Take Me to Your Leader
What a difficult theme. My mind went blank when I read "Carbon". I thought "Should I buy something made of carbon?", and looked online for ball pens and other small carbon-made items but then decided against it. I thought of using my tripod as a subject because it has legs made of carbon. But it looked like absolutely nothing when I got close to the pattern. Ditto my one Casio watch that has a "Carbon Core Guard" casing.
So consequently this is a last-minute photo of the obvious that every one of us has at home: a pencil, or rather a pencil lead in a "Koh-i Noor Hardtmuth" clutch pencil. I have taken similar photos before, with the tip of the lead in focus, so to make it a little different, I focused directly on the top of the tip and got as close as possible. The rings of bokeh around the lead are the pencil's metal opening. Light sources were my natural light photo lamp from above (and slightly from the left), and my two go-to single LEDs shone through a green bottle (left) and the transparent red plastic lid (right). The blue is from a small blue glass jar on which I'd placed the pencil.
Kudos to the members who photographed diamonds or match sticks for the theme. I didn't even think of these items because I kind of blocked myself ;)
HMM, Everyone!
Take Me to Your Leader
What a difficult theme. My mind went blank when I read "Carbon". I thought "Should I buy something made of carbon?", and looked online for ball pens and other small carbon-made items but then decided against it. I thought of using my tripod as a subject because it has legs made of carbon. But it looked like absolutely nothing when I got close to the pattern. Ditto my one Casio watch that has a "Carbon Core Guard" casing.
So consequently this is a last-minute photo of the obvious that every one of us has at home: a pencil, or rather a pencil lead in a "Koh-i Noor Hardtmuth" clutch pencil. I have taken similar photos before, with the tip of the lead in focus, so to make it a little different, I focused directly on the top of the tip and got as close as possible. The rings of bokeh around the lead are the pencil's metal opening. Light sources were my natural light photo lamp from above (and slightly from the left), and my two go-to single LEDs shone through a green bottle (left) and the transparent red plastic lid (right). The blue is from a small blue glass jar on which I'd placed the pencil.
Kudos to the members who photographed diamonds or match sticks for the theme. I didn't even think of these items because I kind of blocked myself ;)
HMM, Everyone!