Straws

Put straws on top of a flashlight, turned out the lights, and voilà!!!

[Patty J]

This sucks... hey... they're straws!
JK LOL
Nice and sharp!!

[Gark]

@pjonas I think this sucks 9 times! : ) Is that right? nine of them?

[Karen H]

What a fun photo. Love the colors and light

[Ron White]

Hey Gark - I LIKE IT! Great, creative lighting idea.

[Karen bable]

Brilliant!

[Travis]

creative idea!

[Sheila]

Love the light play

[Mike Llewellyn]

I like this...I'm gonna have to try this sometime. Nicely done.

[Erinn Dubay]

So creative! I love the glowing straws with the dark background. Very cool!

[Donna H]

very cool take on photographing straws, and this sort of thing would be an awesome lamp!

[Gloria Wadzinski]

Love the lighting. You've made a beautiful photo out of some simple items.

[Jacqueline Reyna]

Looks so cool!! the close up makes them look like gigantic straws too!

[Jeff Walker]

cool!!

[Ellen Young]

WOW so Creative and Cool effect!

[Jeff Walker]

I am curious though, how you got them to stay put?

[Gark]

@jsw0109 @jsw0109 that would be the ol' "rubber band around the base" trick! I actually dropped a small flashlight in a vase (although a narrow drinking glass would have worked fine) looking up, put a rubber band around the base of the straws and set them on top of the flashlight. The small vase helped balance the straws so they didn't topple over.

[Jeff Walker]

very well executed.... makes me wonder what other items can be illuminated that way...... hmmm.... ideas for future shots......

[Gark]

@jsw0109 I used a flashlight for the Crystal Candy Jar Shot (Feb 6th) too, and now I can't stop thinking about flashlights! LOL!

[Ruud van Uden]

That's a great idea. It turned out great! Very cool.

[Michelle]

Put something on a flashlight....hmmm.... Good idea!

[jp allen]

I love it! Great detail!

[Livia]

Awesome! What a creative idea and set-up. Very cool shot.

[Anja]

Very cool shot, great result!

[Sabrina]

So creative and great! Awesome work Gark!

[Sebella O'Donovan]

A real cool shot.

[Joanna Payne]

Fantastic. Love the idea, love the sharpness, love the light. Just love.

[brishen]

this came out really cool

[Katia]

F.A.V.! :D

[Linda]

LIKE!

[Marie]

Clever shot! Turned out beautifully.

[Jeni]

You have such creative ideas! Nice one!

[Sue Hawkins]

you are so inventive where do you get your ideas?

[bardejov]

You make it sound effortless. I would have guessed that light was coming from the top. Tricky shot.

[quin]

rad... what a creative idea!!

[Ade Akinyede]

Splendid idea and execution!!! Brilliant stuff :)

[Wendy]

Brilliant shot and so creative! Great colors!

[Chelsea]

Never did I think straws could look so cool! lol Awesome!

[Lidac]

once again - you made it :) great!

[Debbie Orlando]

So simple and so effective. Kudos to you for doing it and capturing it.

[maria masotto]

grande!!!!

[Davie France]

Oh boy that is sickeningly easy - and superb! I love it and so wish I had thought of it. Well done and I may just fav it (I never have photos).

[Ulpi]

Really cool and so creative! Love it! Fav

[Liz Wildes]

Great shot..simple idea! why did I never thing of that!!!

[Pam]

Brilliant idea!

[Amy Spada]

Beautifully lit!

[Meghan Holliday]

This is very interesting! great lighting and very creative

[Mike]

very creative!!!

[Dane Steigerwald]

What a very interesting and unique photo. I like it!

[Mimi Ditchie]

Great idea, who knew straws could be so beautiful?!

[Robyn]

Cool idea!

[Kim]

Love it!

[mary wolaniuk]

What a clever idea! Perfect lighting and focus - I love the ribs in the straws.

[Maggie]

that's cool!! I love when ordinary things are photographed to look extraordinary!

[Sophie]

Colorful! Love it!