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Post-it Curls
Post-it Curls
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Stationery (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S7000
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: Jul 4, 2006
Aperture: f/ 8.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/104 sec.
Galleries: Abstract, Macro
Date Uploaded: Jul 4, 2006

 I bought a package of Post-its in neon colors. I thought of an image done by Wendy Stevenson (shudderbug) and tried to do something like it. She had used colored craft paper that had been curled in many different shapes and compositions. I love those shots. They are in her Better Photo Gallery if you ever get a chance.

Well the original concept did not work out quite as I wanted. First the Nikon seems to be have sensor dust issues and shooting anything light seems to bring that out the best. And if I shoot dark, which I tend to do with the Nikon, the noise issues are as bad as the Fuji's. So I reshot with the Fuji and came up with this.

I curled each of the 4 Post-its around a small cylintrical (sic) tube (eye glass repair kit). I stuck the Post-its in a pattern on a small box. I moved the box around in several positions and composed from there. The one I chose is not want I had in mind originally but it had a lot less issues than the others. The green Post-it curl could be a bit less severe but breaking the pattern works sometimes. Hope it does here.

Post: Layer adjustments for levels, brightness/contrast and hue/saturation. Sharpen. Rotate 90° right. Resize. Sharpen. Save for web.

Statistics
Place: 7 out of 122
Avg (all users): 6.4306
Avg (commenters): 7.2581
Avg (participants): 6.3091
Avg (non-participants): 6.4592
Views since voting: 1429
Views during voting: 417
Votes: 288
Comments: 36
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 07/17/2006 06:18:43 PM
Robert: what a lovely presentation! Congratulations on your top 10 finish.
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 07/17/2006 02:39:16 PM
Wonderful composition and color! Congrats on a top ten!
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 07/12/2006 04:37:18 PM
Thanks Owen and Þorsteinn!

Message edited by author 2006-07-15 00:29:56.
 07/12/2006 12:55:40 PM
Congratulations on your top 10 finish, very good shot!
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 07/12/2006 12:35:29 AM
Love it. What can I say. Nice and Bright.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/11/2006 01:43:45 PM
Pretty! And the black space at the bottom almost tricks my eye into seeing it match the curve of the colored pieces.
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 07/11/2006 04:06:44 AM
Lovely photo. Crisp, clear, colorful, concise and curly!
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 07/10/2006 09:56:54 AM
I like the lack of irritating shadows which normally plague post-it pictures.
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 07/09/2006 07:51:11 PM
Bright, colorful, detailed. . . Good lighting.
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 07/09/2006 07:24:02 PM
Great colors. One of my favorites of the challenge. Hope it does well! :)
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 07/09/2006 05:21:09 AM
Simple, colorful, dramatic. Beautiful true black background. Excellent!!!
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 07/09/2006 04:22:29 AM
The colours stand out well, good job.
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 07/08/2006 05:36:46 PM
Great use of color!
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 07/07/2006 04:43:07 PM
Colours are popping, and the lines are intersting, creating a nice rhythm. The shot is a little bit boring, the eye is searching for something to follow.
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 07/07/2006 01:19:50 PM
nice colors from a simple source.
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 07/07/2006 05:17:12 AM
Great colors and composition. The shadow on the top post-it is the only short coming in this image.
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 07/06/2006 04:38:35 PM
Nice vibrant colours and great crop, hope to see you in the top 10.
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 07/06/2006 03:54:03 PM
Bumping this up to 7 - nice colors, excellent focus, nice contrast with the background.
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 07/06/2006 03:02:55 PM
I like this. 10
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 07/06/2006 11:39:56 AM
nice colours and composition...paper looks like it's coming right off image, nicely done
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 07/06/2006 05:39:37 AM
I like this one!
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 07/06/2006 02:34:29 AM
Great fluoro colours.
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 07/05/2006 04:30:34 PM
Beautiful. Compelling use of colour and lighting.
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 07/05/2006 04:18:27 PM
Some great bold colours. Very "stock" image. Very well executed.
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 07/05/2006 12:28:33 PM
Nice colours
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 07/05/2006 12:19:51 PM
Good composition and color. Good stock photo for add.
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 07/05/2006 11:11:44 AM
Cute, if you were shooting an ad for post-it notes...but doesn't really say much otherwise...
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 07/05/2006 08:06:33 AM
Beautiful simplicity!
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 07/05/2006 05:30:40 AM
I love this. Great originality, color. Nice abstract. 8
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 07/05/2006 05:22:13 AM
Very nice, nice use of the curl and color to add interest. 9
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 07/05/2006 05:03:53 AM
nice and simple and colourful, I like this
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 07/05/2006 04:36:01 AM
Nice colours.
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 07/05/2006 12:52:17 AM
Great composition and execution.
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 07/04/2006 09:00:04 PM
Another simple idea that works well.....
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 07/04/2006 08:43:48 PM
nice!!
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 07/04/2006 08:23:05 PM
nice colors
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