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Flaming Good Shot!
Flaming Good Shot!
talj


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Fire II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Kitchen
Date: Aug 13, 2006
Aperture: F5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/2sec
Galleries: Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Aug 13, 2006

 Empty bottle of sambuca, liquid drizzled on the surface to the glass, full shot glass of sambuca, lit the liquid and clicked the shutter!! Took a few attempts and the image isn't exactly what I was looking for, but I ran out of Sambuca!!

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Statistics
Place: 37 out of 160
Avg (all users): 5.8235
Avg (commenters): 6.6667
Avg (participants): 5.6905
Avg (non-participants): 5.9167
Views since voting: 1181
Views during voting: 338
Votes: 204
Comments: 17
Favorites: 0

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 09/07/2006 03:01:29 PM
How this only got 5.8, I don't know - I think it's a great shot, the composition is brill and colours are cool, I really like it.

I also really like Morning Calm and Besides Derwent ;-)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/18/2006 06:29:44 PM
That's a great shot. Can I have one?
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 08/18/2006 04:48:53 PM
Very cool
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 08/18/2006 04:17:26 PM
Interesting shot. I, of course, love the flames and the colors they've produced, the focus looks rather soft on the bottle though I think more fill light would help make the focus better. That said I think removing the bottle from the image entirely would help alleviate some of the focus issues since the flames and shotglass seem to be fairly focused. With this being the fire challenge I would think that just the flames in the background and the shot glass on its own would really make a striking image, especially with the pure black background behind it and the flames on the ground framing the fiery shotgloss. Might be worth revisiting to give that a try. I gave a 5
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 08/17/2006 10:03:15 PM
Great use of props not to overpower the fire with the bottle etc as some others have done in this challenge
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 08/17/2006 01:53:33 PM
Beautiful shot
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 08/17/2006 02:46:45 AM
This is cool :) I had hoped someone would do the Sambuca and you've done it well. Unsure if it's just that my eyes are failing me today, but the focus seems a touch soft? Love it all the same :)
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 08/16/2006 10:18:53 PM
Nice balance. Nice color in the fire and I like the border. Good Job.
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 08/15/2006 05:00:00 PM
Good setup and I love the blue flames. Only questions is, that shot glass didn't hold the whole bottle of liqurur...what happened to the rest? LOL :) 9
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 08/15/2006 07:39:08 AM
teh flame on the glass seems a bit a bit noisy but the flame on the "table" i think looks fantastic. Id have cropped out the glass completely. very nice border. 7
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 08/14/2006 10:40:28 PM
Fun shot! Only one small thing, increase the DoF to get the bottom of the bottle in focus. Very Cool Image 8

Wazz
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 08/14/2006 09:32:22 PM
This would be much better without the bottle. It doesn't match, is rather dull compared to the flames on the table and in the shot glass, and is a distraction from the main event.
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 08/14/2006 06:03:00 PM
nice composition, flame is not sharp enough.
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 08/14/2006 05:29:17 PM
I like the concept - I would have prefered it without the bottle, keeping the colors to just orange and blue. Or perhaps if the bottle label was orange or blue that would have worked as well. As it is I am not hugely fond of it but I do think it is a good shot and I like the idea a ton.
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 08/14/2006 03:54:50 PM
Nice capture. Love the clarity and DOF. Nice layout
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 08/14/2006 08:15:26 AM
good colour in this shot...comp could do with some work
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 08/14/2006 05:42:04 AM
beautiful blue color. I thried lighting Grey Goose, but it wasn't very flammable.
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