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Bad Breath
Bad Breath
Army of nOne


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Bad (Basic Editing*)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: Austin, TX
Date: Feb 6, 2007
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 9 sec
Galleries: Portraiture, Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: Feb 6, 2007

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Statistics
Place: 30 out of 217
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Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 5.5370
Avg (non-participants): 6.2542
Views since voting: 1032
Views during voting: 310
Votes: 172
Comments: 8
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 02/14/2007 07:27:51 PM
Originally posted by Painter:
Great picture!! How did you manage to keep still and clear the smoker?


Thanks Painter (and all others for their comments), this is actually a self portrait. I took the picture on my front porch at night. There was a piece of black velvet tacked to the wall behind me. Black velvet should be in every photographer's arsenal of things to have laying around.

Basically, it was so dark outside that the only light source was the match. I kept still by leaning against the wall and making repeated attempts. I moved only my right arm while staring at the camera. I didn't actually light the cigarette on most attempts. I tried only to get the match close enough to the end of the cigarette to cover up the unlit end of it. The little hook at the top of the flame streak was me yanking the match away as fast as I could to extinguish the light source. Then I walked over to the camera to end the exposure. There were a lot of failed attempts. It was tricky at first bring the match to the end of the cigarette without looking at it. Eventually, I got a few good ones.

I tried it about 75 times. This was the best. Take care, and thanks again.
 02/14/2007 05:16:54 AM
Great picture!! How did you manage to keep still and clear the smoker?
 02/14/2007 05:12:19 AM
Very cool! Great score, too.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/13/2007 05:06:21 PM
dragon breath! neat image!
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 02/13/2007 05:01:54 AM
WOW! just wonderful. I want to see it in top three if not no. one
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/12/2007 09:06:05 PM
Holy moly this is bad ass!!!! nice job armyguy!!!
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 02/11/2007 03:58:48 PM
Excellent. I love it! 10
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 02/07/2007 08:58:20 AM
cool picture
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