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Tumbling Dice

Love these parts!
Love these parts!
Tumbling Dice by r o s e n d a h l.
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  Pro User  says:

Great picture!

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booboo_goon says:

Brilliant! Perfect trail
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johnwmacdonald  Pro User  says:

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

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The Neepster  Pro User  says:

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




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blair4bears  Pro User  says:

Very creative, love it, well done
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Raymond355 says:

Great composition!
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timm.schroeder says:

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ThijsFr says:

Very cool shot!
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PeteJ_1980  Pro User  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.
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r o s e n d a h l  Pro User  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.
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PeteJ_1980  Pro User  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.
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AlextheC@t  Pro User  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  Pro User  says:

Hola, soy el administrador de un grupo llamado dados y nos encantaría agregar tu foto al grupo.
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r o s e n d a h l  Pro User  says:

Added. Thanks for the invite!
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Jukkie  Pro User  says:

Great shot, very creative and love the result.

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Greg Cee  Pro User  says:

Love this!
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Monica Galafassi's Photos  Pro User  says:

WOW!
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The Man in Red  Pro User  says:

AMAZING shot! this must have been incredibly difficult to pull off, your patience paid of... this is exceptional
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Trev Grant  Pro User  says:

Still can't understand it!
But, Well done!
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Dan Grant  Pro User  says:

Brilliant shot.
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Hero Roland says:

Great picture.
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Dan Grant  Pro User  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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_annalaura_  Pro User  says:

Amazing!!!
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((Jenny))  Pro User  says:

*jaw drops* incredible.
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Winfried Hoffmann  Pro User  says:

great photo!
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Lizosaurus  Pro User  says:

Incredible! Absolutely amazing.
Well done.
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[bastian.]  Pro User  says:

Very creative. Great idea and execution! Excellent!
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danielwille says:

dice are cool!
i have one, too..

Red Dice. by danielwille

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red_naxela says:

WOW
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Morbit Photography [deleted] says:

nice :)

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official station  Pro User  says:

Just... wow. Nice capture. Yeah, patience definitely pays off - sometimes you need a few dozen shots to get that perfect one. Congrats.
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gravedad system says:

Impresionante, y tiene el mérito de la paciencia.
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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?
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vasinvictor says:

excellent lightning technique, and an amazing shot
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Mr Din  Pro User  says:

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


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noprayer4dying  Pro User  says:

lovely motion captured

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Great job!

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Maryam S.  Pro User  says:

stunning! (found through very short list's daily newsletter)
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TallyWay says:

absolutely fantastic, the trails are simply stunning.
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Adriano Comissoli  Pro User  says:

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

great photo!!!
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dain of the iron hills  Pro User  says:

wonderful shot. Patience really does pay off.
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Adriano Comissoli  Pro User  says:

Amazing Pic! Please add this to:
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feli_93  Pro User  says:

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

Awesome picture,
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