Baltimore, United States

Great placement of the pens in the cup and the cup in the frame. Well done.

17 Mar 2008 7:21am

@Tracey: Thanks Tracey.

Illuci from Hurdegaryp, Netherlands

I don't have a very fast computer, and I saw first the title before the picture was on the screen and in a split second I thought: "cow stomach" because one of the cow's stomachs is called "pens" in Dutch. (Dogs like it very much). Then I saw the picture, and my thoughts became different: I had to think of hospitality (please, have a pen!) and the luxury of having a cup full of pens on your desk. I often forget mine and have to ask a colleague for one. Stupid! A pen is like a slave, his master doesn't care but always needs him. I'm going to purchase my self a score of pens this week, thanks for reminding Bonj! BTW I like the picture very much, it shows strong shapes well arranged, contrasting with the gentle flower-like pens arrangement with its subtle light-and-shadow play on them, whereas the table and the cup show clear and firm light-and dark divisions. Very well done!

17 Mar 2008 4:05pm

@Illuci: Thanks Erik. I hope you get some good pens, the writing instrument kind.

Ron from Saint Louis, United States

Yeah, all of that! I do really like it, and Illuci's comment makes me realize how we take for granted "the luxury of having a cup full of pens on your [our] desk." I have that very same uni-ball signo premier 207 sitting right here on my desk. And…it is wicked lighting. BTW, I have heard of Alice in Chains, I'm just not sure that I've ever heard anything by Alice in Chains. Is this natural light from a window?

17 Mar 2008 5:46pm

@Ron: It wouldn't surprise me if you have heard Man in a Box or Rooster, although it might take hearing them before you say, yeah, I have heard that. They have several other big hits.

Yes, it is natural light coming in a window.