Glass Ball

[Mark321]

Ron,
Great balls of fire! What a fantastic image, love the parallax effect of the pen reflected in ball.
You are AMAZING, Ron.

Keep up the GREAT work!

[Ron Duke]

Thank you Larry and Mark.

[Egg Bramhill]

Love the image Ron, excellently rendered but I'm puzzled by the reflected? city-scape. If the ball has a window reflection, I guess it would be in a room and therefore the city-scape wouldn't be visible ?

[Ron Duke]

Love the image Ron, excellently rendered but I'm puzzled by the reflected? city-scape. If the ball has a window reflection, I guess it would be in a room and therefore the city-scape wouldn't be visible ?

So, if the ball were outside it couldn't reflect a window?

[Egg Bramhill]

I would say not Ron. A reflection of a window is due to it being a light source. If the ball was outside a window wouldn't normally be a light source in my opinion.

[Egg Bramhill]

Here's an interesting image of a crystal ball and how it makes the source behind it upside down

LINK

[Rik]

Let's assume that the ball is indeed looking at the buildings.
I think the buildings would be upside down.

Oops! Sorry, Egg. You already said that!

[Egg Bramhill]

Cross posting Rick
Not only upside down but reversed left to right. Here's a good example. Note the balls are not only upside down but reversed left & right.
SOURCE

[Ron Duke]

Final rendering.

I've been nearly blinded by light coming off a window outside...