I have seen some pictures taken with a crystal ball so I decided to purchase one for myself. I noticed that most of the pictures taken with the crystal ball is being hand held and the hand is also in the pictures. I decided to try a different approach. Since I am also a woodworker (you can check out some of my work from a previous post) I decided to make a holder for the ball and camera as you can see from the pictures below. The ball holder itself is made from a 16 oz. water bottle cut off about 1 1/2 inches from the top. The cap is mounted in a hole drilled out so that it would be flush with the frame and screwed in place so the top could be removed if needed. I also made a bracket for the bottom to mount on a tripod using my gimbal head. it is made long enough to give some adjustment when mounting for the weight distribution. I included a grip so it can also be used handheld. A hole underneath the camera allows access to a mounting screw for the camera. Once the camera and the ball are mounted, you can adjust your focus on the ball and everything that you aim it at will be in focus since you focus on the object in the ball instead of the original object. All you have to do is aim and shoot. Now to get out and take some pictures. From the sample photos I took in the back yard it looks like it will work great but I need some more interesting things to photo to be sure.

I have seen some pictures taken with a crystal ball so I decided to purchase one for myself. I noticed that most of the pictures taken with the crystal ball is being hand held and the hand is also in the pictures. I decided to try a different approach. Since I am also a woodworker (you can check out some of my work from a previous post) I decided to make a holder for the ball and camera as you can see from the pictures below. The ball holder itself is made from a 16 oz. water bottle cut off about 1 1/2 inches from the top. The cap is mounted in a hole drilled out so that it would be flush with the frame and screwed in place so the top could be removed if needed. I also made a bracket for the bottom to mount on a tripod using my gimbal head. it is made long enough to give some adjustment when mounting for the weight distribution. I included a grip so it can also be used handheld. A hole underneath the camera allows access to a mounting screw for the camera. Once the camera and the ball are mounted, you can adjust your focus on the ball and everything that you aim it at will be in focus since you focus on the object in the ball instead of the original object. All you have to do is aim and shoot. Now to get out and take some pictures. From the sample photos I took in the back yard it looks like it will work great but I need some more interesting things to photo to be sure.