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Ghost Ball


 
BetterPhoto.com Photo Contest Finalist   Ghost Ball
Ghost Ball
My most recent addition (shot yesterday) to my pool series. In this session I was playing around with balls in motion and the effects derrived from different shutter speeds. Hope ya like the results!

Donald K. Cherry

 
 
 

Donald K. Cherry
 

Forgot to mention, my goal in this shot was to only capture motion of the cue ball. I tried to capture the cue ball from point of impact with the cue stick until right before impacting with the 8-ball.


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February 08, 2005

 

Patty Razonable
  Fantastic effects, Donald!!


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February 08, 2005

 

Colleen Braun
  great image...


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February 08, 2005

 

Tammy Scott
  Great shot, Donald!!! Timing was perfect!


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February 08, 2005

 

Janet L. Skinner
  Boy, do I!! This is excellent Donald!


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February 08, 2005

 

Cathy Gregor
  Very cool shot, Donald!
-cathy


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February 08, 2005

 

Marsha S. Smith
  Really neat action shot. I love it.


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February 08, 2005

 

Marcie A. Fowler
  Very nicely done. I really like it!!


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February 08, 2005

 

Wally Orlowsky
  Terrific action shot, Donald. So, what was the shutterspeed on this one?


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February 08, 2005

 

S J
  EXCELLENT motition capture, Donald!! Your timing was perfect on this!! I'm hoping to see this again next month, my dear friend!!


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February 08, 2005

 

Donald K. Cherry
  Thanks a lot everyone!!

Wally, the shutter speed I was used for this one was 1/8 sec. The tricky part was that I was doing the shot solely by myself, shooting the cue ball thru the legs of a mini tripod that I machined specifically for this type of shot. Not only did I have to use the self timer and guess when the camera was going to fire, but I also had to judge how hard to hit the cue ball to get all the motion in the shot without contacting the 8-ball until after the completion of the exposure.


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February 08, 2005

 

cj patterson
  Excellent action shot!!


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February 08, 2005

 

Stan Kwasniowski
  Don, I think you accomplished what you wanted with this shot. just awesome

Stan Kwasniowski


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February 08, 2005

 

Dan Holm
  Teriffic slow shutter capture, Donald! Love your composition on this great shot!


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February 08, 2005

 
- Kathryn (Love) Scheet

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  this is so very cool Donald! love the b & w too!


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February 08, 2005

 

Stephen Zacker
  Like the perspective and feeling of motion


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February 08, 2005

 

Jane Summa
  Awesome shot, Donald! Looks like you got the timing down right in what you wanted to accomplish with this shot! Well worth your effort!


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February 08, 2005

 

Stanley J. Contrades
  Perfect timing and effort paid off in dividends with this terrific action shot, Donald! Excellent job!
Much Aloha,
Stan


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February 08, 2005

 

Anette Linnea Rasmussen
  Excellent shot Don! Love this one!

Best wishes Linnea


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February 09, 2005

 

Colleen Braun
  congratulations...


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March 15, 2005

 

Stan Kwasniowski
  Don, Congratulations

Stan Kwasniowski


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March 15, 2005

 

S J
  Hiyaaaaa!! Many congratulations on this terrific Finalist, Don!!


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March 15, 2005

 

Carla Metzler
  Congratulations, Don!


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March 15, 2005

 

Anette Linnea Rasmussen
  Great job Don! Love it!
Congrats on this wonderful finalist!

Best wishes, Linnea


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March 16, 2005

 

Colette M. Metcalf
  Congrats Don!!!


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March 16, 2005

 

Cathy Gregor
  Congrats on this awesome finalist, Donald!


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March 16, 2005

 
- Claudia Kuhn

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  Congrats Heather on your double, this is a true white winter scene!


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March 16, 2005

 

Donald K. Cherry
  Thanks everyone for all the wonderful comments on this shot!

Yikes, Claudia...I surely hope Heather doesn't look like ole ugly me and I sure hope this shot doesn't really like like a true winter scene..although I do play pool in the winter too...lol!!


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March 16, 2005

 

Alan L. Borror
  Congratulations on this neat finalist, Don!


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March 16, 2005

 

Danilo Piccioni
  Fantastic motion blur!
COngrats!!!!


Dado


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March 16, 2005

 

Cindy Paquette
  You are rocking Donald! Congratulations!


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March 16, 2005

 

Stanley J. Contrades
  Fantastic, Donald! Big Congrats on this Finalist and lots of luck in the next round to you!!
Much Aloha,
Stan


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March 17, 2005

 
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