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Fire 'fro
Fire 'fro
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: The Four Elements II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Date: May 27, 2007
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200 sec
Galleries: Abstract, Macro
Date Uploaded: May 27, 2007

 Stuck a match in a small pot of soil to hold it in place. Lorene held a small shop light really close to the matchstick and then lit the match from behind with a lighter. I clicked the ol' shutter.

Shot in RAW: 2 seperate conversions to expose for the fire and the matchstick

PS:
Combined the two files from above
Crop
Curves
Hue/Sat
NI
Dodge, burn, clone here and there
Resize
Sharpen
Save for Web

Statistics
Place: 19 out of 394
Avg (all users): 6.6000
Avg (commenters): 7.8000
Avg (participants): 6.3100
Avg (non-participants): 7.0143
Views since voting: 1566
Views during voting: 259
Votes: 170
Comments: 17
Favorites: 6 (view)

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AuthorThread
 06/09/2007 06:39:38 PM
Fantastic shot!
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 06/06/2007 08:05:45 PM
A hot idea! Congratulations on your top 20 finish.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/04/2007 01:13:32 PM
You captured the moment perfectly. Congrats on top 20.
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 06/04/2007 12:38:22 AM
Super Huge congratulations to you!!!
Our Team is so happy youre on our side!
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 06/04/2007 12:29:14 AM
This is REALLY good. Congrats!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/01/2007 01:14:15 PM
cool. simple but effective
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 06/01/2007 01:01:27 PM
I like the mid-burn capture on this. Maybe go with less stick and more flame?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/30/2007 11:35:17 PM
Sweet! Excellent Capture!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/30/2007 03:03:39 PM
Very nice...
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 05/30/2007 02:28:23 PM
I like.
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 05/30/2007 11:12:33 AM
Awesome pic. Fascinating!
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 05/29/2007 01:45:50 PM
I saw a few other images with the same concepts here on this challenge and it usually turns me off. However, this shot is just so well executed and sharp that I could not help but comment on it and give it a high score. It's an 8 for me!
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 05/29/2007 12:24:00 PM
Great macro picture, superb sharpness, great timing on the capture.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/28/2007 05:27:30 PM
Returning for comments. Looks just like gaurawa's old shot just cropped differently. I do like the crop which adds a slightly different touch to it.
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 05/28/2007 02:33:15 AM
excellent photography 9
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 05/28/2007 01:36:06 AM
gorgeous shot. very nice.
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 05/28/2007 12:40:13 AM
OUCH!!! Cool psart
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