Helpful Posts: Though I have already posted other images of these broken dessert dishes in the first thread, I wanted to post the image shown below in a separate thread.
No physical or digital gimmickry was used to make the image; the scene is simply three broken dessert dishes balanced with no form of aid and the camera was dead level. I'm not an engineer, so I have no idea why the stack hasn't fallen. I only know that it has been perfectly stable for over an hour at the time that I am writing this.
Setup
The same as the images in the other thread: The tabletop is black glossy acrylic. The background is translucent glossy white acrylic. A medium continuous-light lamp behind the background shines toward it, the subject and the camera. The image was desaturated (not converted using a color filter) to black-and-white and toned very slightly with a blue tint. The combination of the lighting and exposure made the horizon disappear.
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10th March 2016, 09:46 PM #1
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Broken but balanced
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10th March 2016, 09:58 PM #2
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Re: Broken but balanced
Stunning shot Mike - at some point I must get some practice at still life stuff, and you will be my Jedi master!
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10th March 2016, 10:47 PM #3
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Re: Broken but balanced
Nicely composed and dangerous looking.
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10th March 2016, 10:55 PM #4
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I knever know what to say
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10th March 2016, 11:48 PM #5
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WOW!!
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11th March 2016, 02:04 AM #6
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sorry id been to the pub , now i know what to say.
Originally Posted by Rebel
WOW!
amazing !
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11th March 2016, 04:15 AM #7
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I was shocked to see base of the bowl is half way into air; what a metastable state!!!!!
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11th March 2016, 11:56 AM #8
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Re: Broken but balanced
It's a great image, Mike. It reminds me of the folks who balance rocks in logic defying ways and then take a picture of it.
Sergio
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11th March 2016, 01:01 PM #9
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Re: Broken but balanced
Thank you, everyone!
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11th March 2016, 01:12 PM #10
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Gorgeous. Beautiful use of lighting.
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11th March 2016, 03:24 PM #11
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That's awesome, Mike.
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12th March 2016, 01:42 PM #12
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Re: Broken but balanced
Thank you to DanK and Dan!
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