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Challenge: Stupid, Stupid! (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Date: Aug 13, 2006
Aperture: f16
ISO: 100
Shutter: 5 sec
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Date Uploaded: Aug 13, 2006

 This was the first shot after final "build". Did a few test shots to build lighting ect and to try and perfect timing of wire shorting and flash fire
The set up..
Fake wall with standard power point screwed on. Halogen spotlight behind the power point to provide flash inside power point and a hand held sunpac flash fired fully into light box box setup. 24 volt power source with positive taped to knife at back of blade and the neg wire poking out of power point. 5 sec exposure during which i shorted wires in ambiant light to produce the spark and then hand fired bounce flash into light box to light the rest of the subject. Hope it scored well.. if not, it was still fun trying to set it all up...

Statistics
Place: 19 out of 99
Avg (all users): 5.8328
Avg (commenters): 6.8889
Avg (participants): 5.3488
Avg (non-participants): 5.9056
Views since voting: 1703
Views during voting: 699
Votes: 329
Comments: 12
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 08/25/2006 10:25:50 PM
lol. Congratulations on your top 20 finish.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/22/2006 10:42:18 AM
i hope that handles' plastic :)
 08/21/2006 10:40:54 AM
Although the idea is repeated by other people in the challenge, this is by far the best execution of it - I love the way the socket is lit up - very otherworldly.
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 08/19/2006 01:17:59 AM
This isn't the best picture in the world, but it's very stupid and meets the challenge better than any other one I've seen... [a virtual ribbon isn't worth dying over, though, you know that, right?] ;) 10 for stupidity. I hope you're not offended.
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 08/18/2006 05:59:13 PM
The "spark" is a good element as many of these shots lack action
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 08/18/2006 01:52:24 PM
good capture
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 08/18/2006 10:02:57 AM
Neat capture. How did you do it?
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 08/17/2006 03:04:31 PM
how did you make it spark
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 08/17/2006 12:19:12 AM
I tried for a shot like this. I like the lighting effects.
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 08/16/2006 06:45:10 AM
so stupid
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 08/16/2006 06:29:44 AM
my goodness...is he ok??? don't try this at home!
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 08/16/2006 05:39:46 AM
nicely captured, overall great shoot... wouldn't do that at home though:)
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