POTD 20/3 2013: Dice Tower

"Tower of Dice" ©2008 Lars Clausen
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I doubt any long-time RPG gamer hasn't at some point stacked their dice like this, only to have a fellow player "accidentally" bump the table just enough to make it topple.

This is the other picture that got sold as a wedding present. I like how clean this turned out, and how the transparency plays out. The shots were taken when I had built an impromptu lightbox and was trying with everyday lights to make effective shots, trying for some subjects that hadn't already been done a million times before. Though now later I have to admit that doing subjects that have been done before isn't such a bad thing. You can learn from how others have done them, you can compare yours to theirs, and you can get some experience in all those things that are common to almost all subjects, like lighting, background, composition, lighting, shadows, lighting, color management, lighting, lighting and more lighting.