Points in a Sea of Color
My nine year old daughter and I set out to create some photographs of Color this past Saturday. She gathered up numerous colorful items in the house as I prepared the camera equipment and we went to work.
This is one of my favorites from the photo session. We originally took this photo with a white background, but felt it could use even more color. To add the additional color, we spread out a box of crayons around the pencils and used a very shallow depth of field to create the blur. This created the colorful background we were after.
This capture has quickly became my most popular photograph of the nearly 1,000 I have on Flickr. In the past 5 days, it has been viewed over 1,600 times and 78 people consider it a Favorite.
4 Comments
That’s a really nice shot.
Anything macro is beyond my expertise, so I take my hat off to you sir.
| Matt D. | July 5, 2006 at 10:34 pm
I’m not sure why, but it reminds me of fairy tales.
The pencils have an appealing earnestness with their slightly blunt tips.
| Genevieve | July 7, 2006 at 10:17 pm
Top shot rich. I can see that in a ‘home beautiful’ magazine advertising kids activities at home !
| John | July 14, 2006 at 5:05 am
Rich – nice shot!
BTW, since you posted this you’ve cleared 2,000 views and 100 faves.
I’d call that “remarkable.”
| Jeremy Stockwell | July 14, 2006 at 11:22 am