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Pure Illumination
Pure Illumination
cutlassdude70


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Challenge: Pure... (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Location: Dry Lake Bed - Lucerne Valley, CA
Date: Jun 9, 2007
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/40 sec
Galleries: Abstract
Date Uploaded: Jun 10, 2007

 I couldn't come up with many ideas for this challenge, but really wanted an excuse to go shoot something with my new Canon 10-22. :) I had the sun-shining-through-a-clear-bulb idea before, but didn't know how to make it stand out. I was actually thinking about my previous entries when the concept of my "Birth of Las Vegas" shot struck me. The concept is obviously somewhat similar... :)

The setting is one of my favorite places to shoot, Lucerne Valley Dry Lake Bed. In fact, it's the same place I shot "How is a rocket-powered trike a BAD idea?!". I super-glued a short nail to the bottom of the light bulb in order to get it to "stand up". The light switch assembly is duct-taped to a small screwdriver, which I pressed into the ground where I wanted it.

The foreground is lit by a flash behind and to the left of the camera. I used a diffuser to soften the light a little. Taken near sunset with the lens at about 13mm. I really wanted the sun to line up with the bulb filament, but just couldn't get the composition I wanted when I did. Oh well, at least it's centered. :)

First made RAW setting adjustments, then opened it up and cloned out sensor dust from hell. Noise Ninja, rotated, cropped. Adjustment layers for Levels, Hue/Saturation, and Selective Color. Resized, added border, Save for Web. Hopefully this will do OK. It's a little abstract though, so we'll see...

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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 06/22/2007 10:29:21 AM
I was thinking this was yours when I saw it. Mainly because of the Neon Sign you did, which is bad ass. I gave this a 7. Would have liked to see the Light maybe more between the wires in the bulb. But it was a great idea and shot. It rocks that you got a shot in. Hope to see more work from you.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/19/2007 05:34:04 PM
very good idea.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 06/19/2007 09:52:05 AM
nice and creative! good focus and color saturation
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 06/18/2007 10:15:00 PM
great concept and nice processing.
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Sony DSLR-A100
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 06/18/2007 09:33:44 AM
Great idea! I may have had the sun up slightly higher I think.
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Mattel Barbie Photo Designer Digital Camera
 06/16/2007 11:38:11 AM
pure out of the box thinking - refreshing in so many ways - 10
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Nikon D3s
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 06/15/2007 06:26:09 PM
Great job thinking outside the box. I hope this does well.
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Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Olympus 35mm f/3.5 Macro ED Zuiko Digital
 06/14/2007 07:43:18 PM
I'm only 1/3 through the challenge yet, but I'm pegging this one for the blue ribbon. Too cool. Excellent work!
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Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 06/14/2007 05:13:35 PM
Interesting idea with a lot of high impact potential, but composition lets it down. Also, sun effect is very weak so the bulb doesn't really look like it's on.
Nikon D600
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
 06/14/2007 07:54:02 AM
Excellent idea and well layed out shot
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 06/14/2007 05:12:00 AM
Nice concept for a nice looking shot.
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Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 06/14/2007 12:47:20 AM
great composition and very sharp
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