Many thanks for the comments and votes, you guys...
@ Georges: The marble is approx. 3 times larger than your common or garden marble.
Sorry, I don't have a photo of the set-up. It's two marbles (well, one large marble and a small glass ball) sitting in a pool of shampoo with a flash at the back over to the left and a flash at the front to the right. I laid a striped transparency film (printed out myself) over the flash at the back left which gave the image background a "refraction-ish" look. I wasn't specifically going for the "refraction" look but liked the effect it gave.
Here are two outtakes:
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Sharpness is really a must in a challenge with reflections. You nailed it perfectly here. Top 3. A 10 from me. How big is that marble? Would like to see the setup of this.