irrevocably commit to a fateful decision by summerfield

irrevocably commit to a fateful decision

"iacta alea est." - Julius Ceasar

it's latin for "the die is cast".

between books to review, listening to speeches (i frankly don't know how i got into listening to all these political speeches, most of which i don't understand, and the only thing that attracts me to them is the speaker's compassionate delivery), and working, i have no time to think of what to post. good thing the dice were on the shelf so i scooped them up and placed them on the table, aimed the camera and pressed the shutter.

itiofd, the "365" was accidental. i was trying to balance the top die and it kept falling. i remember five was facing this way but it fell once again and when i swore at it, it stayed. only when i was processing it did i notice 3-6-5 were facing this way.

then of course, i have to think of an appropriate title, preferably six words. then i checked the sh*t list today and found out there's a macro challenge for circles and arcs. too bad i wasn't aware of the rim-lighting challenge or i could've done that to get a three-fer. well, there's always tomorrow.

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let me explain: yesterday's "poem" is actually an excerpt of a song recorded by Barbra Streisand in the 80's. in my haste when i posted my photo, i forgot that there is a song title challenge currently happening. i did not mean to mislead you guys and i apologize. i am the first person ever conscious of plagiarism, copyright and ownership so that was definitely a very bad slip up.
Perfect
August 21st, 2020  
Very cool
August 21st, 2020  
Trying to figure out how you did this....(& fav)
August 21st, 2020  
That dice is really just balanced there, thats amazing!
August 21st, 2020  
Very clever!
August 21st, 2020  
Ah, I see what you did there. ;-)
Very cool!
August 21st, 2020  
I remember as a child wondering what that saying meant as I kept thinking of dye and kind of had the meaning anyway (like well the colour has been applied so that's that) love this image to show it
August 21st, 2020  
I just don’t know how you got the die to stand on it’s point, amazing.
August 21st, 2020  
FAV Impressive especially because of the inadvertent 365. Great light and detail and a fabulous composition!

You are so good at writing that I automatically assumed that was your poem. You always credit the authors when it isn’t and that is what led me to believe it was yours. You can do every bit as well and better I know.
August 21st, 2020  
fav, very clever
August 21st, 2020  
A clever photo, and how perfect to have it show 3-6-5. Fav
August 21st, 2020  
A serendipitous roll of the dice. Well done.
August 21st, 2020  
Wonderful still life with great lighting! Fav
August 22nd, 2020  
This is awesome! I can hardly believe that you got the dice to stand like that. I think I could only have done it with glue, or chewing gum and Photoshop...
August 22nd, 2020  
@ingrid01 @louannwarren @amyk - ladies, as you can see the corners of the dice are a bit rounded and the black dots are concave so it was possible to make one sit on top. rather tricky as the dots are not really as wide but with much patience, and/or swearing to high heavens, it sat there for the rest of the night. tonight though, i was going to try for rim lighting but the top die kept falling until my patience wore off. will try again tomorrow perhaps, or not!
August 22nd, 2020  
What a smarty pants you are. Great image Vikki, love it.
August 22nd, 2020  
A teensy-weensy bit of blue-tac might help the balancing act??
August 22nd, 2020  
A clever balancing act fav
August 22nd, 2020  
Are you serious? They should use that picture to promote this site. It’s great!!
August 22nd, 2020  
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