Through a glass... sparkly

[Ralph Turner]

I hope @Rob MacKillop doesn't mind my pinching and modifying his thread title. After seeing his great abstract images there, it made me think of a glass I photographed a couple of years ago, having dropped and shattered it on the floor. Rather than just bin it I gathered all the larger pieces and placed them inside the still-complete base section, then shone a fairly diectional light (small reading lamp) through it all. I quite liked the effect. It's something I might try again, though next time perhaps getting a smaller light source a little closer in to make more of the random light patterns transmitted through.
(Taken with Pentax Spotmatic SP1000 with Pentacon 30mm f3.5 (a £20 combo from the 'Bay) on HP5+, lab devved, scanned with Panasonic GX1 and Componon 50mm f4)

 

[Chris Bennett]

The shadow in the first one is magnificent!

 

[Brian Moore]

I agree with Chris, Ralph.

 

[Ralph Turner]

Thanks, gents

 

[Pete Askew]

Now that is effective, Ralph and I too think the first one to be the stronger image. The extra space and the shadow add so much to the image.