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BrennanOB


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Challenge: Illuminative Subject (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: The garage
Date: Mar 14, 2009
Aperture: f 6.3
ISO: 200
Shutter: 25 seconds
Galleries: Studio, Science and Technology
Date Uploaded: Mar 14, 2009

This was my daughters idea, so all credit to her. I taped a bulb to a metal rod and smeared sterno jelly on it. I liked another exposure better, but my daughter picked this one, and since it was her idea....
Pretty basic treatment in development, shot in JPEG, rotated and square cropped in lightroom, 25% sharpen and I lightened the blues a touch, about 5%.Then sent to photoshop and hit it with USM 150, 4, 2, saved for web and USM again at 50, 12,.5.

Statistics
Place: 41 out of 178
Avg (all users): 5.6279
Avg (commenters): 6.0833
Avg (participants): 5.6667
Avg (non-participants): 5.6107
Views since voting: 1057
Views during voting: 394
Votes: 215
Comments: 16
Favorites: 0


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04/05/2009 03:02:43 AM
is this more tweaked?
04/05/2009 02:49:12 AM
Originally posted by jdannels:

needs more micro-tweaking.


Thats exactly what I thought, you so smart.

Originally posted by photobytes:

How long did it take before the bulb burst, with all the heat.


About 45 seconds of burn time

Originally posted by Titia:

It's a lamp alright, but as far as I can see it's not your light source.


Not really clear what this means. Do you mean that the lamp ought to have been lit, and that the fire is a second element? or do you mean the highlights thrown by the secondary lamp used to bring out the treads? The blue flame is about 85% of the light in the image, so while there is a secondary source visible it isn't the main source, and I'm not willing to work with flame in the dark even for DPC.



Message edited by author 2009-04-05 03:14:30.
04/01/2009 09:04:24 PM
needs more micro-tweaking.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/24/2009 02:09:46 PM
Sweet! I'm looking forward to reading how you did this!
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03/23/2009 11:47:03 PM
Hope you didn't inhale too much of those fumes.
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03/23/2009 04:26:35 PM
Unique composition.
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03/22/2009 10:27:25 PM
How long did it take before the bulb burst, with all the heat.
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03/20/2009 05:29:34 AM
Cool shot!
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03/19/2009 10:49:28 AM
Very cool idea, and quite creative. It could be a little sharper, but I didnt vote you lower because of it. 8
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03/18/2009 11:29:38 PM
Very interesting. I can't wait to hear how you did that shot.
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03/18/2009 08:15:31 PM
ignited a light bulb? i like the blue color but not so much the light bulb
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03/18/2009 06:16:42 PM
It's a lamp alright, but as far as I can see it's not your light source.
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03/18/2009 06:09:48 PM
How the heck.....???
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03/18/2009 06:00:42 PM
very interestind and almost looks like a map of the world on the bulb. It's nice to see shots where there has clearly been a great deal of effort put in. Good work
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03/18/2009 08:08:25 AM
I like the feel of this and the novel use of a bulb. Looks dangerous to set-up!!
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03/18/2009 05:01:53 AM
brilliant idea
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