Bisti Badlands Crystal Ball by Sam Rua

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04 April 2014	Sam Rua

Bisti Badlands Crystal Ball

Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness, New Mexico view map

A bit of creative license in presenting one of the views of the hoodoos at Bisti.
I flipped the image to give the proper perspective in the crystal ball. This was
taken using a 3 inch (80 mm) crystal ball, rather than the usual 5 inch (130 mm)
crystal ball because I was trying to keep from packing too much weight. Even so,
I still carried way too much in my backpack for this particular odyssey around the badlands.

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Canon EOS 5D Mark II ,Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM
1/8000s f/2.8 at 200.0mm iso100 hide exif

Full EXIF Info
Date/Time	04-Apr-2014 12:59:38
Make	Canon
Model	Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Flash Used	No
Focal Length	200 mm
Exposure Time	1/10000 sec
Aperture	f/2.8
ISO Equivalent	100
Exposure Bias	-2.00
White Balance
Metering Mode
JPEG Quality
Exposure Program
Focus Distance

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globalgadabout		09-Jul-2017 00:48
awesome...the crystal ball seems almost like a raindrop, yet is obviously a more sophisticated entity...

Carol How		24-Apr-2014 05:40
Very imaginative Sam! Like it very much.

Jola Dziubinska		23-Apr-2014 12:21
Terrific shot, very creative. V.

Dan Greenberg		23-Apr-2014 01:15
Truly brilliant! Flipping the picture makes it even more compelling. ~BV~

Zeeby		22-Apr-2014 22:20
Spectacular!!!! BV

John Lamb		22-Apr-2014 22:02
This is excellent Sam,and very creative. ~v~

tinkerb		22-Apr-2014 21:35
Brilliant love it excellent work.

Wim Ensie		22-Apr-2014 19:05
Superb Sam, a very creative image

Tom LeRoy		22-Apr-2014 18:07
Magical image, Sam. Love it! V

bill friedlander		22-Apr-2014 18:00
Perfect focus on the ball and great idea to flip the image! V

Guest		22-Apr-2014 16:21
Creative and excellent post processing, Sam...

Walter Otto Koenig		22-Apr-2014 15:38
Completely different effect you achieved by flipping the image. Great at f/2.8. "V"

Martin Lamoon		22-Apr-2014 14:59
Such a wonderful idea to use this crystal ball, just love this shot. v

Will Hoskins		22-Apr-2014 14:26
That is so cool, Sam. Flipping the image like this makes the crystal look like a suspended drop of water. V

larose forest photos		22-Apr-2014 14:06
Stunning work! Like a little crystal encapsulating the world! Fantastic. VV

Blandine Mangin		22-Apr-2014 11:04
wonderful ! v

Colin Storey		22-Apr-2014 09:29
Fantastic idea and image. v

Dougie Young		22-Apr-2014 08:12
Wonderful idea, love it..:> Nice one Sam..:>ote

Guest		22-Apr-2014 07:30
Neat idea and fine result.

Mary Bowles		22-Apr-2014 07:08
Badlands. Good picture. .v.

Helen Betts		22-Apr-2014 05:55
A most creative capture of the badlands. I think a bit of creative license is just fine to produce such a fascinating image.

Raymond Ma		22-Apr-2014 04:58
Very clever inversion, I think this is my favorite orb image so far Sam! V

Bryan Murahashi		22-Apr-2014 04:44
Awesome and crystal clear image, Sam. V

SLC_Images		22-Apr-2014 04:14
I knew the crystal ball would show up with something interesting in it! VT!

Brian McAllister		22-Apr-2014 04:12
Excellent work! V.

joseantonio		22-Apr-2014 04:01
Fabulous work.V

GeneWard		22-Apr-2014 03:13
Extremely cool

Jim Coffman		22-Apr-2014 02:53
A very cool image,Sam!

Hank Vander Velde		22-Apr-2014 01:47
Neat image Sam.

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