Antique Ironby
BudComment: Thanks for all of the thoughts and comments.
First, a few comments on the comments:)
The background is a black shirt, you know an iron on a shirt. Anyhow, it made sense to me. Also, I did not use a flash here, the light is indirect sunlight. My "photo table" is a $2 wooden stool.
What I did... I took the iron, put some charcoal in it, and set it on a black shirt. I propped the black shirt up at a 90 degree angle so it would be under the iron and behind the iron. I then took rubbing alcohol and pour it over the charcoal, waited a minute for it to soak into the charcoal, and then lit it. Here is where it gets interesting.
Unnoticed, some of the alcohol had dripped onto the shirt. When I lit the charcoal/ alcohol for the shot, it also ignited the alcohol on the shirt. This was no longer a controlled fire. So, I quickly shot the iron, keeping one eye in the view finder and the other on the burning shirt. That is why I ended up with the "interesting" crop and angle. Oh, yes, I was also trying to keep my two curious boys, 3 & 5, from getting too close too the action!
A fun shot which I could have executed better. Thanks again for the comments.
Message edited by author 2005-01-02 10:20:28. 
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