This is one of my early projects using a Lensball, basically a crystal ball through which you can take some great photographs, or like in this example, create some truly captivating effects. This project was one taken indoor, with a black cloth a bottle to sit the Lensball on top of and a disco light. Using a long exposure the camera was able to capture some really cool effects.

Look into my crystal ball!

This project started out as my first attempt to capture light reflecting through my new Lensball. It was very simple to create, simply standing my Lensball on top of a bottle with a nice clear neck a few inches (6-10) away from a black backdrop cloth and using a small disco light to create some light effects. At 4.2 seconds at F5.0 and ISO 64, this image shows what not to do... See the reflection of my tripod! As you will see from my gallery, tweaking the exposure down to 1.7 seconds, I managed some much better results.

Capturing light reflecting through my new Lensball

Of course the Lensball can be used for many more creative images.

This is an example of a shot taken on a beautiful summers day, Lensball sat on top of a tent pole and camera free hand. High F-stop to keep the whole scene fairly clear, focus on the mid point of the Lensball and shutter speed of 1/100. ISO as low as you can get it depending on your lighting conditions.

The Lensball can be used for many more creative images

Similar to the shot above, this one makes use of an old piece of farm machinery and blends the hard lines of the old rusting farm machinery and the clean bright lines captured by the Lensball. The sun also creating some sunbeam lines protruding from the Lensball.

This one makes use of an old piece of farm machinery and blends the hard lines of the old rusting farm machinery

This shot shows what can be achieved by simply looking out for interesting items to blend with your Lensball to create an interesting shot.

A few more shots from the project