Stones on Paper

[sleist]

D90 | Sigma 150mm f/2.8 Macro | B&W post processing.

C&C welcome. Thanks for looking.

 

[dxqcanada]

I like the simplistic nature of the shot ... though I keep thinking that there is something lacking.

 

[Josh66]

I like how the paper looks like it could actually be a larger stone.

 

[Canon AE-1]

Paper...Rock..Where's the scissors?

 

[KenC]

You must belong to the Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things

 

[NayLoMo6C]

all it needs is a cherry on top

 

[Davor]

so simple and clean, i like it.

 

[sleist]

You must belong to the Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things

They're so lame. I belong to the Society for Putting Things Underneath Other Things. We're much better.

 

[Frequency]

I could not understand the comment by Ken nor the reply by sleist
About image; the edge of the paper should have been included so that even without reading one feels what the background is; i feel the arrangement looks a bit artificial; i would prefer a side by side arrangelment
You mentioned this to be a B&W treatment; yet color remains; did you retains color selectively?
The overall neatness of the image is very impressive

 

[oldmacman]

I like the shot and the crispness of the texture. I am not sure about the almost square crop. Do you have a version with a 2:3 aspect for comparison?

 

[Forkie]

I really like this but I think the thing missing that dxqcanada mentioned is another stone.

 

[tyler_h]

It's not clear what you are trying to convey in this image, and hence to me it doesn't really work for me...

 

[sleist]

Hi All,

Thanks for the comments. You have a point with respect to composition.
I hadn't used the macro in a bit and was doing some test shots. This one caught my eye and I took it as far as I could.
I liked the end result given where I started. I think this may be worth looking into further with a bit more planning .

Thanks again.

Someone asked about a different crop.
I'm not going to recrop this shot, but here's the original.

 

[Frequency]

I liked the original very much