Black Is The New Black

[lemanfan]

I see a little trend in my pen collection:

 

http://elenfors.com/images/pens/blackblacksmall.jpg

 

From the left:

 

Sailor Sapporo Mini Slim

Baoer 100

Italix Parson's Essential

Italix Parson's Essential

Sailor 1911 Large

Sailor 1911 Large

Sailor 1911 Large

Montblanc 149

Montblanc 149

Jinhao 159

Edison Hudson

 

I tried to get the picture a little dark aswell.. but I made a terrible job of the photo - I'm not really satisfied. Next time I will spend more energy on arranging and lightning. And bring out the tripod.

[osnofian]

Very nice. I do not see any particular problems with the photo. And it is quite an interesting collection!

[lemanfan]

Thank you!

[ethernautrix]

Nice photo! Nicer pens! Black is always in style.

[lemanfan]

Nice photo! Nicer pens! Black is always in style.

 

Thank you Ethernautrix. As an amateuro photographer, I always struggle with a few things like:

 

• Light and contrast. Mixing blac, white, metal and generally shiny things makes pen photography hard
  
• The perspective is sometimes cool, but not here. I need a world without ... things getting smaller when far away. At least today.
  
• Dust and dirt. It's soooo boring to photoshop away the unwanted. Can't the world just be free of faults?
  

 

Black is always the old and new black. Back in Blackety-Black Black.

[osnofian]

Nice photo! Nicer pens! Black is always in style.

 

Thank you Ethernautrix. As an amateuro photographer, I always struggle with a few things like:

 

• Light and contrast. Mixing blac, white, metal and generally shiny things makes pen photography hard
  
• The perspective is sometimes cool, but not here. I need a world without ... things getting smaller when far away. At least today.
  
• Dust and dirt. It's soooo boring to photoshop away the unwanted. Can't the world just be free of faults?
  

 

Black is always the old and new black. Back in Blackety-Black Black.

 

 

What is your photo setup at the moment? I like to play with natural light and a polarising filter to remove the reflections from the nibs.

[lemanfan]

What is your photo setup at the moment? I like to play with natural light and a polarising filter to remove the reflections from the nibs.

 

It varies. For this photo, I placed the pens in their box on a table, put two flashes (Nikon SB-800) on either size pointed towards my ceiling and triggered them using the built in flash of my Nikon using CLS and full auto. I then leaned over the box and snapped away.

 

I do however have other picture setups aswell - with studio lights, light tents and other stuff, and I do like to play with natural light. This usually requires me to actually bring out the tripod tho...

[kpyeoman]

Nice collection! Do you find that you use the 159 or the Baoer much, though?

Edited October 19, 2012 by kpyeoman

[lemanfan]

The sailors and the italic are the most used...