Marbles at an angle. I think there’s nine of them, but I can’t tell nor remember. This is the best of all of the series in technical execution, so it makes a fine stock image. The depth of field is quite shallow, but there’s a lot of sharpness on the first marble. The table and marbles are clean as I’ve already cloned the dust and dirt out. Enjoy!

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This, following the first, is the best in the series. I got really close here, so you can see the terrifying details of the marbles. This also gives very shallow depth of field, so the ones far back become quite blurry. Turning the camera to the side is another stab at creative composition, but I mainly did it to keep the edges of the yellow table out of the frame. The blue colors in this one turned out perfect; not too dark nor …

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