Marbles 2nd Lot

I decided to shoot marbles again in the studio, moving the light to create a gradient of light behind the marble, creating black and grey tones. I didn't use many of the white/clear ones because they blended into the background quite a bit, although they are clearly seen, there's not enough colour and detail in them like the marbles.

There's a big difference between the plastic beads and glass marbles, there's a slight blue tint to the glass which really stands out against the white background. As well as that, the colour in the centre of the marble is really highlighted by the light behind it.

On these ones, I was shooting from lower down to capture where there was no light, which created a nice black background. I prefer the black background because it really makes the clear marbles stand out against it, as well as splitting up the photo from being all white. I'd definitely use this technique again.

I don't think the photographs look as good in black and white, I think a lot of the detail in the marble is lost when monochrome, so I avoided doing any more of them. The black and white photographs are definitely less striking and bold than the colour.

These are the rest of the photographs from the shoot, a lot of them were slightly out of focus, badly lit (over or under exposed) or the black gradient was in the wrong place.