Life Through My Crystal Ball

[AlwaysOnAuto]

Thanks for sharing these Zak.
I think I need to get out more.

[IzzieK]

Late to this post but here I am wanting to try that kind of photography too! I was trying it on a little glass a while back but I cannot get it as sharp, maybe the crystal ball is better like yours. Excellent shot, excellent idea.

[zkogut]

Late to this post but here I am wanting to try that kind of photography too! I was trying it on a little glass a while back but I cannot get it as sharp, maybe the crystal ball is better like yours. Excellent shot, excellent idea.

"I was trying it on a little glass." I'm not quite sure what that means? I know that some people have tried with smaller crystal balls (30-50mm) and gotten pretty good results. My ball is 80mm and cost around $15 on Amazon.

As far as clarity, I put my focus point on the center of the ball and used an aperture of F/4.0 with a 35mm lens. In Photoshop Camera Raw I boosted the clarity all the way up for that darker, grittier effect and then flipped the image in the ball since it's upside down normally. I have all my settings on display with my Flickr account if you wanna see them. They should be displayed below each photo. Hope that helps, and thanks for looking!

[bnnrcn]

Great idea, very cool images Zak

[YankeeShutterBug]

They usually are upside down through these balls, how are u getting the right-side up?

[zkogut]

They usually are upside down through these balls, how are u getting the right-side up?

I flip them right side up using Photoshop CS6

[Dave A]

Really enjoyed see these, thanks and more please

Dave

[zkogut]

Really enjoyed see these, thanks and more please

Dave

I'll hopefully get more shots this weekend

[IzzieK]

Zak...your wife and baby shots are interesting...OK...your crystal shot is interesting, but I like your family shots..

[zkogut]

Zak...your wife and baby shots are interesting...OK...your crystal shot is interesting, but I like your family shots..

Its my niece. Thanks for checking out my Flickr account