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The Speed Of Light
The Speed Of Light
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Challenge: Vanishing Point (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: Vancouver, BC Canada
Date: Aug 7, 2004
Aperture: F8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1 second
Galleries: Sky, Action
Date Uploaded: Aug 9, 2004

Taken during the 'Symphony of Fire' International Fireworks competition in Vancouver, BC.

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08/18/2004 06:28:25 PM
I was trying to create an effect similar to the 'Pillars of Creation' Hubble image, in which stars are born in a fabulous gas cloud complex in the Eagle Nebula. For me, all the smoke and puffs were perfect. This shot without the colours and textures of the smoke would have been very dull.

Definitely not a literal 'vanishing point' in a landscape sense, but perhaps things don't always have to be so literal?

Thanks for all the comments anyways.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/17/2004 04:50:42 PM
A nice shot but I'm not sure it fits the title of Vanishing point?
08/17/2004 12:00:42 AM
you go get 'em, you out-of-boxer you!
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08/16/2004 08:37:00 PM
Dude, way too much gunpowder. Need to find a place for fireworks where the wind is blowing enough to clear the smoke!
08/14/2004 11:15:54 AM
one of the better fireworks photos I've seen this year
08/13/2004 11:58:31 PM
I gave this photo a 3. The lines from the fireworks show an example of a vanishing point, I just thought you caught too much smoke in this shot. The little puffs are distracting and the overall haze just turned into an unflattering color that bleach out the effect you get that you see on the left where there is no smoke.
08/13/2004 11:16:38 AM
Don't recognize the vanishing point here, however neat colors.
08/12/2004 01:18:36 PM
your camera has a few hot pixels on the left side.
08/12/2004 12:22:47 PM
It took me awhile to see the vanishing point, or in this case points, in this photo. I'm not sure this is exactly right because a vanishing point is an optical illusion and in this case of fireworks, the the streams of sparks are actually going off in different directions from a starting point. Not really the same thing. The purpose of a vanishing point is to create a sense of three-dimensional space. In drawing, the artist has to figure out where the vanishing point is and draw the parallel lines converging to that point to re-create what the eye sees in real life. In photography, it is more of a matter of photographing the scene from a POV which shows the illusion of the parallels converging.
A view of fireworks in the sky doesn't really illustrate this concept very well.
08/12/2004 09:50:48 AM
The vanishing point is an imaginary point at which PARALLEL lines APPEAR to converge. These lines really do converge. Nice photo, but in the wrong challenge.
08/11/2004 07:04:17 PM
I don't feel this meets the challenge.
08/11/2004 06:26:49 PM
don't get the relevance.
08/11/2004 05:47:40 PM
Unique idea and nice capture. Wish there wasn't so much smoke, but what can you do?
08/11/2004 09:32:38 AM
beautifull shot!
08/11/2004 04:56:02 AM
Maybe you can wait for the right moment? The fireworks aren't interesting here...
08/11/2004 02:43:42 AM
i don't think you follow/understood the subject.
08/11/2004 01:13:20 AM
no vanishing point


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