This might not be accepted well. I like the end result of this despite it evolving far from my original idea -not a bad photo considering I'm living in a hotel room and bought this stuff at a Kmart across the street.
Because of the audience of this site I am guessing a 5.4.
Shoot!! I just looked at the first DPC Cinema and noticed somebody else had a title 'Devil Plays Chess.' Oh well, too late now.
Post: Obviously, there was a lot of editing in this photo. I had a challenge doing the lighting on this and I had hoped i could make up for it with Photoshop. It turned out ok -single on-camera flash. The 'fire' is composed of glow necklaces taped to two drinking glasses which I am holding. Through Bright/Contrast and a mask, I did my best in taking out the glasses. Initially, I wanted to make it look like I was holding some kind of glowing power coil, but I had problems making the glow necklaces even. Using Hue/Sat I changed the color so it was fire.
If i had access to my studio this might have came out better. But as is, my hotel room and KMart gave me a semi-satisfying result. Thanks for all your comments.
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