The technique used to produce this image is similar to the one used by labuda to take his picture 'X-rays'and it is described here: //www.dpchallenge.com/how.php?HOW_ID=34
My technique was a bit more complex as I used a real 3-d model of a hand skeleton (instead of a flat picture of it), my split screen is diagonal rather than straight vertical at the midline, and, most noticeably, my camara (Nikon D70S) cannot take double exposures, therefore, I had to work a large portion of the 77sec (total duration of the exposure) in darkness.
I used manually triggered flash bursts bounced against the ceiling for the 2 exposures. The correct flash settings were arrived at beforehand by trial and error. The skeleton was exposed first, in total darkness and with the upper left triangle shielded, the shutter was left open. Still in darkness I covered the lens with its cap and turned the shield 180 degrees, lights are now turned on for alignment of the model's hand (with the skeleton removed)using previously placed landmarks (pin heads). A helper, who is unfortunately (for him) a smoker lights up the cigarette and places it between the model's index and middle fingers, lights go off, lens cap is removed, second flash burst comes on, shutter is closed...done.
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Place: 20 out of 227 Avg (all users): 5.9716 Avg (commenters): 7.0000 Avg (participants): 5.5930 Avg (non-participants): 6.2320 Views since voting: 1967 Views during voting: 499 Votes: 211 Comments: 32 Favorites: 1 (view)
This is a very compelling image. It should be picked up by the anti-smoking people for a poster shot and posted in every school in the nation.
I read how you did this, and see that you had a plan, and worked around your D70's limitations brilliantly.
Great job technically, and insightful concept. It should have placed at least top 10 if not top 3. Excellent!
Man, I gave this shot a 9. I can't understand those low ball votes. I guess some people don't understand the message that says DO NOT VOTE LOW FOR SHOTS THAT YOU THINK BREAK THE RULES. Maybe they are simple and cannot process that information, so think "DUHhhhh, 3" or similar. Who can say? Definitely deserved more for that degree of work and for getting a noise-free image over that exposure (though obviously we voters wouldn't know the exposure time).
I gave it a 9, very well executed. I really don't understand how you could have gotten 89 votes 5 or below. Maybe folks voted low before it was validated? I did that once when I first joined and appolgized to the photographer and learned to let the council do it's job and vote for the photo as is.
Thanks to all of you who commented on my picture and voted. I hope the explanation of the technique was clear. Feel free to email me with any questions.
Beautifully done (considering this has been validated) would love to know how it was executed! Getting into the challenge, I had something similar in mind but didn't know how to! - 9
As I light up a cigarette *grin*.......the image is of death, but I have ask....was this a double exposure, or has it been altered? Seems like some black in the wrist area, could appear as having been altered????
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