Night Crawler
by elsapo

Comment:
Beautifully lit! Nice use of water to give a dark background with interest.

If this were a challenge, it'd be getting a 10 from me.

Larissa 1yr (28).JPG
by K-Rob

Comment:
This one has some serious impact, although, I feel it could use a bit more attention to individual color channels (particularly the reds)... It seems a bit heavy in saturation to me.

Otherwise, it looks fantastic. The grass is not totally green, so it complements the older gentleman and the sky very nicely.

That is my very favorite sky and I get a little bit excited every time I see it as I'm a big fan of storms.

Body Heat
by bravo six

Comment:
As always, very high caliber... very nice models with very nice garb...

Spitting Fire
by kyebosh

Comment:
I wonder how many people noticed your hand?

By the looks of things, you have done all your homework, but didn't I read somewhere that using alcohol was one of the more dangerous methods?

I'm no expert... Be careful though, it's pretty dangerous!

Careful...beverage...extremely hot
by Melethia

Comment:
Really nicely done Mel. This was one of my favorites during voting too... It's a bit soft, so I am guessing that your shutter speed was just a tad slow for it... This translates to ambient light on the cup and of course the aperture too... ISO 200 at f/4 might have helped the fire look a bit brighter, while getting it a bit faster might have brought out some lines... Just an idea... I'm also not a huge fan of the foil... I would probably have gone with pulling the black background down to the bottom instead... for safety, you could have lined the non-visible parts of the BG with foil...

O M G !!!
by Ecce_Signum

Comment:
Oh man! You didn't think of any tricks to slow the flame down? Now that is hardcore! Maybe using a bit of wax or something on your fingers to protect them? AYEE! I realize that wax is also flammable, but I think it might burn slower and give you a moment to shoot and put it out...

Take care with those fingers... they are important for camera operation.... and a few other things I think.... Incidentally, there's quite a large number of nerve endings in our fingertips... I guess you know that pretty well now... :)

The lighting is really good in this. I am reminded of my own difficulties with a similar setup... Well done.

hot coffee, cold milk...
by IreneM

Comment:
Mindblowing... The lighting is my gripe, but there ain't much you could have done about it without going with a black BG.... That would have changed the early morning feel of the coffee cup with the soft grey setting IMHO...

This is a fantastic shot without the details, but even more so after reading about it... talk about patience! :)

First Heat Race
by Transit

Comment:
Wow.

The scariest thing about this setup to me is that when it's raining, my butt tends to get wet... even with a fender for some reason..

Burning gasoline would suck if it sprayed up... YIKES!

You get an A for Affort though... hmr. that doesn't quite work.

"i'm just a verb"
by Rikki

Comment:
Ok, I missed the verb thing... ?

Hey Art, isn't it Blatent? :)

The Dark Side
by scalvert

Comment:
Nice pic. I think the biggest drawback for me is that it doesn't look like the eyes are level.. The one on the left looks slightly down from where it should be...

One of my faves from the challenge. It reminded me of X-Men III which is coming out soon!

A little bit of NightCrawler perhaps?

Very creative setup on that eye...

Incidentally, what was the DPC Cinema title?