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70s memories fading away
70s memories fading away
saiphfire


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: 1970s (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: My house
Date: Feb 18, 2005
Aperture: 4.00
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/15 sec
Galleries: Abstract, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Feb 18, 2005

 I created this effect by placing a lava lamp between two mirrors so the image bounced back and forth and shot just to the left of one of the mirrors. (If anyone is having trouble picturing this, I have a couple of test shots as I was trying to set up the mirrors in which you can see me to one side.)

After shooting I cropped, but did not adjust the color, etc.

Statistics
Place: 22 out of 177
Avg (all users): 5.7961
Avg (commenters): 7.1667
Avg (participants): 5.4900
Avg (non-participants): 5.9147
Views since voting: 1399
Views during voting: 545
Votes: 358
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 03/02/2005 03:27:17 PM
I thank everyone for their comments. I did want to address one I got a couple of times about focus, I was using a large aperture because of the darkness and when I focused on the closest lava lamp it threw the farthest ones way out of focus. If you look you'll see the picture is focused on the second lamp in the series. Not ideal, but it was the best I could come up with at the time. Any blur in the second lamp is just a result of the lava moving.

Here's a picture of the setup in case you're interested:
03/02/2005 12:28:57 PM
Good subject, composition, color, and nice mirror work. I'm very surprised this didn't make the top 10.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/01/2005 04:00:14 PM
Hmm, clever use of mirrors? Nice set up.
 02/27/2005 12:15:55 AM
Night use of mirrors, focus seems off, but I can understand why with the lack of light
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 02/26/2005 04:00:54 PM
I like the lline, and the black background. Simple and effective.
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 02/26/2005 11:37:16 AM
The spacing feels awkward, but the mood comes through the soft colors against the pure black background. Did you shoot into a mirror? If not, I would question the amount of editing you did.
 02/25/2005 04:59:35 PM
Maybe if it rotated as it moved back it would be more "groovy." ;)
 02/24/2005 08:12:50 PM
Brought back some good memories but mostly bad. Broke my uncle's lava lamp over his TV. Couldn't sit for a week. Good shot. Looks like you done a long shutter speed. I like it.
One of my top three. 10
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 02/24/2005 06:00:18 PM
The front lamp could use better focus, but an over cool and well executed idea. 7
 02/24/2005 01:26:15 PM
Cool, nice technique.
 02/23/2005 04:49:32 PM
I'm guessing you used mirrors. Good concept and execution!
 02/23/2005 02:29:02 PM
Mirrors?
 02/23/2005 01:33:13 PM
I like the concept and the lighting but the glare on the glass hurts the composition some.
 02/23/2005 12:43:43 PM
best I've seen yet! fantastic job on the solid black backround, and way to go on capturing symmetry. 9
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