la vie en noir

It's "household object" week for the flash-o-red theme set by @olivetreeann - a month of black and white with a spot of red on the 14th...
http://365project.org/discuss/themes-competitions/16115/flash-of-red-february

I am going on the theory that if it's in my house, it's a household object... i think i should have spent more time on the lighting and comp on this one - it needs more contrast and i need to get more creative with composition...

I'm glad my abstract high contrasty cheese grater piqued your interest :)

An urban streety shot in my other album
http://365project.org/northy/just-because/2013-02-12

[Teresa (pocketmouse)]

Very nice - they almost look like modern buildings as part of a city landscape!

[Vee]

Cool shot!

[Carla]

Love the shininess and texture of the metal!

[Sheila]

Love all the lines.

[Maggiemae]

I'm waiting for someone to say what they are.....?

[Nicole]

If it had been in color, I wonder what color the tip of the one on the right would be? :) Love the thought that they do represent a modern building though......

[Lyn]

Oooh, love the glow on the lipstick itself. . .

[KWind]

Very nice! Great lighting.

[Katie]

Lovely and stark! My brain is telling me the lipstick is silver!

[Kate Goring]

I love the composition, especially the simplicity of it. It's so neat that the cover reflects onto the lipstick.

[Judi]

Very minimal and effective.

[Adam]

Very imaginative and slick looking.

[Laurie Higgins]

This is such a cool shot. You are rocking this b&w theme.

[Kerri]

Awesome shot

[Angela]

This is really nice.

[Michael Elliott]

Nice silver tones. Thought it was a bullet!

[☠northy]

@michaelelliott tx Michael... this being Canada, a bullet would be, on the whole, an unusual household object ;p

[Michael Elliott]

@northy - haha oh yeah I forgot no 2nd Amendment ;)

[☯ Sarah ☁]

Cool shot, great lighting :)

[Karen H]

Ilike the texture on the case and the metallic look of the lipstick

[beluga]

Wonderful composition and textures.

[Sassik]

Looks great! Love the how the horizontal lines interact with the verticals of the subject.

[amy spada]

You certainly got the satin finish on the top nicely... Very nice

[Tabbycat]

Loving all the lines. Works well! Would have been the perfect flash of red pic, but I'm sure you've got something wonderful planned...

[Frida]

This is proper noir, I like it a lot lack of light to emphasize the one you have already works so very well.

[Martin Hesketh]

Nice work

[David]

No idea what it is, don't have anything that looks like this in my house!

[Peter de Graaff]

Looks sort of erotic, but i guess it is

[Gloria]

Beautiful lighting in this. And honestly what's not to love about lipstick
Well done

[Johanna]

I like the balance between the objects and the blackness on the left. And I, too, keep pondering about the colour of the lipstick. :)

[Kimberly Balychev]

Wow how very awesome the lipstick looks in B&W :) Great lighting and composition as well :) Super job darling :)

[Katia]

wonderful set-up! :)

[Al Bailey]

Lovely b&w shot :)

[Aleksandra]

I like this a lot! The b&w treatment is brilliant as always and your composition works perfectly!

[Amaya Williams]

Cool shot! I like the shiny highlights and great expanse of negative space.

[❀ Lynn]

I like the textures revealed by the b&w!

[Frank Hymus]

Not bad at all.

[Sue]

Oh! Love this!

[Therese]

Cool!!! Nice simple shot!

[Lisa Pouncy]

At first glance I thought it was a bullet and got a bit concerned but then realised it was a lipstick and its cover. Love the contrast and detailon the lid xx

[Andreas]

I too thought it was a bullet ;) great light and comp, I really like the transverse black lines in the longboard

[Humphrey Hippo]

Love the simple composition. Great lighting.