Pics - a photoblog by bonj
Thank you for any comments you might leave.
@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 12:15pm
@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 12:21pm
@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 9:05pm
@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 10:46pm
@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.
@Vikram: Thanks.
Rags from Plano, United States
really cool work. Simple and superb. I love the way the way you lit the image.
18 Mar 2008 4:42am
@Rags: Thanks.
Wysterior from Kloten, Switzerland
Very cool photo. Like the circumstances - I'm thinking about a lot of work, when I watch this... ;)
Wys
18 Mar 2008 1:59pm
@Wysterior: Thanks. Don't think about too much work.
Panasonic DMC-FZ18
1/160 second
F/4.0
ISO 100
38 mm (35mm equiv.)