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Seven about to happen three different ways

Seven about to happen three different ways by fd.
For the curious: this was shot at 1/500s and f/11 with a bounce flash. The camera was on a tripod. I dropped the dice onto white tile (you can just see a reflection underneath the white die) and tripped the shutter with a remote. It took about fifty tries to get this combination. In post-production, I bumped the contrast and cloned out what was left of the grout lines. The dice are from a Star Wars monopoly game. I guess the Force was with me. :-)

Second place in Theme Competition #7: Lucky 7s. First place was {platinum}

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sebarave says:

WoW ! Amazing !
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Kren [deleted] says:

yes: wow!
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hufse  Pro User  says:

great shot!
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murn  Pro User  says:

Nice! I hope you win!
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Mylens*  Pro User  says:

what a great, great photo.
I am glad I am back to see this one!!!!!
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Cilest  Pro User  says:

what a great catch!
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deVos  Pro User  says:

Simple, elegant, brilliant! Especially love how you just captured the motion while leaving so much out... Bravo!
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-Amelie- says:

cute
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fd  Pro User  says:

Thanks, everyone. I only had to throw them about 50 times for them to come out this way. :-)
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

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Tampen  Pro User  says:

brilliant shot, fd, but if this wins the Theme Competition we're going to be denied the pleasure of rubbishing the judge.....
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

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disneymike  Pro User  says:

You have such patience. I would have photographed them still and added the motion blur in Photoshop. LOL

Seriously, this is a great capture.
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alterednate  Pro User  says:

Not fair, you're too clever. :P
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Mylens*  Pro User  says:

Not droppig a zilion times, in my case:))
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Kiki J  Pro User  says:

Oh. Fab!
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fd  Pro User  says:

Thanks. :-)

Tampen, I'm sure you don't need a reason to do that. :-)

Mike, not that much patience. It's easier when you're procrastinating about something else.
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astrocruzan  Pro User  says:

fantastic! a winner for sure.
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Today is a good day  Pro User  says:

Wow!
I like the way they are suspended in air.

(So how many takes did you need??)
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Wapiti says:

great shot and a good idea!
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jord says:

oh my. then i hope you keep procrastinating. awesome shot.
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*milly*  Pro User  says:

You should have gotten first :)
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L8o  Pro User  says:

..oh, man, this is fantastic!! I'm astounded at the talent around here. Truly!
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yanni says:

alea iacta est
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TheLawleys says:

Super cool! Equal parts skill and creativity. I love the black & white, too ... this just wouldn't have had as much punch with any other dice. Congrats. :-) (k)
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mari.hummel  Pro User  says:

wow
i love dices, and this is certainly the best shot of them i've seen on flickr so far.
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Kaddy  Pro User  says:

Nice one and congrats fd, I think the patience lies in the family, when I'm on a bender trying to get a perfect shot the missus just stands at the corner of the room tapping her foot (now there's a shot....)!!
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fd  Pro User  says:

Thanks a bunch!
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quiiver  Pro User  says:

wow! excellent fd. congrats in the theme competition, a very worthy win.
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hangdog says:

Good work!
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Helena-Reet says:

heeeeee...cool!
great picture...
thanks for sharing!
Greetings,
Helena-Reet :)
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fictures says:

Phenomenal!!! Whew!
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shivanayak  Pro User  says:

wow beautiful..
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Esther17  Pro User  says:

The patience of a saint. Awesome capture! :-)
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weirdxstuff says:

incredible shot...rit in the air..and the colors are very cool....
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mandy dawn  Pro User  says:

great shot
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Aranmyrn says:

Great Shot, its my favorite, Can you post in original size? Pleaseee!!! Thanks you
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toddlertoes  Pro User  says:

sigh......
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tabe says:

Beauty shot!
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vasta  Pro User  says:

this looks particularly brilliant now that flickr has done away with the gray borders around the photos.
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fd  Pro User  says:

Hey, that's neat.
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alterednate  Pro User  says:

yup, except it seems as though their background isn't 100% white as on my monitor I can see the difference between the photo and the background...

gotta go see what some of mine look like now!!
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fd  Pro User  says:

You're right. It's RGB 254, 254, 254. Just shy of pure white.
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alterednate  Pro User  says:

Wonder why they did that? I guess most people will see it as pure white - i see on my LCD at work that I can no longer see the difference.

Certianly changes a bit the nature of photos with whitegrounds and no border.
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a.gusia says:

fav! amazing
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Becem says:

great :)
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flo100  Pro User  says:

Great shot
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farlane  Pro User  says:

Hey there, I blogged your photo to The games people play on my blog. Thanks for the neat toys you've shared with the world!
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