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Burning down the House
Burning down the House
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Challenge: Heat (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: 2006 challenges
Camera: Samsung Digimax 201
Location: my backyard, dusk
Date: May 19, 2006
Aperture: default
ISO: default
Shutter: default
Galleries: Abstract, Landscape
Date Uploaded: May 20, 2006

My first entry to a dpchallenge! I hope people enjoy this photo.

The house is a small copper tea-candle burner. I originally tried to shoot at dark but it was too dark, so I settled for dusk, aout 15 min. past sunset.

I stuffed the house with newspaper and some hay (great for smoke), set it atop an old oil drum in the back yard, turned on the camera, got as close as I dared and set 'er alight!

As a safety precaution I had a large bucket of water and a barbecue skewer nearby so I could safely lift the house and dunk it if needed.

Statistics
Place: 143 out of 158
Avg (all users): 4.7251
Avg (commenters): 5.8000
Avg (participants): 4.6000
Avg (non-participants): 4.7928
Views since voting: 1346
Views during voting: 314
Votes: 171
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0


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AuthorThread
06/04/2006 04:52:06 AM
Hello, Greetings from the Critique Club.

As requested, here is an indepth critique of your submission. Please keep in mind this is a personal opinion.

First Impression - the most important one:
Aaaw.. too bad it isn't in focus... but the colors are amazing!

Composition / PoV:
The composition looks allright, might have cropped a bit off the right. I'm guessing lots of voters thought it was a real house (very clever of you to use a tea-candle burner!). To increase that effect, you might have taken the photo straight and a bit lower (from the ground).

Subject:
This does fit the challenge.

Technical (Color, focus, and light):
Focus: I think you lost a lot of points with the focus.. that's a pity!
Color: The purple & yellow colors are great, but the blue doesn't really fit here IMO.
Light: The light seems to be ok.

Like I said, I think you were voted down because of the focus. But I think with your creativity, after practicing with focus, it will be better.

I hope you've found this critique helpful. Good luck with future challenges!
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05/29/2006 09:59:34 PM
I think the blue detracts some from the heat feeling. However, this is a truly amazing shot. As stated before, the background gives it the proper context, and it is pretty frightening to see this. Good job.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/28/2006 11:34:50 PM
I assume it's some sort of toy house judging by the size of the flames, but the effect is still startling and dramatic. You did a really good job of placing it in a background that makes it look like a real house. The overall effect is a Surreal nightmare. 9
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05/28/2006 06:01:08 PM
Judging by the size of the flames this is a model house? I'd like to see something in focus to grab my attention here (4)
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05/28/2006 05:49:03 PM
you happened by at the right moment for this challenge. good job!
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05/23/2006 07:06:17 PM
Wow this looks dangerous. The flames are a little burned out and the focus isn't very good still a pretty decent shot and great idea.
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05/23/2006 07:56:19 AM
This is cool! Love the title too. 10.
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05/22/2006 08:17:27 PM
The composition is ok. The image quality is not very good. The subject matter is ok. The creativity is ok.
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05/22/2006 02:14:06 PM
Nice soft colors
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05/22/2006 01:40:18 PM
Hope you didn't burn your house down especially for the challenge ;-) Nice capture though.
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05/22/2006 08:06:04 AM
Focus seems very blurred but I do like the angle of the shot
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05/22/2006 04:55:46 AM
too grainy
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