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Challenge: Words (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Pentax *ist D
Location: Woodbridge, VA
Date: Jul 10, 2004
Aperture: F16
ISO: 200
Shutter: 30 seconds
Galleries: Abstract, Digital Art
Date Uploaded: Jul 10, 2004

 Using a flash at arms length, fired at the beginning of the exposure to get my image. Then dropped that, and used a red and a blue "Photon" light to drawn the words.

After more than 50 attempts, I finally got one where the letters were both legible and not overlapping. I decided it was time to call it quits and just accepted that the bottom of the "F" in self was slightly cutoff. Untouched by Photoshop except to crop slightly.

The 8 point star on SELF was an unintended bonus/surprise. No filters were used. Writing backwards was the hard part.

Statistics
Place: 38 out of 253
Avg (all users): 5.7702
Avg (commenters): 7.1000
Avg (participants): 5.7025
Avg (non-participants): 5.8138
Views since voting: 1297
Views during voting: 422
Votes: 309
Comments: 13
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/20/2004 08:55:09 AM
I tried one of these but couldnt quite get it right, well done
 07/19/2004 08:53:59 PM
Very cool. It's a shame the "F" got cut at the bottom.
 07/16/2004 08:20:26 PM
AWESOME! Good choice to go with the 8 pt filter. Very nice!
 07/16/2004 01:35:31 AM
Neat idea.. Did you manage to write this that well backwards, or is the image flipped? Either way, neat.. I would have probably cropped it abouce the top of the words, but appart from that, did I mention neat?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/15/2004 02:46:01 AM
Very original and very well done! I think the composition might have been better with the "self" placed higher and a bit to the right, but I really like it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/14/2004 07:38:03 PM
Clever use of light painting.
 07/14/2004 05:16:53 PM
Very cool effect. I like the lighting technique.
 07/14/2004 05:02:30 PM
Interesting. I like it. Now I'm anxious to know how you got the neon words
 07/14/2004 01:43:24 PM
Nice light work.
 07/14/2004 02:36:03 AM
Like it... what happened to the bottom of the 'F' -6
 07/14/2004 02:10:25 AM
good, but not new for me
 07/14/2004 01:48:34 AM
Very impressive! Great work with lights and lighting!
 07/14/2004 12:20:57 AM
Nice light painting :)


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