Gazing Ball

We celebrated my dad's birthday today and one of his presents was a Fushigi ball.  I had never heard of it, but we had the best time learning all about it. It's a clever little thing, basically a small clear ball with a reflective center. So, besides the fun playing with it, I had fun with photographing it. In this shot, you can see the living room, at an angle in the middle of the ball. It's a "gravity" defying device, relying on it's reflective nature to fool the eye into seeing tricks. I think I may have to get one to play with photographing reflections!