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Nikolai · Jan-07-2008, 09:07 PM #1

Welcome to the new Year 2008!

The winter break is finally over and our Academy is back in full swing.

Our very first subject of this school year is gonna be paper.

Try to find an interested way to present it.
It can be the texture of the heavy gauge artistic paper, or a translucency of the parchment, or a gentle curve of a half-turned page...
Fresh pictures, moderate post-processing only.
Let's get your papers started!

weronika · Jan-08-2008, 08:58 PM #2

Wow, I love this assignment idea! We'll see how long I manage to stick around...

Here's a first try on "paper".

I hope my photo attachment actually worked...

Nikolai · Jan-08-2008, 11:17 PM #3

Quote:

Originally Posted by weronika

Wow, I love this assignment idea! We'll see how long I manage to stick around...
Here's a first try on "paper".
I hope my photo attachment actually worked...

Weronika, thank you, nice entry!

captain78 · Jan-09-2008, 09:40 AM #4

Nikolai · Jan-09-2008, 01:17 PM #5

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Originally Posted by captain78

shredded paper and paper on a table

Captain, welcome to the Class!
I like the shredded version, interesting take.

It would be even better if the crop was tighter, methinks.
The second one leaves me cold. While there is some paper in the frme, it does not act as a primary subject IMHO.

captain78 · Jan-10-2008, 05:48 AM #6

How's this look with the tighter crop?

Nikolai · Jan-10-2008, 08:34 AM #7

Quote:

Originally Posted by captain78

How's this look with the tighter crop?

Better

, but I now think I would simply fill the whole frame with it. It would give you more dynamic range on paper only, so you don't have to adjust for the black b/g.
Oh, and btw, please don't delete/modify your original entries, simply make a new one. Otherwise it kinda ruins the logic of the thread, since there is no sense in what's being discussed.

captain78 · Jan-10-2008, 09:21 AM #8

Thanks for your comments....Sorry about deleting the first one.

captain78 · Jan-10-2008, 09:24 AM #9

Nikolai · Jan-10-2008, 09:45 AM #10

Quote:

Originally Posted by captain78

cropped

Yeah, I think this is about as much as you want to go "in" without reshooting

Antonio Correia · Jan-10-2008, 12:12 PM #11

This is more like "In the kingdom of paper" type

Nikolai · Jan-10-2008, 12:27 PM #12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Antonio Correia

This is more like "In the kingdom of paper" type

All I see is plastic binders :-(

Antonio Correia · Jan-10-2008, 12:31 PM #13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nikolai

All I see is plastic binders :-(

Sorry but those are paper binders !

Nikolai · Jan-10-2008, 12:50 PM #14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Antonio Correia

Sorry but those are paper binders !

aaaaaahhhhh. ooookaaay.... paper... yeah...thanks!

Antonio Correia · Jan-10-2008, 01:10 PM #15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nikolai

aaaaaahhhhh. ooookaaay.... paper... yeah...thanks!

I am serious Nikolai.

I just showed what you wrote to my wife and she said that you have never seen these kind of files, so you may think it is plastic but it is not.

Anyway: If it was not paper I would not post it !

I will try something that is not so dubious.

Nikolai · Jan-10-2008, 01:28 PM #16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Antonio Correia

I am serious Nikolai.

I just showed what you wrote to my wife and she said that you have never seen these kind of files, so you may think it is plastic but it is not.

Anyway: If it was not paper I would not post it !

I will try something that is not so dubious.

I believe you. It's a carton/think paper folders/binders. I vaguely remember similar things from USSR.

MooreDriven · Jan-10-2008, 01:52 PM #17

Two entries.......

Sorry, a bit more serious this time.....

Nikolai · Jan-10-2008, 02:20 PM #18

Quote:

Originally Posted by MooreDriven

Two entries.......
Sorry, a bit more serious this time.....

2d one is nice, thank you!

MooreDriven · Jan-10-2008, 02:59 PM #19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nikolai

2d one is nice, thank you!

I had planned to do a shredded paper version, but Captain78 beat me too it!

I couldn't help myself with the first one. My daughter thought it was funny, so it got posted. Sorry, did not intend for it to be tacky! No pun intended.

OffTopic · Jan-11-2008, 02:55 PM #20

OK Nikolai, I made a commitment to myself that I would stop just lurking in Weekly Assignment and start showing my regular attendance by posting.

If I play with this one any longer I'll never get around to posting.

I decided to try side-lighting to emphasize texture (well, it was side-lighting until I rotated the photos

), hand-made paper with botanical stuff. Turned out to be a lot tougher to light then I thought it would be - started out trying with a strobe set up to light directly across the paper, but the shadows were just too harsh for this delicate paper no matter what I tried. Ended up using late afternoon sunlight coming in through a window.

Exif here

Exif here

If nothing else it got me playing with my lights for a few hours (and deciding I need a softbox).

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Jan-10-2008, 01:52 PM #17
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Jan-11-2008, 02:55 PM #20
OffTopic Searching for the light Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Behind the Orange Curtain Posts: 546	OK Nikolai, I made a commitment to myself that I would stop just lurking in Weekly Assignment and start showing my regular attendance by posting. If I play with this one any longer I'll never get around to posting. I decided to try side-lighting to emphasize texture (well, it was side-lighting until I rotated the photos ), hand-made paper with botanical stuff. Turned out to be a lot tougher to light then I thought it would be - started out trying with a strobe set up to light directly across the paper, but the shadows were just too harsh for this delicate paper no matter what I tried. Ended up using late afternoon sunlight coming in through a window. Exif here Exif here If nothing else it got me playing with my lights for a few hours (and deciding I need a softbox). __________________ Lori My Photos My Blog