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And Then There Was Light
And Then There Was Light
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Match (Basic Editing)
Camera: Kodak Z650
Location: My living room
Date: Jan 13, 2007
Aperture: 3.25
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/40 seconds
Galleries: Still Life, Studio
Date Uploaded: Jan 13, 2007

 1 Dark navy blue blazer hung on plywood as backdrop.
1 Homemade (by me) candle.
About 115 wooden matches.
Light: from subject only.
1 Tripod.
2 Cold Beer.
1 Oversensitive smoke alarm with the battery yanked out half way through the shoot.
1 Kodak Z650 Digital Camera on 4 frame burst mode
Focal Length: 139 mm.
1 Phonecall to wife at work to discuss the title.

Post Processing:
Overall Contrast and Brightness Adjustment.
Overall Noise Despeckle
Crop
Resize
Overall Unsharpen Mask

Alternate titles considered:
Suicide Mission Completed
Celebration
Purpose Realized
Function Performed
Destiny Fulfilled

Statistics
Place: 173 out of 248
Avg (all users): 4.8020
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 4.4217
Avg (non-participants): 5.0789
Views since voting: 708
Views during voting: 265
Votes: 197
Comments: 4
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/22/2007 03:31:09 AM
A match in different perspectives. Nicely done, even not all original. Also the imperfections in the candle make it much nicer, as life ain't all perfect.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/20/2007 08:51:52 AM
Too much negative space at the top, should be cropped to horizontal. Nice focus and exposure though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/18/2007 10:45:48 PM
This candle looks a lot like another in the challenge.
 01/17/2007 02:55:49 PM
i like the droping fire...
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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