Beachball
by owennnn

Comment by Jean:
I gave yours my highest vote. I simply loved your picture, I am rather sad that your picture rated so low, it such wonderful picture which I think should have rated much higher.

Beachball
by owennnn

Comment by owennnn:
For the few of you that were curious, the effect here was to rotate the beachball a 1/2 turn during the exposure, using a strobe light to produce discrete wedges of color rather than a blur. The beachball had 6 sections: red, white, blue, while, yellow, white. Since those are primary colors, I got quite a colorful shot.

In fact, beachballs as I remember them from my childhood were very colorful.

Some outtakes are available at //www.geocities.com/owennnnn/makingof/beachball/

Beachball
by owennnn

Comment by HBunch:
This is some interesting effects you tried here, but I don't know as if it apeals to me. the lighting is good for the effect used. The angle is ok, might have a more visual impact if the middle of the ball were centered in the photo. Colors are very nice, and reference to childhood is very strong. Good luck in the challenge.

Beachball
by owennnn

Comment by autool:
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background4,
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing6,
Challenge: Does your entry meet it?4,
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc.? 3,
Total Averaged Rating4. Autool

Beachball
by owennnn

Comment by byetko:
Thats a really neat beachball. 7.

Beachball
by owennnn

Comment by Kavey:
Wonderful! The lighting is so other-worldly: soft, glowing, beautiful colours. Love the soft lines of overlap and the central "sun" (though would like to see it better centred in frame).
Very noisy photo and background not very even.
9, Kavey

Beachball
by owennnn

Comment by marcvg:
I like the colours but I find it too centered. Have you tried cropping it ?

Beachball
by owennnn

Comment by chilibonze:
too abstract to be identified as a beachball and relate it to the topic

Beachball
by owennnn

Comment by inspzil:
I don't know if this has anything to do with the topic but I love this shot.

Beachball
by owennnn

Comment by magnetic9999:
this is beautiful :) nice geometric shapes.. wonderful light and colors.