Crystal ball at the beach, a series

[jaharris1001]

I picked up a crystal ball off Amazon with visions of what I wanted to do in my head I headed up there Friday night, I wanted interaction with water and a great sky but it didn't happen,, next time ;-)

1)

1 by Jim Harris, on Flickr
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
EF17-40mm f/4L USM
ƒ/13.0 40.0 mm 60 100

2)

3 by Jim Harris, on Flickr
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
EF17-40mm f/4L USM
ƒ/13.0 17.0 mm 121 100

3)

2 by Jim Harris, on Flickr
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
EF17-40mm f/4L USM
ƒ/13.0 17.0 mm 120 100

4)


7 by Jim Harris, on Flickr
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
EF17-40mm f/4L USM
ƒ/13.0 22.0 mm 90 100

5)

8 by Jim Harris, on Flickr
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
EF17-40mm f/4L USM
ƒ/5.6 40.0 mm 1/25 100​

 

[zombiesniper]

Nice set.

 

[jaharris1001]

Thank you zombie, I appreciate you taking the time to comment

 

[jcdeboever]

Reminds me of prism photography. Very creative.

 

[Gary A.]

#5!

Two ideas for you ... how about suspending the ball with something very thin which is easily cloned out or even tossing the ball (lol). Then I would flip the ball so the image reflected in the ball is similar to non-ball reflected image. Okay, I am stumped, I can't identify the location. It doesn't look like/feel California, yet it has some palms ... Florida ... but not southern Florida ... maybe a Gulf state ... I say Florida but up northern-ish.

 

[Nevermore1]

Very nice and great idea! Definitely not something I would have thought of!

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[WesternGuy]

Very interesting images. There seems to be an emerging trend for the use of a crystal ball in various types of photography. It is my understanding that it may have originated with wedding photographers. This is one of the first uses I have seen in landscape photography, so I look forward to seeing more. It would be interesting to see what the result was if you filled most of the frame with the crystal ball image. I am curious what size (diameter) the ball was.

WesternGuy

 

[otherprof]

I picked up a crystal ball off Amazon with visions of what I wanted to do in my head I headed up there Friday night, I wanted interaction with water and a great sky but it didn't happen,, next time ;-)

1)

1 by Jim Harris, on Flickr
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
EF17-40mm f/4L USM
ƒ/13.0 40.0 mm 60 100

2)

3 by Jim Harris, on Flickr
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
EF17-40mm f/4L USM
ƒ/13.0 17.0 mm 121 100

3)

2 by Jim Harris, on Flickr
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
EF17-40mm f/4L USM
ƒ/13.0 17.0 mm 120 100

4)


7 by Jim Harris, on Flickr
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
EF17-40mm f/4L USM
ƒ/13.0 22.0 mm 90 100

5)

8 by Jim Harris, on Flickr
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
EF17-40mm f/4L USM
ƒ/5.6 40.0 mm 1/25 100​

Very nice idea and set. I think I like 3 best because the ball is not so prominent, but more a piece of the environment, i.e., it doesn't seem like a photograph of a crystal ball.

 

[jaharris1001]

Reminds me of prism photography. Very creative.

Thank you very much for looking and commenting

#5!

Two ideas for you ... how about suspending the ball with something very thin which is easily cloned out or even tossing the ball (lol). Then I would flip the ball so the image reflected in the ball is similar to non-ball reflected image. Okay, I am stumped, I can't identify the location. It doesn't look like/feel California, yet it has some palms ... Florida ... but not southern Florida ... maybe a Gulf state ... I say Florida but up northern-ish.

Thank you Gary, your suggestions sound interesting but may be difficult as the crystal ball is somewhat heavy, I have visions in my head of things I want to try and will be shooting again soon,, the location is indeed Florida, Central Eastern coast just South of St Augustine

Very nice and great idea! Definitely not something I would have thought of!

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Thank you for looking , I appreciate you looking and commenting

Very interesting images. There seems to be an emerging trend for the use of a crystal ball in various types of photography. It is my understanding that it may have originated with wedding photographers. This is one of the first uses I have seen in landscape photography, so I look forward to seeing more. It would be interesting to see what the result was if you filled most of the frame with the crystal ball image. I am curious what size (diameter) the ball was.

WesternGuy

Thank you very kindly Sir, I've wanted to do this shoot for quite a while and again I have visions in my head of what I want to attempt in the future,, this is a 150mm crystal ball, it measures roughly 6"

I picked up a crystal ball off Amazon with visions of what I wanted to do in my head I headed up there Friday night, I wanted interaction with water and a great sky but it didn't happen,, next time ;-)

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Very nice idea and set. I think I like 3 best because the ball is not so prominent, but more a piece of the environment, i.e., it doesn't seem like a photograph of a crystal ball.

Thank you , I tried several different compositions as this was the first time photographing the ball so I wasn't sure what I was going to like once I started editing the images, I appreciate you looking and commenting

 

[jcdeboever]

Fishing line.

 

[Derrel]

I'm seeing these more and more these days. I liked #3 and #5 the most out of the set. Thanks for posting these, I enjoyed looking at them.

 

[jaharris1001]

I'm seeing these more and more these days. I liked #3 and #5 the most out of the set. Thanks for posting these, I enjoyed looking at them.

Thanks Derrel for stopping in and commenting and it's my pleasure to share them here glad you enjoyed them

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

hmmm...interesting...to be continued?

 

[jaharris1001]

hmmm...interesting...to be continued?

Yes sir

 

[smoke665]

Actually like #1 and #5 because they are so prominent. I've wanted to try this for some time, so will be looking forward to your future post!!