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Challenge: Reflections Without Mirrors IV (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Location: Cambridge, UK
Date: Feb 10, 2008
Aperture: f13
ISO: 100
Shutter: 5 sec
Galleries: Abstract, Performance
Date Uploaded: Feb 10, 2008

 A really fun night of shooting with Aran and Guy from the Cambridge University Fire Troupe. So glad I found some fire spinners in Cambridge :)

Anyway, this pic is Guy spinning poi by the river. The tricky bit was adjusting the aperture so the flames have enough detail but not too many blown highlights - since the flames gradually get smaller and smaller, it's something you have to keep on adjusting.

Editing: levels, curves, hue/sat, bits of dodging, cloned out a couple of small light spots, a low opacity screen layer, sharpening, and, um, think that's about it...

Lets see how this does :) I like it, but then, I like fire.

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Place: 86 out of 188
Avg (all users): 5.6685
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
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Votes: 181
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Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon
 03/05/2008 12:52:59 AM
I liked the shapes and the large amount of black. But I think many voters don't like the main parts to be separated by so much empty space. Your choice of aperture was perfect.
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Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 02/22/2008 01:20:17 PM
Hi,
Very nice image, I particularly like the way you captured the motion and reflection here, must have had a hell of a time getting it done. Your exposure seems to be just right & the focus nice and sharp, a nice job was done here conveying motion. The one thing I kept coming back to was the dead space, it just took to much of the image in my humble opinion. But overall this is a great image.
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Nikon D5100
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 02/18/2008 11:14:15 AM
wow i thought this would have done better... i think you got cheated! :( oh well... nice job anyway!
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 02/18/2008 12:22:27 AM
Excellent symmetry; I was one of your 10's.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 02/16/2008 06:55:53 AM
So elegant and simple! I really like this idea ... much more creative than many in the challenge.
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