i love banksy! great use of color on the pages.

I really enjoy the narrow depth of field and composition

Hi,
Very minimalistic. The composition works very well. The text in the far right could have been avoided.

- Martin

The number of my house

very crisp image. the focusing is perfect. had you focused elswhere, or maybe even changed the DOF a bit the image would not have been as appealing. I like the use of color on the pages while everything else is monochrome. Even the book in the background "fits" as it looks as if the man on the cover is holding up the weight of the book in the foreground.

Nice shot!

Martin: yep, I could have either avoided the text, or cropped it out later, but I like the way it a) adds some detail to what would otherwise be an empty space, and b) mirrors the text on the other cover.

despite its simplicity this definitally works.
I'm not too sure about what its trying to say if it is trying to say anything at all (suppose stuff about design and art mimicking art??).

Nice but slightly obvious use of a shallow DOF.
The partial colouring works well (im presuming that the shelf wasn't gray). I seem to get into the habit of using this all too often).

Is the "rockport" on the right hand side another book????

All in all a great image ;)

banksy wall and piece! awesome book!

JD: nope, it's not trying to say anything much. As for the rockport on the far right: no, it's printed inside the back cover of the same book.

Excellent. When I first looked at it, I saw a different scale and thought I was looking at an entrance to en art exhibition. (The entrance being between the two books, with the Banksy book being some sort of wall poster and the 9 being the establishments street facade. I was unsure what the pages of the second book were - maybe laminated posters.)
But it was about there I read the comments. Just two books eh...

Nice work Dave.

The quality of work is excellent, but you could have used a lower aperture, just to increase DOF and make the heavily blurred areas more visible.

I typed "excellent as usual" but then changed to avoid any opinions I am a fanatic or so. By now, let's say I am an enthusiast;). Cheers.

Funnily enough I immediately saw 2 books and, personally, I think think the text on the far right is a key element to the image, along with the coloured pages.

I think this is absolutely superb Dave and I have to say it's a firm favourite...everything just seems to balance perfectly for my eye with this.

I had the black theme on. I think that has helped the illusion. With white, it only looks like two books :)

Cool! I love the contrast of the black book and the white pages! Great Photo!

I really like and enjoy your site verry much.

Fons Verhoeve from the Netherlands.
www.steininbeeld.blogspot.com

This is a really nice clean shot. Well done... How does it look in full colour?

What else can I say.... Another amazing photo!

PARC

Nice and honest thought of trying to shoot the books without moving them. I like that you kept the letters in the right side;they balance the image. As you left the colours in the front book I would leave some colour(maybe disaturated but not completely off) in the rest of the image and especially in the background and the shelf. Anyway the photo works fine and I really love Banksy

So, umm, yeah, don't you hate it when everyone else beats you to the comments? Nothing much to say except the colored pages really make the shot for me. If I can persuade you by gently asking, can we see one of the other ones?

looks like Banksy is opposing the other books... mmhm I do enjoy!

What a perfect composition. Everything works great together. Loved it at first look!

This one is quite different from the usual chromasia shots as of late, and I must say I quite enjoy it. Very unique. Well done!

I"ve discovered your photoblog a few days ago. What wonderful project. Each photo more beautiful than the other. Looking foward to a daily visit with you...

Nice original shot. I might have cropped out the second rockport on the right side, it seems to distract from the left side of the frame.

Great shot, love the sharp, colourful verticals. I find myself wondering what the typeface is on the book it looks cool.

Hmmm, sorry folks, doesn't do anything for me - but i guess that’s why we're all individuals! :) I guess I'd rather look at an image that provokes deep thought in either how / why it was taken or simply an engaging subject. To me, this has neither.

Simple but effective

Well, here goes my first comment for Chromasia. I really fancy this site!

Just as a like this photo. The perspective is great. Especially the vertical colours against the black and white area around it make this an interesting shot!

s m a r t i d e a ! is it original capture or being digitally manipulated?
I mean how the BW background and the color focus mixed together?

Wall and Piece, you like him too? He has just done a set of postcards of graffitied (spelt right) oil paintngs, his site is cool also, Banksy.co.uk

Not sure if there is a little too much book in the foreground maybe. I suppose, the messages, for want of a better phrase, is a little lost.

Hmmm, I don't know, quite like all the lines of the coloured pages. Perhaps it's one of those images you just have to work on.

Work on as the observer I mean.

Thanks everyone.

Says to me "Urban Legend v Urban Myth". Now, this is an image that works well in terms of conflicting focal distances (at both visual and metaphorical levels). And the candy stripes of colour against the matt black work well ...drawing you in to want to open the book. I can honestly say I would have this on my wall :)

i´m not gonna blend into any discussion about aperture.. nice picture, and yeah.. nice book... it´s right here on my desk!
- who doesn´t get inspired by that buy!?

Banksy roo00ks!!!