I'm pretty sure this meets the challenge, that is fire and ice are opposites (at least the people I talked to thought so). I had a hard time coming up with something that wasn't obvious, so I decided to take an unoriginal idea and make it interesting. I took about 80 shots before I finally quit. I used a glass table with a flash light illuminating the ice (which was frozen water in glass .. taken out). For the fire, which I'm sure people will say I photoshoped I used rubbing alcohol. I spilled it around the ice, set it on fire and started shooting. The main problem I had was focusing on the ice. This proved to be impossible during the flames, so I had to do it prior to that.
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Great exposure on the blue flame - a very nice looking abstract as well as for the challenge here. The DOF on the ice is a little strange - it feels like it should be crisp on the far side, not the left side and front.
Similar to my photo, these are so hard to do right! I really really like the color of the blue, wish there was more contrast in the ice though. Good job overall...
Another Fire and Ice...And this one has that little something to set it apart from the others...the closeness of the flame, the contrasting colours and depth...love it...well done
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