Wimshurst generator
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Comment by vawendy:
Awesome!!! Huge congrats on the blue and the PB! It was an 8 from me. :)

About the blue spark -- I'm assuming that you don't have the blue because it's blown. Two things you can try:

1. Do you shoot RAW? This gives you more control over the exposure during post processing. You can open the file and adjust it the way you want it to appear for the mechanism itself, then open another copy of the same file, this time bringing down the exposure until you get the blue, and then merge the two images, masking out the appropriate areas.

2. If the RAW file still doesn't give you enough information, since it was advanced editing, you can take two pictures -- one exposure adjusted for the machine then one exposure adjusted to the blue spark. Then bring the images together masking out the appropriate parts.

That's what I would do -- there's probably other ways of doing it. :)

Feel free to PM if you have questions.

Again -- wonderfully done!!

Wimshurst generator
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Comment by jagar:
Congrats, new PB and a blue, super.

Wimshurst generator
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Comment by IreneM:
Excellent image, beautifully presented. Congrats on your first ribbon and new PB.

Wimshurst generator
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Comment by jomari:
Congratulations on the blue ribbon and a new PB. It's a beautiful image.

Wimshurst generator
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Comment by Kroburg:
WAANZINNIG GOED, GEFELICITEERD!! Congratulations on your Blue, really a fine piece of art. Love the look, the frozen motion of the generator. Well done.

Wimshurst generator
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Comment by dtremain:
Congratulations on the Blue! It is pretty unusual to top your prior personal best by 1.1 points! You've got to be psyched. Great shot. With advanced editing rules, I'd select the spark (using Topaz Remask, if you have it), and change its color to blue (separate layer, then flatten back down). The spark is hard to see because it is so close in color to the yellow of the balls.
Also, I think you've got a pretty unusual distribution of scores, 2 pairs, another would've been a pair, but is off by 1. Only 12 votes under 6! Pretty amazing!

Wimshurst generator
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Comment by IAmEliKatz:
Well lit, beautifully photographed. If only for a that true blue spark! Well now you have a blue ribbon!

Message edited by author 2012-07-23 00:03:00.

Wimshurst generator
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Comment by Pug-H:
Congratulations. You don't have a blue spark, but you have a blue ribbon. My top score, too.

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Comment by jomari:
Beautifully photographed.

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Comment by giantmike:
Simple, elegant, land beautiful.