I sent each of my macro students this year a set of toothbrushes to photograph, encouraging them to look at them in a slightly different way than simply topped with toothpaste en route to their mouth. It's always fun to see what they come up with.
In the first shot, I concentrated on the handle shapes, making them look like little translucent hills.
In the second shot, shallow depth of field turned the handles in the background into soft sweeps of color.
The more straightforward third shot consists of a simple repeating pattern.
Dental hygiene ... who knew it could be so pretty? ©Carol Leigh
