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Glass Marbles in the Sky
Glass Marbles in the Sky
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Glass II (with a twist) (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 35mm f/2.0D
Location: Iowa
Date: Jun 26, 2006
Aperture: F8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/1250
Date Uploaded: Jun 27, 2006

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Statistics
Place: 18 out of 258
Avg (all users): 6.2943
Avg (commenters): 7.3200
Avg (participants): 6.1748
Avg (non-participants): 6.3571
Views since voting: 2572
Views during voting: 503
Votes: 299
Comments: 33
Favorites: 1 (view)


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07/09/2006 08:13:27 AM
This looks great. Works real well for such a simple idea.
07/05/2006 07:12:00 PM
Congratulations on your top 20 finish!
07/05/2006 12:55:30 AM
Thank you very much for all the comments and 18th place finish. This was only my 3rd entry on dpchallenge so I'm pretty happy right now.

A few things about my picture:

The bottom marble is cropped by my camera, I tried to crop it out in PS but it took out too much of the cloud and I liked the cloud.

I started off with 75 marbles and ended with 56. I put a sheet out to catch the marbles but they would hit each other and go flying and I couldn't find them in the grass.

It took me around 75+ tosses to get a shot I liked enough to enter. I had several I liked better with nicer clouds, better marbles but they were out of focus, too clumped etc. I spent about 3+ hours on this shot.

I wanted to mess with fast shutter speeds so that's why I picked what I did, it was fun but WAY more difficult than I thought it would be.

Thank you again for the feedback and high scores.

Message edited by author 2006-07-05 00:56:31.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/04/2006 11:22:13 AM
This is of course just nitpicking but I would have preferred it if that lowest ball were in the frame and not half out, seems very sloppy to me to not have a photo where they were more perfectly aligned as you must have had the opportunity to shoot this again and again. Anyway, nice idea and I like the OOF backround. 6 from me.
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07/04/2006 08:55:44 AM
Good idea and great color. I think I would prefer that the marble on the lower left were either 100% included or were cropped out of the shot entirely, but overall a nice shot.
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07/04/2006 05:47:07 AM
This is marvelous. Getting such sharp focus on the marbles in the air must've been difficult, I imagine - especially with a fast shutter-speed, wide aperture shot like this. Did you really just throw them in the air?

Getting the whisps of cloud on the right to counterbalance the marbles on the left is great. It looks like it was shot with the sun behind you, to get light on the marbles and stop them appearing silhouetted against the sky; correct?
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07/03/2006 04:53:37 PM
Crisp! I like this! On my short list for the top.
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07/03/2006 03:52:54 PM
A fun and unique photo. Congrats.
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07/02/2006 11:43:35 PM
Like the bright colours against the blue sky. I also like how the marbles are sharply captured. Bumping up!
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07/02/2006 08:07:13 PM
I would have rated this higher if the sky wasn't so grainy, but it still gets a high-than-average score from me!
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07/02/2006 09:46:09 AM
The idea of this photo is a good one. I think you could've cropped the bottom marble out of the photo. it might be interesting to reshoot this one with a dramatic sky.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/01/2006 07:54:14 PM
good lookin photo...well done...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/01/2006 05:09:36 PM
very colorful..
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07/01/2006 05:06:02 PM
Wonderfully whimsical. Beautiful colors, and the little bit of cloud in the sky is perfect.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/01/2006 09:44:19 AM
Good. Nice sky ( a bit noise thought).
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/01/2006 02:04:21 AM
Great contrast
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06/30/2006 08:58:53 PM
Pretty good idea for the challenge; nice focus on the marbles.
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06/30/2006 08:57:13 PM
I'd hate to think how many times you had to pick these up after releasing the shutter. This one's great.
06/30/2006 04:02:41 PM
Made me snicker a little bit...it's quite a funny sight!

How many times did you get hit in the face with marbles to get this shot? :D
06/30/2006 03:04:26 PM
Great image. Simplistic, playful and creative
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/30/2006 01:53:51 PM
Good Idea. Hope you didn't get any bumps on the head after this shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/30/2006 12:01:03 PM
This photo is great. The colors of the marbles, the blue sky, even the clouds running off the side. Great composition!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/30/2006 11:45:05 AM
different.
well captured.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/29/2006 10:50:02 PM
Great shot!
06/29/2006 09:24:39 PM
Wow, nice focus!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/29/2006 09:14:19 PM
YES! I wish I had thought of it! 10
06/29/2006 03:57:16 PM
Good color, and the bit of clouds (or is it steam?) complements the image nicely.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/29/2006 11:10:17 AM
Nice toss! Better yet, good catch! ;^)
06/29/2006 10:55:29 AM
One of my favorite for this challenge!
06/29/2006 10:12:39 AM
very cool . great capture!
06/29/2006 07:55:27 AM
lovely colour and sharpness here, with the bottom marble wasn't cropped
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/29/2006 12:51:10 AM
0-2 Meets Challenge: 2
0-3 Technical Merit: 3
0-3 Creativity: 2
0-2 The Wow Factor: 2
Total = 9
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/28/2006 02:29:33 AM
Such a cool shot! Love the marbles and the soft clouds.


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