ABFriday (Candies Through A Crytalball)
A(fter) and B(efore) Friday
After
I’m experimenting something different for this week’s ABF. It works like this. First, I spread the candies on a sheet of paper, then place a crystal ball in the middle of these candies. I start clicking through my 50 mm prime lens.
Before -1
Through the Lightroom, I flip the image upside down, then crop/enhance and add vignette to make it look like the crystal ball was holding these colorful candies. See the after version (the first image).
The colors are so vibrant against the black background!!
Beautiful.
Enjoy your weekend!
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Thank you for your feedback! 🙂
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Great idea. What a cool effect that is.
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Thank you, Mary! This is my first attempt using the crystal ball. 🙂
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Enjoy the weekend,
Pit
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Same to you, Pit! Gonna be nice and warm 🙂
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that is so clever Amy!
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It’s a different AB approach. Thank you, Aletta!
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Beautiful colours…
Have a great colourful weekend, Amy… 🙂
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Same to you, Maniparna! 🙂
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I think you are having lots of fun Amy with this. Lovely colorful and creative images.
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I didn’t battle like I used to. 🙂 Thank you, Sue!
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That’s fun — lots of color and shapes — very creative Amy! Have a fun holiday weekend!
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It’s fun to get to see a the result that was so different from the original. Thank you, Jet!
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That’s marvelous Amy.
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Thank you, Norma!! 🙂
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I clicked your gravatar, it didn’t take me to your blog site. 😕
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Ooops! Sorry about that Amy. I’ve enabled it now. Thanks for letting me know. You can still click at https://normashilpi.wordpress.com/ to check my blog. Thanks. 🙂
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Wow, this is amazing! The picture is simply phenomenal–I love it! I’m curious as to why your camera didn’t come in the view of the ball though…
Either ways, I am utterly shocked at this picture. 🙂
Love,
Aditi
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I really don’t know what I was doing, say the least. This is my first attempt…
Thank you for your feedback, Aditi! 🙂
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lovely results Amy! love the colors. 🙂 have a wonderful weekend!
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Thank you, Lola! 🙂
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Great idea – my favourite is your first image
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Thank you, Raewyn! 🙂
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Brilliant After processing,delightful candy- composite,dear Amy!So many stages before getting the last version,which is really fascinating.Great focus,most pleasing range of bold colours 🙂 ❤ xxx
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Thank you for liking this one. It’s a new approach for the ABF. 🙂 Appreciate your never-ending support. 🙂 ❤
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its nice idea, i just have the feeling that the picture its not so bright and you can enhance colors too
https://getthefocus.wordpress.com/
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Thank you very much, Kate!
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Very neat effect! (I looked into the crystal ball and i see candy in my future!) 🙂
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Thank you, Tom! These are fruit sours, not too sweet. 🙂
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This is amazing, Amy. So creative and the crystal idea works well. Were those M&Ms? 🙂
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Thank you, Mabel. I’ve seen photos taken with the crystal ball, but haven’t seen anyone shooting candies through the ball. These are fruit sours (chewy candies), not too sweet. 🙂 Enjoy your weekend!
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Very creative….makes me wonder what a prism would do?
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A prism, that would be a cool thing to try. 🙂
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This was fascinating and I need to try more things with my photography! I nominated you for the Sunshine Blogger’s Award yesterday just getting around to thanking you for brightening my days! Smiles, Robin
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Colorful and vibrant! Nice idea 🙂 Have a nice Sunday. Kamila
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Thank you, Kamila! 🙂
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Hey Amy .. Such a great after! Looks like you had fun with this 😀
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Thank you for your encouraging comment, Julie! 🙂
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You would have to be very quick to take these shots in this house.
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I took several shots, tried the aperture setting (Av 5.6), the shutter speeds were between 0.5 and 0.8. The Lightroom make it look nicer and sharper.
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Even at that speed you’d risk the sweets being eaten before exposure.
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It was hard to resist, so I set a limit, I treated myself with a piece of candy when I was happy with the shot. I had quite a few when I finished clicking.
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Have a Colourful Valentine’s Day, Amy. Extra Pawkisses for the Occasion 🙂 ❤
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Thank you for the Pawkisses. Same to you. xxx
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This is really nice, Amy. Sometimes I shoot portraits through an empty water glass 🙂
Have a nice week.
Greetings,
Ulli
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