This is a large glass marble made by my grandson. The marble and photo are a couple of years old. Both my son and grandson are glassblowers, so much of my photography has been focused on their creations for the last couple of years. I'm really anxious to see how the MF film will do for this type of closeup.
Very nicely done, John especially with such a tricky subject. Looking forward to seeing more. Maybe you can do a write up of your progress. What do you think?
Very nicely done, John especially with such a tricky subject. Looking forward to seeing more. Maybe you can do a write up of your progress. What do you think?
Thanks, Martin. For this shot, I used Savage white background paper. It was inside of a homemade light tent that was lit from two sides. That makes the light very diffuse, which is a problem when it comes to adding shadows for depth. I frequently film glass on black acrylic with a black velvet background, but that becomes a problem with some clear marbles, because the sides of the light tent then show as white rectangular reflections on the surface of the marble. Here's an example I took last night. These are recent acquisitions my son made for his glass collection. Note the sides of the light tent reflected on every marble. Marbles and stands by Ryan Nicholas Shiel.
