Hi all! Haven't been on the Hog for a while, but thought I'd share some interesting results from my latest "photo morphing" efforts with everyone here. I recently received my initial 'inspiration' from a suggestion on the DPS website to try using a glass ball to create some unusual images. I had a 'ball' with shooting some, and by using some of my usual photographic computer terpsichore, I eventually created these images. I ordered a 3" glass ball from Amazon, and went out to see what might happen. Using my Nikon D750 with a 12-24mm Sigma lens, I held the ball in my fingers to shoot the initial basic closeup, and then I shot the background image which it was later superimposed on. My final results were pretty whimsical, for sure! From zany "raindrops over Pittsburgh", to a spooky hovering ball in the woods, the finals turned out to be entertaining to view, to say the least. What think you Hogs about these "BALListic" images?
Kinda cool .., different from the norm we get every day ... thnx for posting the creativity..
i like them all, but my favorites are the 2nd ,the trees, and the 4th, the city view.
Oi like them a lot. Better than looking at flowers and birds. These are unique].
Wow----Ballistic, as in awesome !!!!! Don't know how you did it, but they are great ! Thanks Ergo-----Jim
Very interesting effect with lots of possibilities I would think.
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Hi all! Haven't been on the Hog for a while, but thought I'd share some interesting results from my latest "photo morphing" efforts with everyone here. I recently received my initial 'inspiration' from a suggestion on the DPS website to try using a glass ball to create some unusual images. I had a 'ball' with shooting some, and by using some of my usual photographic computer terpsichore, I eventually created these images. I ordered a 3" glass ball from Amazon, and went out to see what might happen. Using my Nikon D750 with a 12-24mm Sigma lens, I held the ball in my fingers to shoot the initial basic closeup, and then I shot the background image which it was later superimposed on. My final results were pretty whimsical, for sure! From zany "raindrops over Pittsburgh", to a spooky hovering ball in the woods, the finals turned out to be entertaining to view, to say the least. What think you Hogs about these "BALListic" images?
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Thanks for all your kind comments, Hoggers! And yes, shooting & creating these "Ballistics" sure was a lotta fun..the sky's the limit with possibilities!
Very interesting and creative.
Nice job, fun to kick the creative juices jar and see what comes out.
As rhe ball was hand held, how did you get rid of the finger tips. Would it be possible to make a thin circular ring with some sort of post or hanging thread support, so to be able to one-shot capture. Such would smoothen out the intersection between the two parts.
wonderful exercise, love the set
A reply to John F about the ball:
I initially hold up the glass ball using only thumb & index finger, which I then remove via computer editing. My problem in being able to do a "one shot capture", is that the reflected image in the ball is initially upside down, and really has to be rotated 180° in order to make the final sphere image orient itself properly to my base background image. I kinda need to take some Dramamine while doing all of this to keep from falling off my chair! ;))
Great job, the trees 🌲 are my favorite.
Real nice and interesting.
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