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Crystal Ball
Lens: SMC Pentax-DA 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 ED AL Camera: K-3 Photo Location: The Entrance Beach, NSW, Australia. ISO: 100 Shutter Speed: 1/640s Aperture: F10 
Posted By: rayallen, 03-09-2017, 01:42 AM

The Lifeguard Tower through a crystal ball.


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Excellent image Ray. Very well taken mate.
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Love this capture Ray, what a great idea.
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We've all been buying the wrong sort of lenses, this one is just super sharp.

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Oh wow, officially stunned. Love it.
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QuoteOriginally posted by pjv Quote
Excellent image Ray. Very well taken mate.
Thanks for your kind words.

QuoteOriginally posted by Bob Harris Quote
Love this capture Ray, what a great idea.
Thanks, Bob. I got the idea from one of my photography friends. Bought the ball on eBay.

QuoteOriginally posted by Kerrowdown Quote
We've all been buying the wrong sort of lenses, this one is just super sharp.
Thanks, KD. You still need a good Pentax lens to go with it!

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Oh wow, officially stunned. Love it.
Thanks. Appreciate your comments.

But there is some additional info that you all need to know. The crystal ball actually inverts the image and that is how a lot of people leave it. I think that looks a bit silly so I use Photoshop to create a circular selection of the ball and then use Transform -> Rotate to turn the image through 180° and the result is what you see here. That gives a much more pleasing image to my eyes.
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