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Electric Candle
Electric Candle
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Challenge: Science (Classic Editing)
Camera: Minolta DiMAGE 7i
Location: London UK
Date: Oct 13, 2003
Aperture: f/9.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 0.67 sec
Galleries: Abstract, Macro
Date Uploaded: Oct 14, 2003

 This is actually a revisit of an old challenge entry, Bright Idea. I had a few thoughts about how I could have made it better and was talking about attempting a reshoot when my dear wife pointed out that it could fit into Science.

In the end the picture is a lot different anyway - it's further out to catch the flame-like reflection on the bulb and the colours have been tweaked some. Not too much, the red channel has been killed entirely and the blue channel boosted a touch.

Problems with it - well, it would be nice to have it lighter and have a clearer picture of the bulb glass, but there were too many reflections in my not-totally-blacked-out room. There's a fair bit of crap on the bulb, too - dropping the red channel helped a lot there.

I'm not expecting great things this time, but I'm trying to get back into the swing of entering.

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Avg (all users): 5.1974
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Votes: 228
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-10D
 10/21/2003 07:53:50 AM
Nicelly done, creative and good exposure.
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Canon EOS-5D
Tokina AF 28-70mm f/2.8 ATX Pro-SV for Canon EOS
 10/16/2003 04:12:02 PM
Neat effect. Did you notice Rudolf TRNReindeer's ghost in the dark blue part of your photo? LOL
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Canon Canon 1d x Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 10/16/2003 06:29:54 AM
Nice glowing light there, gives me a very mysterious feeling. When I looked at this on my laptop I could see the glass of the lamp in front and the one behind. The background also appeared rather grainy. But on my work computer I can't see all of that and it looks very good. I am just wondering how scores are affected by people who's monitors are not calibrated properly.
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Olympus C-5050Z
 10/16/2003 01:59:15 AM
oohhh good one. i've done a similar ppic in black and white. light bulbs can be some of the most facinating subjects, just turn them on!
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Nikon Coolpix 995
 10/15/2003 09:16:05 AM
Scientific - nice colours - I'd like to be able to see the outline of the bulb a bet better. 7
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