Multi-coloured candle through lens ball
These images show a multi-coloured candle shot through a lens ball in the dark. The candle was originally most of the colours of the rainbow. Over the last two years of intermittent use it is burning down. The head of the candle has formed a bowl which houses liquid wax. The image you see is the work of two evenings playing with different settings. By that I mean different camera settings of course. Additionally I was also moving the lens ball and the candle around, standing them on different bases and trying different amounts of light. I tried the lens ball close to the candle and then at a distance. Getting the candle sharp whilst shooting through the lens ball was also a challenge.
The original image with the candle defying gravity 
The final image cut to square with the ball spun round and
Once I had a decent image in Lightroom, the candle is still defying gravity and burning upside down. I therefore put the image through Photoshop and spun the centre part of the image with the ball round 180 degrees.
Then back to Lightroom to cut it to square. I hope that you like the multi-coloured candle through lens ball. The original image as shot through the lens ball is also included to show the differences between that shot and the final one. More attempts to follow!
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