Taken in near darkness with only the light of the flame. I wanted to capture the metal just before the molten drop fell. Notice how the flame cools from a hot blue to a cooler orange as the metal absorbs its heat. Pretty neat Huh?
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David and the Critique Club,
First of all I thank each and every one of you for your extra work and commitment to DP challenge. David I thank you for the time and thought that went into your complimentary critique on my "Melting Point". When I took this shot I was so thrilled when I first saw it on the monitor that I stopped working on a picture and accepted this one for what it is. I started out wanting to show all of the colors of steel as it heated up to its melting point. It was just too bright for me to get what I was after so i ventured on to different things. In this shot and about 35 others I was heating a simple piece of 14 Ga copper wire. I worked with that medium until I caught a drop just ready to fall. All the while I was taking pictures I was afraid of the damage it might do to my camera due to the very bright flame. The torch was adjusted to a less than oxidizing flame which is not a real sharp flame and has undefined edges. With less oxygen the metal is purer when it melts and looked better to me than any other. The whole thing has a glow which made it impossible for a clean in focus shot that most people wanted. Thats probably enough excuses, so I will be of to another challenge.
You keep up the good work also, I see a couple of nice ribbons on your work too.
Thank you,
Dick
This is a really engaging image. I concur with all of the compliments below.
In this image, I see a blue flame melting something which also changes the color of the flame. It shows me that you have a good eye for finding color in original places and in unique ways. I like it; it gives me a sense of curiosity to know just what this is. It appears from the comments below that several people wondered what that was. Perhaps this could have been included in your title, though not necessarily so. I'm content to wonder, but others, it appears, may not be.
Very nice composition with the flame going in a diagonal across the image, adding a dynamism and making the shot even more engaging. The black void as background works very well here, enhancing the flame's importance. I'm not sure it's even possible for such a shot, but it would be nice if more were in focus, even if your aim was to give us an abstract communication of color. What we are perceiving is that color changes depending on heat, temperature, direction and substance, so it would be nice to know the substance after all, which I feel would not detract from your shot, but add mystery to it as we are given enough information to formulate ideas, but not answers. Wow. Hope that makes sense.
In sum, this is a wonderfully creative image that is engaging and fascinating. Cluing us in more to what is happening may help enhance your photo's power as communication.
Keep up the good work! I hope to see your work in the future!
Hrm...I've wanted to figure this shot out all week. First of all, I have no clue what that is. Second of all, I went from LOVING this pic to HATING this pic to LOVING this pic...so I'm gonna throw it somewhere in between. Great composition and lighting - not sure color is the first thing that comes to mind.
neat. i wish i knew what you were melting. the flame almost looks like a spotlight, and this looks hazardous for your camera ;-) you might have boosted the saturation to bring the blue and red out a little more.
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