Balanced Glass

Taken for the group MacroMondays. Theme: #Balance

 

What does the word 'balance' mean to me ?

Defying gravity is how I see the word, but of course it has many meanings. For an idea for a macro it was a question of balancing some thing on some thing to defy gravity which was a real challenge as I discovered. I tried lots of different materials but settled on three glass nuggets balancing on top of each other. Trying to balance four glass nuggets proved impossible, gravity won every time! It was not as easy to do as I first thought, a question of patience on my part trying to find the exact spot to balance each nugget, keeping my cool and not breathing too hard and then lighting the scene required further patience but I'm pleased with the result!

 

Measurements:

The photograph was taken in macro on a 1:1 setting. The whole shot including negative space is 2 1/2" x 2 1/2".

 

Technical:

Lighting provided by a 10 watt LED flood light diffused behind plain white A4 paper.

 

Taken using a Panasonic DMC FZ200 in macro mode & 1:1

f/2.8

1/60

4mm

ISO 200

 

HMM!

 

 

Dedicated to CH (ILYWAMHASAM)

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