Heart of film -[ HMM ]- >>Explored<<

I thought I was going to pass this week's Macro Mondays theme up, then I realized I had some 35mm film supplies I could press into service.

 

Shot using my white paper background setup with one Einstein E640 strobe (in color mode) with 7AB/R reflector to the left of camera and an AlienBees B800 strobe with shovel reflector behind the paper backdrop. To add color, I used a Lee 790 Moroccan Pink filter gel on the Einstein strobe and a Lee 106 Primary Red gel on the AlienBees.

 

Started at #23 (!), then, after a dip to #25, peaked at #20 (!!) on Explore for February 16, 2016. Since my previous (and first) Explore involved a red object, maybe red is my magic Explore color? I am just amazed and gratified by the unexpectedly strong response and thank all to the bottom of my heart (the real one) for your comments and faves.

 

Also, this shot racked up more views in just four days than my next three most popular shots as of February 19, 2016 combined, each of the three over a span of six years.

 

Over 50,000 views as of 3/15/2016.

Done