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Sphere reflection photos

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I love the simple beauty of spheres - especially reflective ones. Gazing balls and Christmas ornaments alike, I just love looking into them.

I wanted to take photos of the simplicity but without me in them. So I tried to use the flash to obscure myself.

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It still looked kind of contrived, though it did establish the emptiness of humanity that I wanted.

So I took some more pictures.

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Three photos and one Photoshop session later, I came up with this one. I love how lonely it looks, and how natural it seems. It takes a second to notice that the camera and cameraperson who took the picture are nowhere to be found in the reflection.

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This next one is a self-portrait using the same technique. Much reconstruction of my right arm was necessary in Photoshop but it was worth it.

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This one's more recent - just done today.

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