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For a full tutorial on how I setup this shot please see the short article I wrote on it: benheysphotography.com/fortuneβ¦Pity there's no fantasy gallery in photography, didn't think it quite fit in Horror...
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this is incredible! did you use dry ice? unfortunately the tutorial link won't work anymore
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yep, it was a glass table masked off around the sides & top with black cloth leaving a hole in the top, then a glass bowl filled with water and a glass the same height as the bowl with the crystal ball on top of that, strobe under the table firing up through the table/bowl/water/crystal ball for the glowing crystal ball effect and dry ice in the water for the smoke.
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One or more of your amazing artworks has been featured in my newest Journal
"Frac-Tarot" >> [link]
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Hey, love this shot!
I tried to log onto how you set it up, but it woudln't link.
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Yeah, my blog is offline at the moment, sorry about that!
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You've really captured the mood... & the lighting is spectacular!
Thank you so very much for sharing & creating the tutorial
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great concept and tutorial 
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Red was with photoshop - the vertical shot I have in the tutorial was pretty much accurate colours, the horizontal one I used a bit more artistic license with though.
Reflections weren't really an issue as the glass of the ball was quite clear, it tended to refract rather than reflect.
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Thanks for the reply, I've got to try something similar at some point when I Eventually get a decent lighting setup, I'm not after a setup that costs the earth just something better than a Halogen site light and a security light screwed to a lump of wood
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Breathtaking! Fantastic lighting and idea, I really love how the lighting is backlit against the smoke.
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This is Phenominal...im checking out your article now!
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Awesome Ben.
I'm glad you are revealing your setups now!
If you want to get even more daring you should post a kind of "behind the scenes" shot in your blog
Did you intend to show the rim of the glass under the ball? I can see it in both images.
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Not really and it did cross my mind to edit it out, but in the end I was too lazy.
I've been thinking about doing some of these tutorials for a while now and I always mean to shoot behind the scenes setups...never remember to on the day though, I think I must be the world's youngest forgetful old man...
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Ben this rocks! I haven't had the smoke machine out since buying the D3 and that's in part due to my desire to play with dry ice instead - expecting it would give effects such as this. Only your use of dry ice ended up even better than the shoot I was planning looked in my own head. That you did this without hassles on your first go is just brilliant. Great tutorial mate.
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Cheers, glad you enjoyed it.
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Well I guess that depends on what someone was trying to do with it doesn't it? As is doesn't appear to be real it's kinda a moot argument though...
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Did you layer different images to create this one? It looks fantastic.
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No layers, if you read the info underneath, there's a link to a tutorial I wrote about how I shot it.
Cheers!
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This is great! Although i agree, it has a strong fantasy feel to it, but NICE!!!!
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great setting...... hope u continue your tutorial..... that will help me a lot
thanks man
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great setting...... hope u continue your tutorial..... that will help me a lot
thanks man
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Is there something you'd like to know about that shot that I didn't cover? Or do you just mean you'd like to see more of them?
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i want to see more of them...... coz i'm trying to learn about lighting too, so your article will help me a lot
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Coolies, well stay tuned because I plan to make more
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Where'd you get the awesome dagger. xD *evil grin*
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Being someone who loves to try new strobe techniques, I really appreciate the tutorial! The shots came out quite lovely.
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