Tumbling Dice

Love these parts!

December 14, 2007 - Following my theme from yesterday, falling game pieces.

Patience pays off. It took a few hundred dice tosses to get 14 that I liked, 4 that I really liked, and this one that's my favorite. That and some trial and error with the lighting along the way.

This shot was lit with a flashlight from the left side and the on-camera flash bouncing off a playing card up to the ceiling. Exposure was 1/15 sec at f/5.6, with the ISO set to 800. I bumped up the ISO because I didn't want a longer exposure (though I could have used a stronger light on the side instead). My Canon 10D is pretty noisy at higher ISOs, but the Luminance Noise Reduction in Lightroom cleaned that up surprisingly well.

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prinssessan says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Flickr Envy (invited images only), and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

WOW!!!!
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smiles4angels says:

WoW!

Excellent capture

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Michael Erhardsson says:

Great picture!

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booboo_goon says:

Brilliant! Perfect trail
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

johnwmacdonald says:

i like it. the twisting blurry trail is spot on.

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The Neepster says:

Great photo - love the trails. (guess who will be digging out some dice to photograph!)

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blair4bears says:

Very creative, love it, well done
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Raymond355 says:

Great composition!

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ThijsFr says:

Very cool shot!
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Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

PeteJ_1980 says:

Brilliant! Did you fire the flash right at the end of the exposure? No idea how you'd do that but the results are strikng.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

r o s e n d a h l says:

PeteJ 1980: Yes, the flash was sync'd to the shutter, but the exposure was long enough (1/15) to get the streaks lit with a light from the side.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

PeteJ_1980 says:

I gave it a go last night - www.flickr.com/photos/peterjohns/2213122592/

Much harder than it looks isn't it! I eventually got the lighting right so the streaks appeared, but getting the dice to move slow enough while still moving in an 'interesting' way proved very tricky indeed. The above shot was my last attempt yesterday, think I'll try again tonight.

Thank you for the idea though, the introduction of the side light was a stroke of brilliance.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

AlextheC@t says:

Great work, I really feel like giving it a try! Thank you so much for being so detailed in your explanation of how it was taken!
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UnaNada says:

Hola, soy el administrador de un grupo llamado dados y nos encantaría agregar tu foto al grupo.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

r o s e n d a h l says:

Added. Thanks for the invite!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Jukkie says:

Great shot, very creative and love the result.

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Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

Greg Cee says:

Love this!
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

Monica Galafassi's Photos says:

WOW!
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

The Man in Red says:

AMAZING shot! this must have been incredibly difficult to pull off, your patience paid of... this is exceptional
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

Trev Grant says:

Still can't understand it!
But, Well done!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Dan Grant says:

Brilliant shot.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Hero Roland says:

Great picture.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Dan Grant says:

I hope you don't mind but I gave it a go today - it is much harder than you think!

Thanks for the idea

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Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

_annalaura_ says:

Amazing!!!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

((Jenny)) says:

*jaw drops* incredible.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Winfried Hoffmann says:

great photo!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Lizosaurus says:

Incredible! Absolutely amazing.
Well done.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

[bastian.] says:

Very creative. Great idea and execution! Excellent!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

danielwille says:

dice are cool!
i have one, too..

Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

red_naxela says:

WOW
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Morbit Photography [deleted] says:

nice :)

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Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

official station says:

Just... wow. Nice capture. Yeah, patience definitely pays off - sometimes you need a few dozen shots to get that perfect one. Congrats.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

gravedad system says:

Impresionante, y tiene el mérito de la paciencia.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

che_arg says:

Hi.

love this. Congrats!

I have a question:

it's possible to use it as background-image in a weblog? can I borrow your photo, please?
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

vasinvictor says:

excellent lightning technique, and an amazing shot
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

Mr Din says:

flash on second curtain, brilliant!!!
end to end perfect! bravo!

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noprayer4dying says:

lovely motion captured

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tHE PypEr says:

Great job!

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Maryam S. says:

stunning! (found through very short list's daily newsletter)
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

TallyWay says:

absolutely fantastic, the trails are simply stunning.
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

Adriano Comissoli says:

I had one with the sme title, but your is better than mine!
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valePuffa says:

great photo!!!
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

dain of the iron hills says:

wonderful shot. Patience really does pay off.
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amjone says:

so cool!

www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/08/24/45-beauti ful-motion-b...
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Adriano Comissoli says:

Amazing Pic! Please add this to:
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feli_93 says:

Great idea! =) You've managed it very well!
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Fahd Munir says:

Awesome picture,
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