Final Shot for the HxH

Soooo, I didn't do too well in the hxh.  Finished 13/17 :(    I used a glass pie pan and filled it with blue water to about just under 1/2 way up a small marble.   I'd drop the marble, and as I dropped it I'd click the shutter (that was set on continuous shooting) first shot was nothing, second shot always caught the marble on it's bounce up (which gave the ripples/splashes), and the 3rd shot was it done.  3 shots each drop and I'd catch something each time in the middle. 

I got 3 shots that I liked.   I had a hard time chosing which to enter.  I ended up chosing the one with the 'neat splash' even though I had a feeling people might knock me for it being not super in focus.  Although I didn't get any critiques to let me know why it didnt do good.

Here are the 3 final shots.

Day Thirty

Here we are.  Last day.  Relief, saddness, WOOHOO IT'S OVER! :D  ...well except for the hxh shot.  Better make that amazing.

I had colored pencils out the last several days.  I was looking around for some idea, any idea.  I saw the lid to the pencil box and though, I could do that.  Except I wasnt going to perfectly sharpen pencils or line them up either.  I'll just use the lid and 'pretend' ..that's what I said to myself and did to save myself any troubles :D  It might look flat and fake, but I don't care - still looks neat.

Day TwentyNine

Day TwentyEight

The nest that holds the seed to the deepest, darkest part of your mind.  Hate, anger, and frustration hatch from this place.

Frustrated tonight.  Forgot about my marble in the process of attempting other things that just havent worked out all day.  I hit that place where you just want to scream.  I've never really taken a photo that captures (in an odd way) how I'm feeling at that moment.  Just did though - to me atleast.  May not hold meaning to others, but that is ok. I actually find humor in this because it's so 'emo' and that is completely opposite of me - yet that is how I feel tonight.  Tomorrow brings a new day.

*ETA* I can't even look at this photo anymore, it's creeping me out.  I see faces when I look at the large version of it.  I'll have nightmares now hahha!  It's like it sucked the 'darkness' right out of me and captured it here.  The frustration feeling is gone and I'm afraid of this photo.

Day TwentySeven

I had a small jar of those clear decorative glass 'pebbles' or whatever they are, flat on one side slightly rounded on the other.  I laid those out and thought I could get something neat.  Ok not quite.  Atleast not on a black background and harsh lighting.  Maybe if I had done it with a white background and natrual bright lighting it'd have been cooler.  But, my battery is now dead and by the time it's charged and ready to go, my daylight will be gone!

Day TwentySix

I was going for something completely different - yep again.  I was trying to work out something with a folded piece of paper, but wasn't getting what was in my head.  But this was alright to me featuring the edge of the paper and a slight reflection on the table surface.  It may hurt your eyes, but I like it - guess that is all that matters really.

Day TwentyFive

Day TwentyFour

Um, yeah.  I waited way too long to do this one.   It's terrible, I hate it, I didn't want to upload it.

Day TwentyThree

Ok another late night getting home.  I thought I'd just do a really quick shot of scattering marbles and use shallow DoF.  So I took one shot, saw bokeh, and came up with this 'brilliant' idea to spice up a boring shot. Grabbed paper, scissors, tape, and two more lights for more shine.  Hmm, yeah so remind me to save 'brilliant ideas' for when I'm not in a time crunch.  Thankfully I've done it in time though.  This is the result and also a bad headache.  The angle I was laying and holding my head just kinked up my neck badly causing a headache on top of my already mysteriously aching/hurting wrist for the last few days. :(

Day TwentyTwo

There, finally, for those of you who kept insisting "pyramid" ... you know who you are! 

Super-duper quickie today, have plans, must go.  Tomorrow will probalby be another really late entry :)

Day TwentyOne

Frustrated with the marbles today.  Nothing was working again so I gave up and went simple.

Day Twenty

I'm filling requests now :)  This is for bubbles.  It's not how I expected it to be, not what was in my head by far.  But what do you do when bubbles pop too easily!!!!

Day Nineteen

I'm a bit later than normal in posting my photo for the day.  Been working on other things and kept forgetting afterwards.

It's probably darker than it should be, but that was intentional.  It had been suggested that I 'lose my marbles' in sand (but I had no sand so sugar it was).  I tried but wasn't satisfied with the results.  I spiraled the sugar, then licked the marble (yes I licked it, that has been suggested too haha) and dipped a portion in sugar to get some on the marble itself.

I'm spent after a busy day full of Worth stuffs.

Day Eighteen

So many thanks going to Ankabout today.  Thanks soooooo much for helping me figure this out! 

Although, I'm not entirely happy with it.  I definetly KNOW it could be better.  But I've spent way too much time on this and have other things I should be doing.