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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Clichés and Sayings (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: Virginia Beach, Ontario, Canada In my kitchen
Date: Apr 29, 2006
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 10 seconds
Galleries: Macro, Persuasive
Date Uploaded: Apr 29, 2006

 This is my first ever submission to my favorite site on the web. Taken with a Canon Digital Rebel on my kitchen table. Used curves in Photoshop, cropped, fiddled with brightness/contrast and ran Neatimage.

Statistics
Place: 151 out of 288
Avg (all users): 5.4000
Avg (commenters): 6.7000
Avg (participants): 5.2375
Avg (non-participants): 5.4813
Views since voting: 2722
Views during voting: 317
Votes: 240
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0

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 05/30/2008 08:30:46 PM
ove the concept mr knowles very nice shot
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/09/2006 05:57:12 PM
I bit unusual candlelighting shot. Seen plenty here on dpc :) Good luck with this one.
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 05/09/2006 10:09:56 AM
I think 1/2 or 3/4 of a stop darker would work wonders for this shot.
good try :)
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 05/07/2006 03:28:22 AM
Great work
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 05/07/2006 01:19:34 AM
nice long exposure
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 05/05/2006 12:21:28 AM
interesting... 8
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 05/04/2006 12:35:38 PM
you missed! ;)
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 05/04/2006 08:37:54 AM
For me, taking a picture of fire is very challenging, especially to get it crisp. In this case, the 'capture' seems pretty solid, but the flame is a little blown and soft. Still, good capture!
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 05/04/2006 08:19:50 AM
I like it- but it looks a tad overdone.... maybe simpler would've been better...
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 05/03/2006 10:37:47 PM
very nice. a creative way to display a simple image.
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 05/03/2006 05:04:19 PM
so original
 05/03/2006 03:06:29 PM
Fire is very difficult to capture well. I know, I've tried many times. You have a bit of blow-out above the match, which takes away from an otherwise very good image. The only way I've found to have this type of shot work is to use another medium power light source, from a complementry angle, which will reduce the impact of the fire on the exposure, and then play with sat and contrast in post-processing. Good Luck. A 6 from me.
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 05/03/2006 01:42:19 AM
Excellent capture of the flames. :)
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