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Cool Green Flame of a Submerged Flower!
Cool Green Flame of a Submerged Flower!
DianaB


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Transparency II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Location: kitchen work top
Date: Oct 30, 2005
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/13
Galleries: Still Life, Floral
Date Uploaded: Oct 30, 2005

 Flower head in half-filled glass of water. The glass has a kind of pattern on it, which I thought would create some interesting light reflections to give an added dimension. Light seems to have captured the green of the flower stem and "enflared" it onto the glass surface, creating the illusion of a flame! Source of lighting comes from the window just behind and to one side (the right). Glass was propped on a brown, square, glass bottle which in turn was on top of the black tiled surface. I used a black top/blouse for a backdrop. The camera was hand held, using manual settings and manual focus. Just some regrets that the 'green flamed' area of glass doesn't sit a bit lower down in the overall image - but would probably not be easy to reproduce on another composition.
Very little editing - just basic editing.
Rotate 90 deg CW. Slight de-skew, curves, USM and crop.
File Name
_MG_4706.JPG
Camera Model
Canon EOS 20D
Shooting Date/Time
30/10/2005 15:27:38
Shooting Mode
Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed )
1/13
Av( Aperture Value )
5.6
Metering Mode
Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation
0
ISO Speed
400
Lens
28.0 - 135.0 mm
Focal Length
109.0 mm

Statistics
Place: 119 out of 155
Avg (all users): 4.9697
Avg (commenters): 6.1429
Avg (participants): 4.5854
Avg (non-participants): 5.2414
Views since voting: 1012
Views during voting: 278
Votes: 198
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/03/2005 10:29:06 AM
Very pretty!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/01/2005 02:25:07 PM
Water shots take a lot of attention to detail to make "perfect". There are bubbles and water marks above and below the water line. If you really want to hit these shots, you need to avoid those (it can be hard). I think the ultimately let's this picture down.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/01/2005 11:25:11 AM
Great Picture. I love the rich color and the black background brings it out nicely.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/31/2005 08:21:33 PM
Neat concept. I've been looking at it for a few moments now. For me, I wonder how this would look with the stem of the glass completely cropped off. I tried it with my hand and liked it better, but that's just me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/31/2005 07:49:48 PM
very interesting image with the fire and water appearing in and behind the glass. i wish this image were scaled smaller so that it was easier to view for voting...but it's a neat shot! the only think that's kind of distracting for me are the air bubbles in the bottom of the vase.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/31/2005 04:29:50 PM
I understand your title, but don't like the image. why is the flower under the water, but for the challenge sake?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/31/2005 02:41:22 PM
I like the idea, great observation. There are a couple of small patches in the lower left that are a little unnecessary.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/31/2005 02:26:52 AM
Pretty
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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