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The Puzzle (part two)

Posted by Curly (South Shields, United Kingdom) on 2 February 2011 in Miscellaneous and Portfolio.

Helping the kids with their jigsaw puzzle on a cold grey afternoon here in South Shields.

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Comments (49)

Fraucha from Bila Tserkva, Ukraine

B&W puzzles are hard aren't they? lol

2 Feb 2011 6:34am

✿ Anina ✿ from Auckland, New Zealand

Stunning! I love the DOf and sepia tones. What gives me the idea you were bored? You were suppose to help the kids and not taking photos :) You are giving me an idea here, I've never taken photos of a puzzle before.

2 Feb 2011 6:39am

Roman from Thiersee, Austria

this is such a great close up with a stunning DOF
very inspiring

2 Feb 2011 7:07am

CElliottUK from Reading, United Kingdom

Dad, come on, you're supposed to be helping, not fiddling with your camera!

2 Feb 2011 8:02am

cristoF from montbéliard, France

belle photo qui donne envie de faire des puzzles.

2 Feb 2011 8:06am

STEED from Somewhere, France

Excellent !!!! You're Excellent !!!!

2 Feb 2011 8:22am

marci from in, Morocco

nice DOF!

2 Feb 2011 8:46am

Gérard Beullac from Paris, France

Puzzles, this nightmare!!
Macro lens?
Good pictures anyway.

2 Feb 2011 9:47am

PATRICK from miramas, France

excellent 5***

2 Feb 2011 9:59am

Sarito from Basingstoke, United Kingdom

Beautiful DOF.. lovely texture and framing.

2 Feb 2011 10:04am

Mhelene from Paris, France

Beautiful framing and superb DOF !

2 Feb 2011 10:44am

Stephen from Canberra, Australia

Great angle and I like how the sharp focus shows the texture of the puzzle piece. Perfect depth of field as well.

2 Feb 2011 11:16am

Sonia Nansid from Barcelona Stockholm, Sweden

You make a simple puzzle look so beautiful!

2 Feb 2011 11:34am

© Jean-Bernard Reynier from Lyon, France

Encore une belle image de ce puzzle, belle gestion de la PDC ici encore une fois.

2 Feb 2011 11:44am

Laurent from not far from Lyon, France

nice close up with good DOF

2 Feb 2011 11:54am

dokmateo from madird, Spain

will I be waiting for more parts of the puzzle?! now I'm buying my puzzles to copy your concept hehehe Nice one and I like it! cheers to that!

2 Feb 2011 12:23pm

Eric Cousineau from Sherwood Park, Canada

Excellent DOF control in this shot Curly! Well done! ;-)

2 Feb 2011 12:41pm

Franz from Baden, Austria

extremely selective dof - adds the final touch here!

2 Feb 2011 1:08pm

Mirjam from Kyiv, Ukraine

Nicely done. Great!

2 Feb 2011 1:45pm

JCJ from Troyes, France

in progress

2 Feb 2011 2:21pm

Tomek from Poznań, Poland

I like this blur.Nice work.

2 Feb 2011 2:34pm

Scene by Sharon Photography from Kingston, Ontario, Canada

really nice - I like it in this sepia tones

2 Feb 2011 2:55pm

Tede from Aubenas 07, France

Nice idea this image, the DOF is splendid. Great shot. Good day.

2 Feb 2011 3:13pm

Suzanne Apgar from United States

I love the perspective on this.

2 Feb 2011 3:52pm

Richard from Duns, United Kingdom

Liking this series Curly!

2 Feb 2011 4:21pm

Nilla´s photo shoots from Östergötland, Sweden

You may have a lot of patience when adding puzzle, wondering what it is for design? Fine in black and white,and a great DOF.

2 Feb 2011 4:44pm

Judith from Linz, Austria

Good focus & nice picture!

2 Feb 2011 4:58pm

yiannis krikis from thessaloniki, Greece

great detail and tonality

2 Feb 2011 5:12pm

barbod from rasht, Iran

very nice

2 Feb 2011 5:25pm

Jean-Louis from Nîmes, France

Bien vu cette photo de puzzle , perso je n'ai pas la patience d'y jouer !!
Belle macro !

2 Feb 2011 5:45pm

Nitin from Shanghai, China

Another lovely puzzling shot with beautiful tones.

2 Feb 2011 6:00pm

MadScientist from Düsseldorf, Germany

Great capture, super details in the texture of these puzzle pieces!

2 Feb 2011 6:25pm

Wild Mustang Photography from Carlisle, Massachusetts, United States

Wonderful composition and DOF! Wonderful tonality! We have 2 feet of snow and more coming today. This is a good idea!!!!

2 Feb 2011 6:25pm

❀ Yvonne Simons ❀ from Tilburg, Netherlands

Amazing and beautiful details!

2 Feb 2011 6:29pm

Phil David Morris from Saskatoon, Canada

Always hard to find that one piece to the puzzle, as in life, a beautiful capture.

2 Feb 2011 6:35pm

Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States

I do love the feeling and mood you are setting with this series, Curly - looking forward to what's next...

2 Feb 2011 6:52pm

Yvon from Orleans, France

great macro

2 Feb 2011 7:49pm

PascalXLD from Rennes, France

Il commence à avancer

Bonne soirée

2 Feb 2011 7:57pm

flyingwind风飞扬 from Bridgetown, Barbados

Peculiar effect!!

2 Feb 2011 7:59pm

vu@granby - Wolfgang from Granby, Québec, Canada

Good use of DOF!

2 Feb 2011 7:59pm

Zing from Hamilton, New Zealand

Wonderful dof and tones, nice shot!

2 Feb 2011 8:05pm

LGBravo from Lisbon, Portugal

Excellent! The dof is superb and fits very well!

2 Feb 2011 9:47pm

Steve Rice from Olympia, United States

A neat macro! Lovely tones.

2 Feb 2011 11:55pm

Julie from Easton, United States

Really cool angle and macro shot here!

3 Feb 2011 2:50am

Steven from Chicagoland, United States

Another great composition with an interesting perspective and DoF. I almost thought the "IL" I spotted on that one jigsaw piece was starting the spelling of my alma mater.

3 Feb 2011 4:04am

Chris from de l, France

I like very much this photo moved closer on these pieces which we would like to gather to tell the history

4 Feb 2011 11:20am

LoulouPix from New York, United States

Another great take on the puzzle. This one is very dramatic for me. Well done.

5 Feb 2011 4:40pm

Albert from Hamburg, Germany

All 3 puzzle shots are very nice. I like this one most. I like the macro feeling.

5 Mar 2011 9:32am

Amerlina from Tehran, Iran

so, here i found it ! :D ur puzzle series are so cool!

18 Sep 2011 7:19pm

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