I screwnailed through the top of the ball and suspended it from the roof of the house. I then set up a tripod under the ball with grass and tee. I used a bounce flash off of the house. Some minor post editing to remove backgound clutter. The setup shot is in my portfolio for those who are interested.
The "Absolutely Straight" was purposely at an angle. I was going for the word play but as it turns out I probably should have gone for composition and aligned it with the tee. Live and learn.
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While I like this image I do remember wondering why this demonstrated balance particularly - and I also remember thinking that it would look more impressive to show the top of the ball. I had imagined that you had probably kept a finger on the ball (thus rendering the shot quite unimpressive) but I confess to being amazed at the extent of your set-up.
Technically, it is very well shot, richly coloured and beautifully focused, although this scored higher than I thought it would.
Personally, more grassy context at the base and the ball top would have made it for me, but since this was not on a golf course you made the best of it. The text on the ball was not a prominent enough feature for me to make it truly ironic, since it really doesn't matter in golf if the ball isn't cosmetically aligned on the tee!
Very cool image. My only fault with it is the words "absolutly straight" are not absolutely straight vertically or horizontally. Otherwise, it seems very balanced.
Good idea for the challenge, good DOF and white balance, the dimples in the ball are nice and clear.
A few things to maybe score higher... The green bits at the bottom are distracting and the Absolutely Straight text would have been nicer if it was actually straight... 8
Great photo. The color, composition, focus, DOF, lighting is all superb. If the text "Absolutely Straight" had been centered above the tee, it would have made a much stronger impact. 9
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