Hi Folks

I was in a discount store w/my boy when I saw this thing, and when I got to the checkstand, the lady ringing me up picks up this thing, starts tossing it up and down and asks me what it is.  I say truthfully 'hell if I know', and another lady next to me gets into the conversation with, 'hey, it's the mystery ball', and we all have a chuckle and I tell her that's what I'll call it.  So even though the working title of the pic is 'Metal Sphere', it's really the 'Mystery Ball' after the shot.

 This is an object that I thought would allow me to shoot the Series III wideopen @ F4.5 and so I've included 2 versions @F4.5 and F6.  Opening all the way up to F4.5 to shoot anything in extremely bright light would've spread the glow throughout the frame, blowing out everything, as opposed to what you see here in pretty subdued light. 

The sphere is sitting on brushed alluminum.  Pick 'em.

Have a good one.