(Day 108) - Bright and Round by cjphoto

(Day 108) - Bright and Round

After a long month of black and white photos, I was itching to created a colorful shot. So I hiked up to the highest saturation setting on my camera and shot away at these marbles. I thought the results were going to be ugly but it ended up turning out really cool with bright, saturated colors! I just gotta figure out how to cut down on glare :/
Great colors! Very cheerful.
June 2nd, 2013  
Can you tell me how to cut down the glare when you find out.... I always have a problem with glass too! Great answer to colour after b and w, like the composition too!
June 2nd, 2013  
Great idea and shot. Love the colours.
June 2nd, 2013  
Super work Chris!
June 2nd, 2013  
amazing! what a great shot! Love the softer colours in the background too!
June 2nd, 2013  
Awesome shot Chris
June 2nd, 2013  
love the colours great snap
June 2nd, 2013  
Wonderful idea, great composition and colour.
June 2nd, 2013  
A breath of cheerful colour. Gorgeously simple composition and that background is a real delight. Nice one!
June 2nd, 2013  
I didn't even know that was possible to DO! Wow, learnt something new! I know how to do it in lightroom but the effects seem a bit false, definitely going to have to try it with the camera. Wonderful shot as well!
June 2nd, 2013  
Nice row of colour Chris.
June 2nd, 2013  
this is cool. It's going in my "fav file"!
June 3rd, 2013  
Great concept and execution, Chris! Bright, round, and wonderful lighting!
June 3rd, 2013  
Kim
love the colors and shapes - the background really sets if off.
June 3rd, 2013  
Lovely bright shot, nice idea!
June 4th, 2013  
@skelly10 @jesperani @ruthmouch @simon0128 @triciaodonnell @lynnb @suebarni @taffy

Thanks everyone for taking time to check out my photo and comment on it! So happy to be able to share this bright cheerful shot with you all!
June 4th, 2013  
@jackie8 - Yes, I'll definitely let you know Jackie. Thankfully the glare doesn't break the shot too much but it would be nice to cut the glare down a bit. I'm gonna have to do some research! Thank very much for the kind words!
June 4th, 2013  
@angelat @happysnap @kimshots

Thank you so much! Interesting that you mentioned the background. It's actually one of my shirts! I used a long exposure and moved my shirt slightly left and right as the shutter was open to get those soft, steaming colors.
June 4th, 2013  
@ejlockett - Haha yep! I actually learned about that technique in the 365 forums. I mean I knew my camera could do it, just never thought about adjusting those settings. Still, sometimes I'll increase the saturation in post-processing but there's something really fun about doing it in-camera and seeing the results right away if you know what I mean. Thanks for visiting and commenting on my photo!
June 4th, 2013  
@workinprogress2 - Thanks a lot Ann for the kind comment and the fav!! Truly appreciate it!
June 4th, 2013  
@skatied - Thank you so much Katie!
June 4th, 2013  
@cjphoto that's a really clever idea for the background effect! congratulations!
June 4th, 2013  
Kim
@cjphoto: Very creative idea with the shirt - I will have to keep that in mind.
June 5th, 2013  
played marble when I was at school
June 5th, 2013  
I think it's really cool how the background shows up in those marbles. Clever!
June 6th, 2013  
fav
June 20th, 2013  
@loztsoul - Thanks much Trevor for the fav and all your recent comments!
June 24th, 2013  
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