Took this shot in glassblowing studio in Balboa Park in San Diego.
I just love watching like someone working around these hot furnaces and creating beautiful glass product right before your eyes.
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There are some fascinating patterns on the furnace door. And the yellow heat-trail curving around the top of the ball of glass is highly evocative of the fierce heat inside.
I think there are several photos here, trying to get out. But the whole is less than the sum of the parts, unfortunately. If you had managed to capture just the ball of glass inside the furnace, with that yellow heat flow, you could have had a great shot.
Wow! There are a few similar shots in the challenge, but this is superior. This image is well lit outside the furnace, showing the texture and character of the exterior as well as the blazing orange interior. My top scorer.
It's amazing what experts can do with a 'simple' ball of glass. Good idea. Would be better if you'd use the arm stretching into the furnace more as a leading line and keeping the furnace mouth out of the centre.
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