[09/07] Gears - bit-tech.net Forums

supermonkey · 17th Sep 2007, 03:50

My first submission for this month's theme (Technology).

Enjoy.

-monkey

Hwulex · 17th Sep 2007, 09:48

Excellent composition and love the simple monochrome palette. Just a bit of a shame they're so obviously plastic cogs and focus is lost slightly towards the edges of the frame. These are minor niggles, though, and it's an excellent shot.

charlesbeams · 17th Sep 2007, 16:47

i like it!

ComputerKing · 17th Sep 2007, 17:20

I like the GEARS! Nice shoot brother. Clean White gears with black background makes it look nice

Thanks.

Da Dego · 17th Sep 2007, 18:22

I love the sharp contrast provided, but oddly I don't feel like the plastic gears "fit" the composition. There's something about plastic - how muddled it gets, the ever-so-slight translucency sucking up light - it makes the gears themselves look "soft" against the hard contrast. That makes the piece feel mismatched to me, like you're trying to give something a hard edge that it doesn't have.

I don't know how to say it any clearer, I realise that probably doesn't make all that much sense...but something about the image just doesn't feel "true", and I lack a way to describe it other than that it's the perfect image of the wrong subject. That being said, I like it a lot for the composition itself.

Hwulex · 17th Sep 2007, 22:41

Exactly what I was trying to say too, Brett, but couldn't get the words so just stuck with "don't like plastic".

supermonkey · 17th Sep 2007, 23:19

Thanks for the comments guys. I share your feelings about the plastic. When I had pre-visualized this image I had wanted to use metal cogs, but after taking apart a clock mechanism, there were no metal cogs in sight.

-monkey

17th Sep 2007, 03:50	#1
supermonkey Space Monkey Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 2,710	[09/07] Gears My first submission for this month's theme (Technology). Enjoy. -monkey __________________ But of bliss and of glad life there is little to be said, before it ends; as works fair and wonderful, while still they endure for eyes to see, are their own record, and only when they are in peril or broken for ever do they pass into song. -J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

17th Sep 2007, 09:48	#2
Hwulex Freerider Moderator Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Camberley-ish, UK FR: Progressive Posts: 3,995	Excellent composition and love the simple monochrome palette. Just a bit of a shame they're so obviously plastic cogs and focus is lost slightly towards the edges of the frame. These are minor niggles, though, and it's an excellent shot. __________________ Clickr my Flickr

17th Sep 2007, 17:20	#4
ComputerKing Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Dubai\|Alexandria Posts: 4,100	I like the GEARS! Nice shoot brother. Clean White gears with black background makes it look nice Thanks. __________________ GigaByte Triton 180\|GigaByte EP45-UD3LR\|Intel Q9450\|Transcend 4GB 1066Mhz\|Sapphire 3870X2\|Creative X-FI ExtremeGamer\|Enermax Galaxy DXX 1KW\|Samsung 2220WM\|Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme\|3TB WD Green The King Of CK Appreciation Society Group

17th Sep 2007, 18:22	#5
Da Dego Brett Thomas Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Cleveland, OH USA Posts: 3,906	I love the sharp contrast provided, but oddly I don't feel like the plastic gears "fit" the composition. There's something about plastic - how muddled it gets, the ever-so-slight translucency sucking up light - it makes the gears themselves look "soft" against the hard contrast. That makes the piece feel mismatched to me, like you're trying to give something a hard edge that it doesn't have. I don't know how to say it any clearer, I realise that probably doesn't make all that much sense...but something about the image just doesn't feel "true", and I lack a way to describe it other than that it's the perfect image of the wrong subject. That being said, I like it a lot for the composition itself. __________________ "Frankly that seems overkill. iluvtrees2 arguing with spec is the intellectual equivalent of a bunny rabbit taking on a pissed-off lion." - Nexxo

17th Sep 2007, 22:41	#6
Hwulex Freerider Moderator Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Camberley-ish, UK FR: Progressive Posts: 3,995	Exactly what I was trying to say too, Brett, but couldn't get the words so just stuck with "don't like plastic". __________________ Clickr my Flickr

17th Sep 2007, 16:47	#3
charlesbeams TRANCEFORMer Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Redcar Posts: 721	i like it!

17th Sep 2007, 23:19	#7
supermonkey Space Monkey Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 2,710	Thanks for the comments guys. I share your feelings about the plastic. When I had pre-visualized this image I had wanted to use metal cogs, but after taking apart a clock mechanism, there were no metal cogs in sight. -monkey __________________ But of bliss and of glad life there is little to be said, before it ends; as works fair and wonderful, while still they endure for eyes to see, are their own record, and only when they are in peril or broken for ever do they pass into song. -J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion