a tack by northy

a tack

totally devoid of inspiration, i decided to try the camera setting challenge of manual focus and magnification... very helpful for macro... i'd never actually tried that before, so this was a good exercise for me...

http://365project.org/discuss/themes-competitions/19338/camera-setting-challenge-33-manual-focus-and-magnification-in-live-view

tx for the lovely comments on my mask and pumpkin... i'm feeling like i need to get out and about more, but work is burying me at the mo' and i'm not sure how things will go this week...

Oooh sharp one. Watch where you sit. Nicely done, Northy!!
September 30th, 2013  
Cool. Great lighting as always.
September 30th, 2013  
AC
Great job... wonderful details!
September 30th, 2013  
Fantastic b/w- for some reason it is a very imaginative shot for me!
September 30th, 2013  
I've been wanting to get to this exercise. Hopefully will get there. Nicely done.
September 30th, 2013  
Perfect light for this subject.
September 30th, 2013  
Forgot to say .... that technique can be very handy at times and I do use it from time to time, myself.
September 30th, 2013  
Great focus and lighting!
September 30th, 2013  
Nia
I really like that live view/magnification and manual focus. You have made a tack look pretty darn cool!
September 30th, 2013  
about time the wallis crew re-group go on a shooting spree once again. that tack looks harmless, until you find it in the sole of your foot walking barefoot at the office when you're too busy to care about shoes! then bam! :-)
September 30th, 2013  
Very cool. The lighting is great. Your 'uninspired' is pretty inspiring.
September 30th, 2013  
Awesome shot
September 30th, 2013  
Very nice. Great lighting and composition.
September 30th, 2013  
Tack sharp! Can't believe that nobody has said that yet... or that I said it... :-(
September 30th, 2013  
Beautiful
September 30th, 2013  
Great shot.
September 30th, 2013  
Not many people could make an interesting image out of a tack! Great image.
September 30th, 2013  
love
September 30th, 2013  
So neat! :)
September 30th, 2013  
Lovely, the rim light is perfect. Well done.
September 30th, 2013  
Rik
Gorgeous light
September 30th, 2013  
Great light
September 30th, 2013  
So delicate. The only tiny suggestion I could make was, if you were going for that "tack sharp" you mention in your tags, could you have somehow have lit the point of the tack? Either "for real" or in processing?
September 30th, 2013  
@kaesebiscuit you have a point (get it? point?? see what i did there?? ;p)... i did think it was sorta lit... prolly could have done a bit better... i was struggling to get the post in focus more than anything else and maybe was a bit lazy on the other bits... tx for the reminder that others are watching... it really does help
September 30th, 2013  
@summerfield it would be lovely to have another get together...
October 1st, 2013  
I love those little sparkles around it! Great lighting!
October 1st, 2013  
Lovely focus.
Live view manual focussing is the only way to go for studio work. :)
October 1st, 2013  
Attack!!
October 1st, 2013  
Ian
I would be happy with this sort of lack of inspiration, superb b&w image !
October 2nd, 2013  
Tack sharp!
October 3rd, 2013  
Fantastic light and focus.
October 7th, 2013  
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