ΤΦΦthpicks, are you ready for your close-up??

When was the last time you looked at a toothpick and said, "hey - I wonder what this would look like if I painted it and photographed it?"

That was me a few months ago and this is the result.









Just ordinary common household toothpicks, painted with food coloring, and photographed using my 'super-macro' setup. Where I take my 105mm macro lens, attach it to my camera, add a macro reversing ring to the end of the macro lens, and then attach my 50mm lens to the reversing ring (so the 50mm lens is facing the ring and is mounted backwards).

All of the images here are the same, just different depths of field used.

The amazing thing was I never in a million years expected this type of result, where the color fades and bleeds away such that it does.

So know you know, not only are toothpicks extremely useful - they can be turned into art!!!

~TIM~