Bright idea
by BrennanOB

Comment:
is this more tweaked?

Bright idea
by BrennanOB

Comment:

Originally posted by jdannels: needs more micro-tweaking.

Thats exactly what I thought, you so smart.

Originally posted by photobytes: How long did it take before the bulb burst, with all the heat.

About 45 seconds of burn time

Originally posted by Titia: It's a lamp alright, but as far as I can see it's not your light source.

Not really clear what this means. Do you mean that the lamp ought to have been lit, and that the fire is a second element? or do you mean the highlights thrown by the secondary lamp used to bring out the treads? The blue flame is about 85% of the light in the image, so while there is a secondary source visible it isn't the main source, and I'm not willing to work with flame in the dark even for DPC.



Message edited by author 2009-04-05 03:14:30.

Mission Impossible
by limerick

Comment:
Between the PETA folks and the people who are just sick to death of any pet shots this is gonna score much lower than it ought to. Very sound technically, and while the B&W conversion is well handled, Im not sure it helps the image, unless there was some color issue, if I picture it in color, i think I'd like it better. The kitten's weary "what now?' expression cracks me up.

Flamingo
by perjorgen

Comment:
I may be dead off here, but this shot has a strong yellow cast on my monitor, which looks like a color error which I got on a recent submission when I failed to change the image to sRGB before saving for web in Photoshop. If I'm right msg me and ill show you the link that fixed my issue.

Ohterwise, i like the framing, but the focus is a bit soft. maybe another USM after saving for web?

A day on the beach
by hallgrg

Comment:
A very well composed shot, but the blacks at the bottom are blocked out, and it seems a bit too soft over all ( though that is an issue of taste); but I'm not sure how this relates to the challenge.

The Oracle
by VitaminB

Comment:
There have been a few shots of these sorts of lamps, each slightly off in one way or another. This is the one Ive been waiting for. Interesting framing, lamp as main subject, well saturated, smooth colors. I just hope you don't get too many voters tired of other's attempts by the time they get to your fine entry. Nice work.

Chrysler Building Reflections
by AP

Comment:
Its odd how a challenge changes perceptions of an image. The reflections would mar this shot normally, but for this challenge the reinforce the lighting and push it solidly into the top ten

- Combustion !! -
by andrewt

Comment:
the framing is just too close, while the detail of the match head is nice, I'm missing the drama of the swirl of flame and smoke.

A light in the darkness
by IreneM

Comment:
my pick for the blue, well framed and nice balance of colors.

Protophaser
by androgeus

Comment:
nice shot but the noise really detracts, use and abuse of noise ninja or a similar filter could have put this into the top twenty