February 24th by seanoneill

February 24th

A grey day, so I look around for inspiration.

I had actually taken and processed a picture of a lily with pollen covered stamens and fabulous textures, but it was fighting with the drab and flat light. I may put it up in the other album and fill a space with it, but there will be other days when the sun shines and brings the beauty out of the flora.

So, this shot.....Is an underexposed shot of the back of my Angle Poise lamp in my home office.

I tried several focal points and used very shallow dof and my macro lens, and this is my favourite by far. A little level tweak to burn out the light and hey presto, we have today's shot.
Cool shot, looks very abstract. love it!
February 24th, 2012  
And a very cool shot it is too! : )
February 24th, 2012  
Looks great - never would have guessed what it was!
February 24th, 2012  
@lizzy_lu123 @annbo @pictureitbig Thank you so much. It plays tricks on your eyes as well, it can look concave and convex. The crisp focus can appear to be the front and back of the shot. It is actually concave and the crisp focus is at the back.
February 24th, 2012  
@pictureitbig I have just realised this shot dofs its cap to your shot from yesterday in a way. Take it as subconscious flattery!!
February 24th, 2012  
Nice abstract!
February 24th, 2012  
great capture.. love the contrast
February 24th, 2012  
@zuzana @dmdfday Many thanks, much appreciated.
February 24th, 2012  
Looks great in black and white.lovely abstract.
February 24th, 2012  
cool
February 24th, 2012  
Very cool effect! I like this! And I'm thinking flying saucers. 8D
February 25th, 2012  
Very neat abstract! I like the DOF you chose for this, works well.
February 25th, 2012  
nice abstract image, great B&W
February 25th, 2012  
@esolvideosuk @valley @myautofocuslife @reva @stiggle Cheers everyone. great comments, and as ever, very much appreciated.
February 25th, 2012  
oooh, love this! so cool with the black and white! you should try coloring some of them for fun
February 25th, 2012  
Very nice
February 25th, 2012  
Really good shot, great idea
February 26th, 2012  
This is cool!
February 28th, 2012  
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