FireWater
by dan_pendleton

Comment:
Congrats Dan. 10D takes the top 4 places :)

Message edited by author 2004-03-08 06:30:43.

Gotta light?
by kiwiness

Comment:
Wow a bluey!!! Thanks for all your comments and votes, really appreciated. I am on holiday in Mallorca at the moment but I just had to find an internet cafe to see how I fared :)

I took about 40 shots of this to get it the way I wanted. Basically it is 3 match sticks in a clamp. You can actually see the match stick behind the first one, which unfortunately gives the front one an oversharpened look to it. I dipped the match sticks in olive oil to get a good amount of smoke. I used a lighter in one hand and the shutter cable in the other hand and lit the match sticks behind the first one so that I had enough reaction time to take a photo when the first match stick lit up. I used a black background and two soft boxes from each side.

So, now I am back off into the Mediterranean sun :)

Message edited by author 2004-03-08 06:08:34.

Multiplicity Destroys Mundanity
by Paulk

Comment:
Great photo, congrats on the win!

50 years ago... defiance bred a Leader
by Rooster

Comment:
A very powerful photo, congrats on the ribbon Rooster.

Silence for Dummies
by jonpink

Comment:
Very clear and sharp. I do like the way the colors are presented here, especially against the pure white background. I see you have also mastered the lighting perfectly, revealing only minimal shadows. Exactly as you would find in stock photography catalogs. The inclusion of the saliva running down just adds so much more impact.

Never go to bed mad
by kosmikkreeper

Comment:
Way to go Yanik. Your bed shots are becoming a trade mark of yours :)

Silence!
by kosmikkreeper

Comment:
Just brilliant! A good idea and well pulled off, this is my favourite of all the challenge photos for "silence" (10).

Silence
by JPR

Comment:
Such a cool hi-key photo and a great idea using the "Silence of the Lambs" effect (10)

Ole
by rhipster

Comment:
Love the facial expressions, congrats!

Conflict between Sea and Land
by train

Comment:
Wow this brings back memories! We used to have a bach out at Raglan and were there nearly every weekend in summer :)