Thursday, January 27, 2011

Day Thirteen

I had received a few suggestions about smashed marbles.  I decided to give it a shot today.  Made sure to pick out an ugly marble that I wouldn't mind losing.  I grabbed a hammer and a towel and tried to smash it, all it did was roll away.  So I went to some concrete and hammered it and after a couple tries it finally broke.  Marbles are just like any other glass - they smash into a bunch of small shards :)  There really wasn't much to do with just the shards so I made a pile and stuck on another marble.

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12 comments:

  1. Andromeda5000January 27, 2011 at 2:04 PM

    Noooooo! I didn't mean it!! SOB.

    Seriously though, this is a lovely shot and works very well indeed especially with the black background. And your lighting is great.

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  2. kimbomacJanuary 27, 2011 at 5:44 PM

    Awesome lighting and a fantastic shot. It's hard to know that's a broken marble, so I thought it was that silica gel or something like that. But now I know it's a marble, it's like he is standing on the grave of one. I hope he's not too sad.

    Gorgous colours and a very effective result. Well done.

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  3. euryJanuary 27, 2011 at 8:47 PM

    Oh, again another beautiful shot and has so much depth. Please tell me how you lit this!

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  4. Ddallas (Dd) - DarleneJanuary 27, 2011 at 10:17 PM

    Eury: Just a simple little LED flashlight pretty much laying flat slightly to the left and about a foot away. I was pretty impressed that it lit this so nicely without hitting the background.

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  5. UnicornBabeJanuary 28, 2011 at 6:08 AM

    Oh no! Poor little chap!! ;-)

    This is just gorgeous - quite poignantly so, now that we know the story! And beautifully lit!

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  6. familie van der LindenJanuary 28, 2011 at 6:50 AM

    Ahhh, now you can't say anymore that no marbles have been hurt while taking this series.

    It does however pay off to smash one because the glass below the marble does have some nice sparkles and colors in there.

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  7. secretatlantisJanuary 28, 2011 at 2:31 PM

    I think it works great and the marble looks like a phoenix rising from its shards.

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  8. BarbaraMJanuary 29, 2011 at 12:16 AM

    This reminds me of Crush! rising out of the broken shards of a lollipop. Tee hee!

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  9. givmemoJanuary 31, 2011 at 12:33 PM

    Very nice shot - love the lighting in this and I like your dedication!

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  10. Morp's RambleJanuary 31, 2011 at 4:17 PM

    The conqueror towers over the defeated young upstart...

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  11. AnonymousFebruary 3, 2011 at 1:19 AM

    This does look nice...I like all the different size shards, with the kind marble on top of the rubble!
    MadamMtnLion

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  12. essjaynzFebruary 10, 2011 at 11:09 PM

    He looks very proud, like they were in a contest and he pounded the other marble into the ground....another very nice shot with great lighting and colours

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