Seven about to happen three different ways
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}.
Comments and faves
deVos, Cilest, yorkiе, vasta, and 154 other people added this photo to their favorites.
sebarave (97 months ago | reply)
WoW ! Amazing !
Kren [deleted] (97 months ago | reply)
yes: wow!
hufse (97 months ago | reply)
great shot!
murn (97 months ago | reply)
Nice! I hope you win!
Mylens* (97 months ago | reply)
what a great, great photo.
I am glad I am back to see this one!!!!!
Cilest (97 months ago | reply)
what a great catch!
deVos (97 months ago | reply)
Simple, elegant, brilliant! Especially love how you just captured the motion while leaving so much out... Bravo!
Eugenia Moira Angela Darling (97 months ago | reply)
cute
fd (97 months ago | reply)
Thanks, everyone. I only had to throw them about 50 times for them to come out this way. :-)
Tampen (97 months ago | reply)
brilliant shot, fd, but if this wins the Theme Competition we're going to be denied the pleasure of rubbishing the judge.....
disneymike (97 months ago | reply)
You have such patience. I would have photographed them still and added the motion blur in Photoshop. LOL
Seriously, this is a great capture.
alterednate (97 months ago | reply)
Not fair, you're too clever. :P
Mylens* (97 months ago | reply)
Not droppig a zilion times, in my case:))
Kristina J. [deleted] (97 months ago | reply)
Oh. Fab!
fd (97 months ago | reply)
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.
astrocruzan (97 months ago | reply)
fantastic! a winner for sure.
Today is a good day (97 months ago | reply)
Wow!
I like the way they are suspended in air.
(So how many takes did you need??)
Wapiti (97 months ago | reply)
great shot and a good idea!
jord (97 months ago | reply)
oh my. then i hope you keep procrastinating. awesome shot.
*milly* (97 months ago | reply)
You should have gotten first :)
L8o (97 months ago | reply)
..oh, man, this is fantastic!! I'm astounded at the talent around here. Truly!
yanni (97 months ago | reply)
alea iacta est
TheLawleys (97 months ago | reply)
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)
mari.hummel (97 months ago | reply)
wow
i love dices, and this is certainly the best shot of them i've seen on flickr so far.
Kaddy (97 months ago | reply)
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....)!!
fd (97 months ago | reply)
Thanks a bunch!
quiiver (97 months ago | reply)
wow! excellent fd. congrats in the theme competition, a very worthy win.
hangdog (97 months ago | reply)
Good work!
Helena-Reet (97 months ago | reply)
heeeeee...cool!
great picture...
thanks for sharing!
Greetings,
Helena-Reet :)
fictures (97 months ago | reply)
Phenomenal!!! Whew!
shivanayak (96 months ago | reply)
wow beautiful..
Esther17 (96 months ago | reply)
The patience of a saint. Awesome capture! :-)
weirdxstuff (95 months ago | reply)
incredible shot...rit in the air..and the colors are very cool....
mandy dawn (90 months ago | reply)
great shot
Aranmyrn (88 months ago | reply)
Great Shot, its my favorite, Can you post in original size? Pleaseee!!! Thanks you
toddlertoes (88 months ago | reply)
sigh......
tabe (87 months ago | reply)
Beauty shot!
vasta (85 months ago | reply)
this looks particularly brilliant now that flickr has done away with the gray borders around the photos.
fd (85 months ago | reply)
Hey, that's neat.
alterednate (85 months ago | reply)
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!!
fd (85 months ago | reply)
You're right. It's RGB 254, 254, 254. Just shy of pure white.
alterednate (85 months ago | reply)
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.
a.gusia (85 months ago | reply)
fav! amazing
Becem (84 months ago | reply)
great :)
flo100 (79 months ago | reply)
Great shot
farlane (78 months ago | reply)
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!