Secured ball to wall with long pin. Used my "spare" hand as a model. Used a homemade spotlite attached to tripod, cropped image, applied bright, contrast, unsharp mask, and lighting effects (to enhance spotlite effect) It rained in San Francisco today - we make our own shadows when that happens.
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I like the rotation of perspective in this picture. It doesn't have a lot of drama or emotion, but at least you've done well giving this an interesting viewpoint. A little more creative than the rest of the field. 7
Very creative and visually appealing. The warm yellow on the ball really completes this nicely, and the sort of triangle shape that the hand makes creates a good strong dynamic compositionally, keeping the eye in the frame. Nice work. 9