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Last man standing
LalliSig


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Fire II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: Kopavogur, Iceland
Date: Aug 10, 2006
Aperture: 8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Macro, Studio
Date Uploaded: Aug 11, 2006

 Big thanx to Steinar Hugi, my Mag7 teammate for helping me out, couldn´t have taken this shot without him. We took this in his garage using his monolights, since he had them I didn´t bother dragging mine with me (that bag must weigh 20+kg!)

Anyway, this shot is inspired equally by Gaurawas "Five" entry and Kiwiness´s "Complementary Colors III" shot, must be something to do with the fact that I got an honorable mention in both these challenges :) Title idea gotten from Gaurawas shot obviously.



Lighting is two Novotron lights, one from the front with an umbrella and one from the back that was direct to light up the smoke, that one had a blu gel filter on it. I needed Steinars help to time this, behind and below the matches there was a small tray with water that Steinar threw some lit matches in to increase the quantity of smoke and he had to do it at the same time as I lit the match. He took some photos of the setup, if anyone is interested I´ll ask him to post them.

Post processing was not that much except for some use of healing brush to clone out some smoke in the black areas, removed a match head wich placement didn´t make any sense and some gum that was barely visible to keep the matches in place. Increased contrast and saturation and sharpened after resizing.

Statistics
Place: 11 out of 160
Avg (all users): 6.3385
Avg (commenters): 7.5238
Avg (participants): 6.0676
Avg (non-participants): 6.5085
Views since voting: 2336
Views during voting: 313
Votes: 192
Comments: 25
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 08/21/2006 06:50:52 AM
Frábærlega gert, ein af þínum bestu myndum, - óháð öllu skori og keppnabulli :)
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 08/21/2006 01:21:25 AM
A very engaging study. Congratulations on your 11th place finish.
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 08/21/2006 01:18:57 AM
he was hoarding the viagra...
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 08/21/2006 12:32:01 AM
Well done Larus...this was a great shot and a creative title
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/20/2006 01:28:14 PM
that's pretty cute. The lighting is excellent.
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 08/19/2006 01:03:03 PM
Back to bump you up. This is nicely done. Excellent use of complementary colors with the orange/yellow flame and the blue smoke. Cool idea too. 7
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 08/18/2006 05:30:49 PM
Great image. Like the color and clarity. The different shapes created by the spent matchsticks adds some nice interest as well. I gave a 6
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 08/17/2006 11:09:18 PM
Good Job. Great idea.
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 08/17/2006 10:24:15 PM
Funny and a great capture too: 7
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 08/17/2006 01:01:06 PM
Oooh, I really like this concept a lot. I think it was executed very nicely as well.
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 08/17/2006 02:44:57 AM
Back to comment: Imaginative, I love it. Skillful photography + good storytelling = 10
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 08/15/2006 11:21:17 PM
Nice composition. Bump.
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 08/15/2006 08:28:19 PM
Very funny.
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 08/15/2006 02:29:55 PM
Nice focus, good colour in the flame and I like the 'blue' smoke :o)
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 08/15/2006 12:08:11 PM
I love it! Clever title Very sharp, great colors 9
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 08/15/2006 09:40:49 AM
Nice shot. I like the way the smoke looks blue in the pick. Adds the perfect touch of color to the top of the composition.
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 08/15/2006 07:52:13 AM
very nice fluid movement. good luck.
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 08/14/2006 08:24:34 PM
After the success of a few different match shots in recent challenges, it was rather predictable that Fire would be innundated with matches. However, I like this one. It's a solid shot that displays a bit of creativity which sets it apart from the others.
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 08/14/2006 08:16:18 PM
great sot nice colors,I really like the blue smoke
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 08/14/2006 05:27:05 PM
This has the "WOW" factor! Superb light and the capture of the flame is perfect. In focus it is sharp and the colors are right on! Whats not to love! 9

Wazz
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 08/14/2006 03:03:42 PM
there's a poignancy to the burnt-out matches. I would have preferred you to emphasize them more, or at least not have them blend into a black background.
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 08/14/2006 01:55:59 PM
Nice take on the match thing!
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 08/14/2006 05:34:19 AM
love the bending and the blue smoke, lovely.
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 08/14/2006 02:08:34 AM
Simple but beautiful, the blue smoke adds a lot of interest. Good luck.
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 08/14/2006 01:43:29 AM
LOL...great title, nice colours
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