Title: Riffle Shuffle
I was lucky enough to be invited to a poker game last night and unlucky enough to be out 2nd. Still, that gave me a lot of extra time to take photos! I also had a great idea for next weeks photos (Ooo! Foreboding!). So, basically it was a $20.00 brainstorming night! I did get lovely free "adult beverages", so I think that more than made up for it.
This particular photo is of a "riffle" shuffle, which is when you basically split the deck, then use your thumbs to just lift up on corner of each pile the cards and "riffle" them together. Its also known as a "dealer shuffle", because it is the standard (and preferred) method of shuffling in a casino. It takes practice and a good deck of cards, but once you get the hang of it you look all kinds of cool when you do it!
Techie bits:
100mm Macro lens
f/4.0 at 1/60th
I wish I could have gotten better lighting on it, but I tried with just the normal flash and it blew out all of the details, so I just went with the darker version so the feel of it would be better.
Enjoy!
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