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Bright Idea
Bright Idea
Rob O


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Challenge: Illuminative Subject (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Location: My utility room
Date: Mar 16, 2009
Aperture: f/8.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 25sec
Galleries: Still Life, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Mar 16, 2009

Completely dark room with only light source being the LED used to create the swirls (approx 5 of the 25sec exposure). The light bulb is simply sitting in a rubber grommet.

I'd done this back in 2006 as an experiment and it was immediately what came to mind for this challenge. Hopefully the fact this "technique" has been used in recent challenges by others doesn't result in lower scores due to a copycat mentality; I'll link to my originals post challenge.

Other than RAW conversion, crop and slight color correction using Selective Color adjustment layer, this is pretty much straight from camera. Windowless room, black base and background, all lights off after setup, 25sec exposure with the light swirls done within the first 5 (using key-fob LED).

Statistics
Place: 35 out of 178
Avg (all users): 5.7604
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
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Views since voting: 1050
Views during voting: 345
Votes: 217
Comments: 3
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/24/2009 01:58:40 PM
I like the concept of combining the painting and the light bulb a lot... wish it had some color to it. This looks like fun to experiment with.
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03/19/2009 09:19:38 PM
very nice lines
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03/19/2009 11:09:46 AM
Nice. Your lighting has a smokey effect which is quite different from the usual crisp light painting. ETA: it almost looks solid, like cotton wool.
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