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Comment by justine:
Good light, color and focus......excellent.

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Comment by magnetic9999:
yeah!! your first ribbon!!! :D congrats!!

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Comment by billster:
I like it. I wish I had my old spirograph set

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Comment by daveit:
great shot.

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Comment by shardy:
I like the simplicity of the colours and the one red wheel with all the yellow ones.

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Comment by photom:
Black background is dynamite. Perfect use of the rule if thirds. I'd like to see a version where the red wheel was a blue....

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Comment by optico:
Beautiful!

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Comment by CDS:
Nice cropping.

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Comment by ScottK:
Nice job! Glad to see that DReb paying off for you. :)

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Comment by orussell:
If anyone was wondering, it's one of those desk gadgets. My brother-in-law collects stuff like that and he lent it to me. Thanks Tom!!

The setup was fairly simple. Flash bounced off the ceiling to get the stop motion and ambient room light to capture the movement. Post editting included levels using all 3 eye droppers til I got the look I wanted. USM 125%, 1.5 rad, and 1 threshold. Cropped in portrait orientation. Re-sized.

A couple of things I would have done in hindsight ( and pointed out by several people - thanks for the contructive crits ) - I would have included the lower ball in the shot and I would have had a solid black BG (setup was too close to the backdrop).

Thanks again for the votes and the great comments!!