Took a broken lightbulb, on a piece of paper, shot from above - 3 second exposure with bounced flash, and some very slight window light.
I used a red laser pointer to "paint" the filament, and the red light from an optical mouse to produce the surrounding glow. (Naturally, with both hands full I used the camera's timer). Adjusted hues and levels to convert the red glow to yellow, and made general curve/level tweaks. Did a gaussian blur to create a softer focus. At this point, cloned out a stray hair, some dust specks and a couple of annoying reflected highlights.
Yes, I'm aware that you shouldn't be able to see the shadow of the filament or wires, but that seemed like rather a big clone.
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Love the hues in this shot. The burning filament is also a spectacular effect. I imagine the timing must have been quite tricky. Is the yellow halo a postprocessed effect or was it light from the dying bulb? In any event, quite spectacular. :)
Technically very sound. Artistically as stated above. Bumping up.
Lots of broken lightbulbs. I think that this is technically a nice shot. The purples and yellows just don'e work for me in this case. The soften the impact of the image. I think that, given your title, that is what you were going for, but I would like something grittier and dangerous-looking for this challenge. Just a matter of taste so a 7
Composition: 9, Technical: 9, Appeal: 9, Challenge: 10, Overall Calculated Average Score: 9
This will be one that many, myself included will ask "how'd you do that??" Nice job.
Your soft colors and great lighting make this the winner of all the NUMEROUS broken light bulb shots. (For a while I thought the challenge must say "broken light bulbs!") Nicely composed and perfect exposure. Look for the ribbon train.
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