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I love holding ghosts, they're so cuddly
I love holding ghosts, they're so cuddly
lambie83


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Challenge: The Paranormal (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D40X
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
Location: my bedroom
Date: Apr 15, 2008
Aperture: f5
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/15s
Galleries: Studio
Date Uploaded: Apr 15, 2008

 This is purrell, lit on fire in the palm of my hand. It was very tricky to do and I kept burning myself before I could take the picture. I used two lights, one from front and one (softer) from top. Playing with this kind of stuff is fun, but it's probably better to put it in some kind of container or utensil rather than your hand. It's quite safe though, because just blowing on the flames lightly or shutting my fingers put them out.

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Place: 35 out of 107
Avg (all users): 5.5085
Avg (commenters): 5.7500
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Sony DSLR-A330
Sigma 28-90mm f/3.5-5.6 for Nikon
 04/21/2008 12:36:29 PM
VERY cool flame in the hand! :) did you put lighter-fluid into a bottle cap? I like how my eyes are drawn to the flame... I know it is difficult to do when we account for hand-movement/etc... but the fingertips seem slightly out of focus to me (i just noticed it now; i already gave this a 10 and i don't lower scores so its sticking -besides, the lowest i would have gone with this is a 9 and since I didn't notice it during scoring; it could just be me :) -- great image!!!)- hope this does well :)
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Sony DSC-S700
04/21/2008 10:14:24 AM
This picture looks very painful.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D40
 04/20/2008 05:49:57 PM
Very creative idea, looks believable.
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Nikon D90
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Nikon
 04/18/2008 12:14:13 AM
I can hardly see the ghost/flame ...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D3s
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 04/16/2008 08:06:04 AM
Lighting is too bright on the left and too dark on the right. Try using a reflector when shooting
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D40
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED VR
 04/16/2008 07:52:43 AM
fire?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D300
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 04/16/2008 05:14:40 AM
Would have worked better for me if at least part of the hand was in focus.
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