How to Take Good Pics of Beaded Molecules?

Yesterday I went to IKEA searching for an adequate book shelf, and I was happened to find a nice light stand (I don't know the word... 燈座 in Chinese anyway). Together with a 23W light bulb that Jin gave me last time I was able to take some better pictures of our beaded molecules. I have picked out some of them that looks pretty well...











I found that, in particular, some of the color combinations of beads don't look so well while others, like the ones shown above, seem much more aesthetically pleasing when taken into pictures. And, interestingly, even if all the settings remain, the color of the photoed object actually affects the color of background in the pics, for example the last photo has some kind of bluish background. I guess using background cloth with opposite (or conjugated?) color against the object may produce better photo. Think I'll get some other cloths with different colors for further experiments...

More T120 and T120 Keychains

I have made many T120 keychains, many of them have been given away to my colleague or friends as souvenirs. For me, it typically takes an hour to create a T120 beaded fullerene. I have lost count about how many T120s I have made in the last few months.

手機飾物

T120 made of 4mm fluorescent beads is the perfect cell phone accessory.

Torus Keychain

My daughter and wife help me make this keychain.




Although I have seen many buckyball keychains in the craft store, "Little Bear's Mom", near the Taipie's main train station (延平北路的小熊媽媽). But I believe the one I made is probably the first nanotorus keychain. The shape of torus is even more suitable for the purpose of the keychain.