Last Throw Of The Dice

[Zuiko]

OK, is this me trying to rekindle some interest and creativity in my hobby or does it just prove I have too much time on my hands?

[Adam Easton]

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Interesting shots

I like No2 I like the square frame.

[Guest]

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John ! ... these illustrate your title marvellously well and clearly show that you haven't quite lost it just yet, mate!

Verging on brilliant, I'd say.

[PeterBirder]

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Fantastic images John!

I wish I had half the skill, patience and creativity needed to produce them.

Thanks for sharing.

[Phill D]

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No 1 for me - come on John let on how you did it please.

[peak4]

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John, the creativity seems to still be working.
I do like the concept very much. As with Adam I favour the square frame to echo the shape of the dice, but prefer No1 for the content. How about No1 in a square frame

[Bikie John]

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The last one captures it best for me. Nice set, John.

Ciao ... other John

[sponner]

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last on efor me two, go on John, share!

[Zuiko]

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Thanks for all the comments.

I did it with a little help from my two friends, Trial and Error. I wanted to capture the movement of the dice but ending with a reasonably still image, which meant that the exposure had to be longer than the time it took the dice to settle when I tossed them in a bowl. I found that the bowl had to be deep, partly to stop the dice bouncing out and partly so that they gravitated towards a small area to keep them within the frame. The blue bowl also made a nice contrast with the dice.

I found that the effects were completely random and there is no right or wrong shutter speed. The first and last were taken at 1.3 seconds, the second picture at 10 seconds and the third at 1/6th second.

I set up with camera on a tripod (of course) and focussed on the dice in a resting position at the bottom of the bowl before switching to manual focus. I did a test shot to establish that + 0.7 exposure was needed. White balance (tricky because of the blue bowl) was easily corrected in pp by using the dropper on the white dice.

I found it best to use a 4 second anti-shock delay so that I could be ready to throw the dice when I heard the shutter open and used this technique for the 1st, 3rd and 4th pictures. For the 2nd picture I used a longer shutter speed (10 seconds) and started with the dice already in the bowl. I left them stationary for a few seconds after the shutter opened, then shook the bowl and let them rest again. I took 75 frames in total and this is an example of digital making easy something that would be very difficult (and expensive!) with film.

The bowl is plastic and quite scratched in places. I'm sufficiently encouraged by this experiment to invest in a new bowl!

[crimbo]

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Nice ones...? mono, vignette ?

[Zuiko]

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Mono I'm not sure about, I like the white against blue, but vignette... good idea! I intend to repeat this with a new bowl.

[shirley]

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Hi John,
I missed these yesterday. They are well done and each one brings something different. If I had to choose I think I would go with number 2 because I like stronger dice image. However, I also like the effect of movement which is stronger in the others. If I was to try this...and I might!!...I would try and achieve something with the two aspects combined.
Nice one
Shirley

[Chevvyf1]

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John ! ... these illustrate your title marvellously well and clearly show that you haven't quite lost it just yet, mate!

Verging on brilliant, I'd say.

Yeah ! I have to ask
1) did you have an assistant ?
2) did you use on camera flash ?
3) did you use two dice ?
4) is that OOC ?
5) is this layers in s/ware edits ?



ps 2 is my FAV

[Chevvyf1]

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Thanks for all the comments.

I did it with a little help from my two friends, Trial and Error. I wanted to capture the movement of the dice but ending with a reasonably still image, which meant that the exposure had to be longer than the time it took the dice to settle when I tossed them in a bowl. I found that the bowl had to be deep, partly to stop the dice bouncing out and partly so that they gravitated towards a small area to keep them within the frame. The blue bowl also made a nice contrast with the dice.

I found that the effects were completely random and there is no right or wrong shutter speed. The first and last were taken at 1.3 seconds, the second picture at 10 seconds and the third at 1/6th second.

I set up with camera on a tripod (of course) and focussed on the dice in a resting position at the bottom of the bowl before switching to manual focus. I did a test shot to establish that + 0.7 exposure was needed. White balance (tricky because of the blue bowl) was easily corrected in pp by using the dropper on the white dice.

I found it best to use a 4 second anti-shock delay so that I could be ready to throw the dice when I heard the shutter open and used this technique for the 1st, 3rd and 4th pictures. For the 2nd picture I used a longer shutter speed (10 seconds) and started with the dice already in the bowl. I left them stationary for a few seconds after the shutter opened, then shook the bowl and let them rest again. I took 75 frames in total and this is an example of digital making easy something that would be very difficult (and expensive!) with film.

The bowl is plastic and quite scratched in places. I'm sufficiently encouraged by this experiment to invest in a new bowl!

Sorry I posted my Q's BEFORE reading THIS I should have read on first ... and known better of John

[Zuiko]

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Hi John,
I missed these yesterday. They are well done and each one brings something different. If I had to choose I think I would go with number 2 because I like stronger dice image. However, I also like the effect of movement which is stronger in the others. If I was to try this...and I might!!...I would try and achieve something with the two aspects combined. Nice one
Shirley

Ultimately that's what I'm hoping for......when I get a new bowl!