Monday, January 17, 2011

Day Three

I had much difficulty today with the shot I originally wanted to do.  I was on the floor in the kitchen where I do a lot of my shots and something I was using, either the floor itself, paper, or clear plastic for reflection wasn't perfectly level and I couldn't keep my marbles from rolling away on me!  So I went just for the paper for more grippage (is that even a word?) and it wasn't working so I grouped them together to stay!  Stay marbles, stay!  Good marbles!  I also didn't realize how different the right front marble is from all the others until too late :( So that is how I came up with todays shot.  I think I'll need to find a surface to keep them from rolling away...

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15 comments:

  1. givmemoJanuary 17, 2011 at 5:05 PM

    Is it difficult photographing marbles? I tried it once and had no luck. You seem to be doing quite well - care to share your settings with me?
    mmc9496

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  2. Ddallas (Dd) - DarleneJanuary 17, 2011 at 5:16 PM

    No, it's not preticularly difficult. The only difficulty I have keeping them in one spot without rolling away.

    This one is using natural light next to a big glass door with snow on the ground and the sun shining bright.

    50mm f1.8 lens - manual control
    shutter speed: 1/640 sec.
    aperture: f2.2
    iso: 200

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  3. BarbaraMJanuary 17, 2011 at 6:09 PM

    Really beautiful. I love how they fade away as they get farther from the camera.

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  4. kimbomacJanuary 17, 2011 at 6:30 PM

    Excellent! I quite like the different one at the right. I also like the shallow DoF to get that soft receding feeling behind. Very nice work. Watch, by day 8 or 9 you will have this down pat, and all your marbles will stay in a line for you. You can learn to control your subject with a whip, you know! ;-)

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  5. Andromeda5000January 17, 2011 at 11:16 PM

    What naughty marbles! You did well though and this is a lovely shot especially the way they fade into the distance.

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  6. DJL1000January 18, 2011 at 12:29 AM

    Billiards, anyone? I love the soft light and colors in this one. Nice!

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  7. UnicornBabeJanuary 18, 2011 at 3:44 AM

    I love that oddball marble on the right - he immediately drew my eye - I'm guessing he was the trouble-maker who persuaded all the others to misbehave ;-)

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  8. madame_avaJanuary 18, 2011 at 11:58 AM

    another beautiful shot! How about a bit of double sided tape on the bottom to keep them in place?

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  9. secretatlantisJanuary 18, 2011 at 1:53 PM

    I love how the colours fade to lighter shades.

    How about a campingtable with adjustable legs? That is what I use to level the surface.

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  10. Morp's RambleJanuary 18, 2011 at 4:56 PM

    That's the trouble with round things! Very well lit shot

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  11. AnonymousJanuary 18, 2011 at 9:13 PM

    It does look like you were stetting up a pool shot...and the soft fade is very nice.
    MadamMtnLion

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  12. cl_UKJanuary 19, 2011 at 7:14 AM

    Great colours and lighting, you are onm a roll with these.

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  13. familie van der LindenJanuary 19, 2011 at 4:38 PM

    Nice use of DoF here.
    All we have to wait for now is when the cue ball hits the other marbles.
    Well done.

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  14. essjaynzJanuary 21, 2011 at 2:33 AM

    These marbles look like thet are lining up for their photographs, I remember your snow shots from last year. Now the snow is helping in other ways.

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  15. euryJanuary 24, 2011 at 11:20 AM

    I'm loving your shots. I want to go out and buy myself marbles and try this. So beautiful, perfect lighting

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