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 01/01/2011 11:34:59 AM · #1

You want to enter the speed challenge but no fireworks displays can be found. Well, why not create your own spark? Rub two brain cells together and make fire, flash some genius, open up umbrellas of stars and arc great plumes of smoke (and mirrors).

Oh sure, faux fireworks tend to go over like a damp squib at DPC... but be brave and enter it anyway. Keep mum about what you've entered and after the challenge is over, all fauxworx will receive an illuminating evaluation here.
 01/01/2011 11:38:37 AM · #2
Might just do that.:)
 01/01/2011 11:39:36 AM · #3
Originally posted by skewsme:
...Rub two brain cells together and make fire...


I have only one... can I use two sticks instead?
 01/01/2011 11:46:11 AM · #4
Originally posted by FocusPoint:
Originally posted by skewsme:
...Rub two brain cells together and make fire...


I have only one... can I use two sticks instead?


I would think with a name like FocusPoint it would be more a magnifying glass.
 01/01/2011 11:48:38 AM · #5
woo hoo, it's a date! I will give glowing reviews to all your St. Elmo's fires.
 01/01/2011 11:56:19 AM · #6
Originally posted by alans_world:
Originally posted by FocusPoint:
Originally posted by skewsme:
...Rub two brain cells together and make fire...


I have only one... can I use two sticks instead?


I would think with a name like FocusPoint it would be more a magnifying glass.


I just guaranteed my blue on that challenge ;)
 01/01/2011 11:59:26 AM · #7
Non-fireworks photos in previous fireworks challenges.

3rd place, score 7.3182:


13th place, score 6.2747:


7th place, score 6.8451:


29th place, score 6.1938:


01/01/2011 01:29:33 PM · #8


...and some tank.
 01/01/2011 10:09:41 PM · #9
I'm in!
 01/09/2011 01:26:22 AM · #10
Let's see your fauxworks!!



kaboom!!
 01/09/2011 01:27:29 AM · #11
01/09/2011 02:38:14 AM · #12
4.0583, 60th out of 66
 01/09/2011 12:16:21 PM · #13
oooh. aaah. postem if you gottem.
 01/09/2011 12:27:14 PM · #14
Place: 59 out of 66
Avg (all users): 4.1727
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 3.8108
Avg (non-participants): 4.2459

I really thought I'd get the brown with this. I got beat out by a tv.

Message edited by author 2011-01-09 12:28:23.
 01/09/2011 03:31:10 PM · #15
Originally posted by GeneralE:
4.0583, 60th out of 66


you put a lot of work into this! thanks to your cone you achieved the iconic fireworks shape, but with a different direction... which I believe you allude to in your title.
 01/09/2011 03:34:04 PM · #16
Originally posted by Kelli:
Place: 59 out of 66
Avg (all users): 4.1727
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 3.8108
Avg (non-participants): 4.2459

I really thought I'd get the brown with this. I got beat out by a tv.


I beat you out, too!

I think this photo demonstrates an equivalence between confetti and fireworks. Not only do they have the same function, celebration, but your photo shows they have a similar flirtatious relationship with gravity. You also capture the symbolism of brightness.
 01/09/2011 04:07:05 PM · #17
Originally posted by posthumous:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
4.0583, 60th out of 66


you put a lot of work into this! thanks to your cone you achieved the iconic fireworks shape, but with a different direction... which I believe you allude to in your title.

Thanks, precisely how I see it ... I was trying to get a downward blur, but the manual nature of the technique didn't allow us to obtain one within the time limit -- we didn't get around to obtaining the clear film and starting the project until only about two hours before the deadline.

I may try to make a better version sometime, and I'll post shot of the setup later. To be honest, because of the time limitations, my entries sometimes turn out to be of a "rough draft" nature, trying out a technique or idea, and later trying to improve it when there are fewer time and editing constraints, especially if the idea is well-received, but not so much the execution.
 01/09/2011 04:35:54 PM · #18


This was shot with an iPhone in a restaurant. No fireworks anywhere near. The details are in the photog comments.
 01/09/2011 05:55:56 PM · #19
Originally posted by JuliBoc:


This was shot with an iPhone in a restaurant. No fireworks anywhere near. The details are in the photog comments.


she looks utterly idealized... painted... and the fireworks are going on in the back of her head, like we're seeing her thought of fireworks.
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