Bottle glass - worn by the sea
by paynekj

Comment:
Great colors and the backlighting works well. Simple, but effective.

8 Ounces
by sher

Comment:
Good subject. Lighting's a little too bright for my taste - I think this would work better with more subdued lighting.

Newtonian
by pinback

Comment:
Thanks to all for the kind comments and especially to frisca for the CC critique.

First of all, it is possible to get both balls out at the same time - as frisca pointed out, you just have to lift both end balls and let them go at the same time.

But that's not how I did this, this is genuinely three pictures - the end ones aren't mirrored versions of the same shot. Ironically, I'd have liked them to be a bit more different, and of course if I was trying to make them the same, they would be :-)

Lighting this was difficult - trying to show and freeze the motion at the same time. I used a halogen lamp as general lighting and the on-camera flash to stop the motion. Because the on-camera flash was too bright (and direct) on its own, I ended up making a home-made diffuser consisting of a cardboard tube around the flash with a piece of toilet paper wadded in the end.

I now have a nice new Metz flash unit and that allows me much more flexibility - I might have another go at this shot with it. Thanks again.

Iris of Glass
by dexter2

Comment:
I like the parallel with the iris of the eye here - it's quite effective. Neat idea.

Solar Nocturnal
by kiwiness

Comment:
Nice effect. How did you do it?

Pool of Glass
by finnur

Comment:
Interesting angle - I like it. I'd prefer it if the window were central though.

italian candy : look - touch - don't eat
by miss parker

Comment:
Rich colours and nice, simple subjects. Could use a tad more DOF on the nearest and farthest parts of the 'candy'. But I like it.

Skylight
by wdebeau1

Comment:
Clever. Good idea, nicely executed. Took me a sec to figure out how you did it. Well done.

Black Coffee
by Mona

Comment:
I like the idea with the magazine, but you should have ironed the tablecloth.

Light bulb
by marbo

Comment:
Interesting take on a familar subject. Good idea. I like the way you can just see the outline of the bulb glass.