Thanks for the comments guys! Yeah, definately has focus problems. I could either have the refraction, or the background in focus and I got neither, haha. Unfortunately, I went out and took about 30 shots and this is the best that came out... (was really hoping to get the water lines matched up) I was then too lazy to go for another take. =) Thanks carolee for the cropping comment, I can definately see what you mean.
Very cool shot. Some sort of stand for the shpere would have given a better effect than the hand but it's still one of the more interesting of the challenge.
I was wondering if anyone else would do a crystal ball shot, I did one too :-) The refraction works well. I would rather have seen the crystal ball and it's details sharp and the background blurred out though.
The perspective on this is almost perfect . A little lower perspective and the horizon in the ball would have lined up with the horizon in the rest of the image. Also, if the ball had been placed on a stand of some sort to take the picture you would have had more options for vantage points.
hard to know where to focus on these shots. using a short lens (or wide angle) would help. it just looks a little soft to me. I like how ou tried to match up the horizons. good shot.
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