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Challenge: Fire (Advanced Editing I)
Collection: Stuff that Doesn't fit anywhere else
Camera: Sony DSC-F707
Location: mom's house
Date: Feb 29, 2004
Aperture: na
ISO: 100
Shutter: na
Galleries: Humorous, Action
Date Uploaded: Feb 29, 2004

 This was fun!! I'm glad it was a pretty day, or I may have burned my house down.

To set it up, I fastened a baseball to a piece of wire with a thumbtack. Then, I put some flammable stain remover (couldn't find lighter fluid) on the baseball. My brother-in-law climbed up in a tree and tied it to a branch so that it was about 7 feet off of the ground. I put the camera on a tripod underneath the ball and shot.

The flames were tiny.

So, we put some cottony stuffing on the ball and soaked it with our flammable stuff. Put the ball on the wire, lit it and photographed it. Big flame. woohoo. Good thing the wind was blowing away from me or I would have been toast. 8-0

Post processing -- Cloned out the wire hanger, some of the cotton stuff that was showing (that is what is showing in the flame. Good pser's could fix it -- I just made a mess). Rotated, Cropped, saturated a bit, a touch of Neatimage, resized, added a border.


Statistics
Place: 8 out of 113
Avg (all users): 6.3895
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 6.0588
Avg (non-participants): 6.6571
Views since voting: 2452
Votes: 190
Comments: 25
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 08/10/2005 12:25:08 PM
if the ball was moving, wind would be putting slight force on the ball's flames... It is perfect for realism.
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 03/25/2004 12:03:16 AM
Originally posted by scalvert:
Good idea, but wouldn't the flames be trailing an [upward] moving ball? Just turn the ball upside down before shooting and rotate the image 180 degrees to get the effect. A low-speed fan on the flames would really give the impression of a meteor.

If anything, I'd rotate it clockwise, so the flames trail horizontally. As someone pointed out, a common baseball term for a fastball is "heater."
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 03/24/2004 07:42:04 PM
Awesome shot and very creative I might add.
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 03/08/2004 05:03:35 PM

Karma, you simply amaze me. I would NEVER have even have had the least inkling of doing something like this! What fun you had. Are your eyebrows still singed?

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 03/08/2004 08:34:52 AM
Awesome job Karma!!! I have to admit I couldn't imagine how this was done. Good thing your imagination is superior! :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/07/2004 08:57:36 PM
original concept very well exucuted

got one of my ribbons
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 03/07/2004 12:25:43 PM
Good idea, but wouldn't the flames be trailing an [upward] moving ball? Just turn the ball upside down before shooting and rotate the image 180 degrees to get the effect. A low-speed fan on the flames would really give the impression of a meteor.
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 03/06/2004 10:00:23 AM
Great lighting and backround color. I love the feel you get from this one, how you bring the veiwer in.
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 03/06/2004 12:15:32 AM
I just wish it had some blur to convey motion. As is, it doesn't really jump at out me.
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 03/05/2004 12:02:35 PM
Interesting idea, certainly has visual impact.
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 03/05/2004 05:28:08 AM
Good imagination.
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 03/04/2004 06:55:25 PM
Novel idea, well executed. I think this photo really stands out in this challenge. I like the flames, but little details like the texture on the line between shadow and light really make it good. blue background is a nic contrast with the orange flames. 10
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 03/03/2004 06:51:10 PM
Interesting concept and perfect composition. Reminds me of a Randy Johnson fast ball! Just a little grain reduction and cloning out a couple of white spots and this image would be perfect.
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 03/03/2004 08:48:34 AM
Great shot! Beatiful exposure and great idea.
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 03/03/2004 05:52:40 AM
There is some imperfection visible on the back of the ball, but, not bad.This is my favorite of the competition. I hope you win.

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 03/02/2004 10:25:41 PM
Very interesting, would love the detail on how you did this
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 03/02/2004 10:15:48 PM
Very good. My favorite of the challenge. 10
 03/02/2004 07:42:15 AM
thats one fast ball
 03/01/2004 08:22:06 PM
It seems it was a hard work to get the right shot, but you did it. Congrats!
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 03/01/2004 07:48:23 PM
Don't take this wrong, because I like this shot......I just think that you were too close to the ball for the effect you were after. The left side of the ball is over exposed from sunlight...? The flames aren't trailing. I hope I'm making some sense.
Now the good points: It's extreamly creative...the only one like it, and you really did the technical part well. I hope you do well in the challenge it was a good idea.
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 03/01/2004 07:46:05 PM
creative shot - blue background is perhaps too strong as it draws my eye off the flamin' slammin'
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 03/01/2004 05:43:40 PM
I guess this is heavily ps`ed but being a b ball fan I think it is great! 10
Or your a piromaniac in that case 10 anyways ;-)
 03/01/2004 05:22:18 PM
Someone's throwing Heat! Must be Roger "The Rocket" Clemmons.
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 03/01/2004 11:25:09 AM
This by far one of the best I've seen, very good!!
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 03/01/2004 02:44:02 AM
Stunning, wonder how many shots this took. My favourite of the challenge so far (75% through)
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