This was a rushed job - don't have much hope for it....
Post challenge:
I love glass, so when I read that this speed challenge was on Light Bulbs I really wanted to get something done for it.
I decided to re-do something I’d done a couple of years ago. Breaking open the light bulb with a hammer (being VERY careful not to damage the filament) and then photographing the moment when the filament burns for the last time and dies in a puff of smoke. On my pbase site I have a gallery with four images showing this and it took 30 light bulbs to get these four.
This time I only had one light bulb to use (didn’t want to start taking bulbs out of lamps) so there wasn’t much of a chance that I’d get the shot I wanted.
I set everything up, tested the lighting and took a couple of test shots. Everything was fine. Then I hit the bulb with the hammer and (of course) it broke and (of course) I’d bashed the hammer through the filament! Damn!
This so sickened me, I decided to give up. I packed everything away again and was just about to throw the light bulb in the rubbish bin when I noticed that it looked good despite being broken. I set everything up again and took a shot of the broken bulb (lit from underneath and with my yellow piece of board as a background). I really liked the way it turned out but was totally amazed to see that it was at +8 at 4 votes. It rapidly went down to 7.2ish and that’s where it’s stayed all week.
Thanks so much for the score, great comments and the ribbon.
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congratulations!
good photo but in my opinion not the very best in the challenge, imho the photo itself is boring, my eye looks at the photo and wham! ok broken light bulb. nothing else. anyways this is just my 0.02 ... oh yea the light is good.
Congrats on yet another great image, Irene! Glad that you ultimately decided to enter it :O) Thanks for sharing the story & the setup. You do realize that at this rate, you'll be taking on the RibbonHogs by yourself in the next DPL ;O)
Hello again Rembrandt, I had heard of your talent for taking portraits of people; I think you don't do too bad in the 'drops of water' and 'broken light bulbs' departments either. Congatulations on this ribbon and the hundreds yet to come.
I think they should start making it official that from now on, only 2 ribbons are awarded and the third one automatically goes to you :) CONGRATULATIONS once again, Irene! Exquisite work as always!
Irene,Irene,Irene.. wow you seem to be everywhere. You got an amazing talent ! It's wonderful to see your work landing up so frequently with a ribbon and you are having a 'scalvertish' run for the ribbons. Keep up the tempo.
Irene, you're making it difficult for us to find more praises and compliments :) Congratulations to a brilliant and simple picture.
Great job with the frog and the 1-voter!!
Now we know what to do with trolls :)
Oh no, Jon. Definitely not. I still find it an exquisite pleasure to be in the top 10 of any challenge, especially with all the talent to be found here. I'm a nervous wreck all week when I have a good score and press the update button a million times. Nothing's changed in that respect. I love this site and the people on it.
irenechallenge wins again...it's going to be unusual to not see you win a ribbon in every challenge you enter...this will be the new exception to the rule!
Hey, I celebrate you Irene. You should do a book.
Two things:
1. You got a 1...who is the person that gave this a 1????
2. How come you use a humble D50 when you have a D2X? Just asking...
Your biggest fan,
Enzo
Hi Enzo, to answer your two questions:
1. Don't worry about the "1" giving person. I put a curse on him and he's now the frog sitting on Lydias LydiaToo light-bulb. He'll never bother us again ;-D
2. The D50 is my absolute favourite camera. It sounds daft, I know (and I love the D2X) but everytime I pick up a camera, it's nearly always the D50. I'm hoping I'll grow out of it ;-D
This is a good week for Irene! :) I'm thrilled for you. Your images this week are excellent, as usual.
I think I like this broken bulb better than your 'last burn' one. Congrats on the blue, Irene!
irenechallenge wins again...it's going to be unusual to not see you win a ribbon in every challenge you enter...this will be the new exception to the rule!
Hey, I celebrate you Irene. You should do a book.
Two things:
1. You got a 1...who is the person that gave this a 1????
2. How come you use a humble D50 when you have a D2X? Just asking...
There's the sign of having it nailed. When you think your photography is just so-so but you keep winning challenges! Wish my serious efforts were half as good as your rush job!
This has the making of a shot from IreneM. If you're not Irene, please take that a compliment :) The lighting is perfect and the detail is excellent. Surely a talent to make something as simple as this setup look so great.
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