Turn off lights.
Switch on plasma ball.
Put finger on plasma ball.
Press shutter.
Embarrasingly simple - one frame was all it took :-/ The only 'trick' was using a fast lens and iso1600 to give a fast enough shutter in a pitch black room.
Print version has been cleaned up using Fred Miranda's ISOX Pro noise reduction plugin (not DPC legal?).
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Print version has been cleaned up using Fred Miranda's ISOX Pro noise reduction plugin (not DPC legal?).
NeatImage is definitely DPC legal and I don't see why ISOX wouldn't be also. As long as it's applied to the whole image and there is no selective editing going on I believe it would be legal.
Great shot. Personally, I think this is pretty well perfect. You made the right choice in not showing all of the lamp, and the illumination of the finger is just right too. Oh, and the composition isn't that bad either :-)
Great shot! One tiny adjustment that may make it better in my opinion, would be to NeatImage it. Its a bit grainy in some areas. Great shot overall though!
No, no, no - there's no experiment here - just touching the lamp.
Personally, I think the colours are average for this kind of shot - nothing special, focus is adequate - and the idea's alright but not exactly ground breaking - and the border's a bit unnecessary and, and, and - I reckon it should be disqualified really when all is said and done.
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Yeah Jon sure! Hey Bod, waitin for a comment here!
No, no, no - there's no experiment here - just touching the lamp.
Personally, I think the colours are average for this kind of shot - nothing special, focus is adequate - and the idea's alright but not exactly ground breaking - and the border's a bit unnecessary and, and, and - I reckon it should be disqualified really when all is said and done.
Congratulations! :-) A good friend of mine kept her fingers crossed for this submission, and - not at last - I also like this picture very much! :-) I think I have a loooooooooot practise to do on my brother's sphere. Would you tell me, too, how you have done it? Brilliant work!
I love this one. I was thinking "why didn't I do that?" because I have one of these plasma balls. I tried the shot, for myself and realized it's not an easy one to get. Kudos to you... well done!
Smart, smooth shot. Perhaps a little too much inactive space top right, and lacking a scientific experiment, but very attractive nonetheless (these plasma balls are always mesmerising).
If you are the guy that ribboned on this lamp before, i think its quite pathetic to pull that stunt but still a pretty cool pic.
if you are someone that saw the ribboned pic in question and wanna copy that, I think that is pretty lame, but as I said the shot is cool.
and last but least if You are a newbie that has never seen the picture I speak of above, Great pic keep up the good work.
the hightlights seem a bit grainy though on my Powerbook display 9
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