Staple City  by onewing

Staple City

Our stapler needed filling and I got the box of staples out of the drawer, promptly dropped it on the study floor and said a few rude words.

Have you ever tried to get staples back in the box where they came from. Not easy!!!

As I was trying to put them back I had an idea of a photo with them. This is what I came up with.

I lined them up to make it look like a cityscape (well maybe) took a few photos and then etsooi in Photoshop.

Today's topic photo of birds is here http://365project.org/onewing/topics/2014-02-04
Fantastic result and lovely lighting and colors. I can read those"rude words" in the reflections. haha.
February 4th, 2014  
Very cool results, the editing has given each one a different colour based on how it was originally lit. Well done.
February 4th, 2014  
Cool.
February 4th, 2014  
This is so creative! Fav... love the colours, very cleverly done with such a simple prop!
February 4th, 2014  
Awesome composition! You got lemons and made lemonade. The background is amazing!
February 4th, 2014  
Haha! Love this Babs! I did one of these last year, took for ever to get the damn staples to stand up, they took on a domino mindset and kept falling over just before I pressed the shutter so many times! fav. for your endeavours!
February 4th, 2014  
Love it! A few rude words? I wouldn't have thought you capable of it Babs :o))
February 4th, 2014  
Very creative Babs, love it :-)
February 4th, 2014  
Great processing babs - love it.
February 4th, 2014  
This is great Babs, I love it! A fav for me! I might have to try it myself.
February 4th, 2014  
very cool skyline :-)
February 4th, 2014  
@yaorenliu Thanks Yao. They weren't only in the reflections. they were in the air too. It took ages to get the staples back into the box.
February 4th, 2014  
@sewsharyn Thanks Sharon. I was pleased with the way this turned out.
February 4th, 2014  
@princessm Thanks.
February 4th, 2014  
@ourrube Thanks so much for the fav Ruby.
February 4th, 2014  
@sunraye Thanks Raye. The background was just white card, but when I solarized the photo it changed the colour with the way the light shone on it.
February 4th, 2014  
@jackie8 Thanks so much for the fav Jackie. Actually it took longer to get the dropped staples back in the box than it did to set up and take the photo. ha ha.
February 4th, 2014  
@steampowered Thanks Paul. Living in Australia you get to know a few rude words like whoopsy daisy, or something similar. Most of my words were mainly f's and b's though.
February 4th, 2014  
@hermann Thanks Sally.
@iwatts Thanks Ian. I was pleased with this one once I picked up the dropped staples.
@888rachel Thanks for the fav Rachel. If you try this just don't drop the staples on the floor first, they are a bugger to get back in the box. ha ha
@abhijit Thanks so much.
February 4th, 2014  
Wonderful composition. Love the tones you got in the processing.
February 4th, 2014  
Very very cool!! Such a creative idea! Great light, color and comp. Super job!
February 4th, 2014  
Gosh! I bet when you say "Flip!" and "Blimey!" you sound terrific! :o))
February 4th, 2014  
Wow fun shot....they just look exactly like tower blocks!
February 4th, 2014  
Yes I have tried to get staples back in a box and it isn't possible, well it isn't possible without some rude words, this is a far better thing to do with them. Love the arrangement and your processing too, looks like the 'buildings' are reflecting the evening sun. Fav.
February 4th, 2014  
Yes I have tried to get staples back in the box lol! This is great!
February 5th, 2014  
Very creative, fun shot!
February 5th, 2014  
@anazad511 Thanks Ana
@eyesmile Thanks Gena I thought this one up while I was trying to pick up a few hundred staples!!!
@steampowered Oh Paul. You have been to my house then and heard the rude words.
@happypat Thanks Pat. Had fun with this one.
@paulaw Thanks so much for the fav Paula. @christinehosey and thanks Christine. It took ages to get them back in the box. I felt as though it was the sort of thing they do to keep people occupied in the funny farm ha ha.
@mcmary Thanks Mary. it was fun once I had recovered from dropping the staples all over the floor.
February 5th, 2014  
Absolutely great creativity! Colours and concept fantastic! It almost looks like a city!
February 5th, 2014  
That is AMAZING!!! Fav for me Babs, so creative!!
February 5th, 2014  
@savannah51 Thanks Sharon.
February 5th, 2014  
@cathy366 Thanks so much for the fav Cathy. I was pleased with this one too.
February 5th, 2014  
Cool idea
February 5th, 2014  
beautiful creative shot! Wish I'd thought of that when I was doing my macro shots! Love the colours in this too. Fav!
February 6th, 2014  
@cljs Thanks Chris
@angelat Thanks for the fav Angela. You are welcome to use this idea, I am sure you would be able to come up with a creative shot on this theme. You are so good at this type of photo.
February 6th, 2014  
This is wonderful!
February 8th, 2014  
@twistergirl Thanks so much.
February 9th, 2014  
Love it Babs they look like buildings!
February 19th, 2014  
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