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fire drill
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Challenge: Visual Puns II (Expert Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Garage, WC,CA
Date: Apr 19, 2011
Aperture: 1.8 to 5.6
ISO: 100 to 400
Shutter: 1/3000 to 1/30
Galleries: Humorous, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Apr 19, 2011

 Lots of shots here. 2 sparkler shots, 3 fire shots, 3 smoke shots, one drill shot and one bit shot.
increased canvas size and pasted in shot after shot on top as layers in lighten mode on top of black canvas and the drill shot, masking off as needed. Then duplicate, and rotate and mask as needed.

[Apr. 22nd, 2011 01:30:28 PM]

ekmai the sparks are 2 shots, same gold sparkler, the one behind is at f8 for 0.4 seconds, the one in front is at f/13 for 1/13th of a second in subsequent frames.

Statistics
Place: 5 out of 70
Avg (all users): 7.1333
Avg (commenters): 8.2000
Avg (participants): 6.7317
Avg (non-participants): 7.2661
Views since voting: 3857
Views during voting: 465
Votes: 165
Comments: 17
Favorites: 6 (view)

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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 05/01/2011 02:07:30 PM
Congrats on your HM. Great image!!!!
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Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
 04/29/2011 07:00:37 PM
congratulations on your very nice placement and unique entry.
That must have been fun to create.
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Samsung Galaxy S24, S24+, S24 Ultra
Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70mm f/4 ZA OSS
 04/29/2011 02:31:45 PM
Pretty elaborate construction :-) Well done!
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Sony SLT-A33
Sony DT 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 Aspherical ED
 04/29/2011 09:23:40 AM
Another creative shot I like very much!
Congrats on top 5!
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 04/29/2011 04:45:39 AM
This was my choice for the blue and received the full 10, brilliant..
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XIAOMI Redmi Note 8 Pro
 04/29/2011 12:42:02 AM
That's what happens when you have tons of 7s at your front page... it is now more difficult to get rid of that clown LOL
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 12-24mm f/4.0G IF-ED
 04/25/2011 09:26:30 AM
Cool. Love to know how you got such great sparks
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 04/24/2011 09:45:48 PM
Best of these type of shots.
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 04/24/2011 06:32:31 PM
Love it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/24/2011 01:38:48 PM
This is great. Nice work.
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Nikon D7200
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 04/23/2011 10:45:03 AM
Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor would love this.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 04/23/2011 10:16:19 AM
High marks for the image.
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Nikon D3s
 04/22/2011 07:58:25 PM
awesome image I hope you get a ribbon!
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 04/22/2011 06:16:59 PM
Excellent work! One of the better photos in the challenge.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
 04/22/2011 05:58:48 PM
Holly smoke... seriously! Awesome work!
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Canon EOS-6D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 04/22/2011 01:03:42 AM
Top notch! This should ribbon for sure. 10
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Canon EOS-50D
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Canon
 04/22/2011 12:55:54 AM
well this is fun
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