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Overshadowed Candle
Overshadowed Candle
md8speed


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Painting with Light (Advanced Editing I)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 995
Location: Bedroom
Date: Jan 20, 2004
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: 8
Galleries: Abstract
Date Uploaded: Jan 20, 2004

 So here's how it was done:
This is actually a picture of my computer monitor, the abstract light is from the "Mystify" screen saver. I timed it so about the first second of the exposure was from the candle on my desktop and the last 7-8 seconds were of the screen saver. I tweaked the colors used in the screen saver until I found an effect that I liked. The fading of the colors toward the top was accomplished by using a circular polarizing filter and tilting my LCD monitor back slightly (LCD monitors emit polarized light), and adjusting the polarizer until the the bottom of the monitor was brightest through the polarizer.
Adjustments: The contrast was increased as well as the Blue and Green saturation. Levels were decreased for the midtones and highlights.

Statistics
Place: 56 out of 120
Avg (all users): 5.3523
Avg (commenters): 6.2500
Avg (participants): 4.8193
Avg (non-participants): 5.7545
Views since voting: 2210
Votes: 193
Comments: 15
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/01/2004 07:18:54 PM
Interesting photo. I would like to know how you did it.
 02/01/2004 06:25:24 PM
Very unusual technique. Great effect. Well done.
 01/30/2004 06:35:47 PM
curious how this was accomplished.
 01/30/2004 05:17:13 PM
Nice effect
 01/30/2004 11:47:27 AM
I like the contrasting colors (I'm color crazy). Your title may be a bit too correct though. The candle actually looks faded behind all those lines. Was this a monitor shot with the candle reflected?
 01/30/2004 08:51:48 AM
I like your idea here. A bit more black would have made a more powerful shot.
 01/30/2004 04:24:10 AM
I dont know how to vote on this subject but I think this is very nice How did you do that? Beautiful colours and sharp image
 01/30/2004 03:20:11 AM
Beautiful play of light and colors here, very artistic! Great image.
 01/28/2004 09:37:33 AM
cool effect.
 01/26/2004 10:52:31 PM
Colorful, unique, and enjoyable to look at.
 01/26/2004 02:41:59 PM
That's kind'a cool! Not sure how it was accomplished but it's interesting.
 01/26/2004 01:34:53 PM
Lots of lovely colors in this one. They harmonize beautifully. My personal preference would have been to crop the left side a tad more, but you're the one who did the terrific work!
 01/26/2004 11:46:06 AM
Wow!
 01/26/2004 07:50:44 AM
Great idea to use your screen saver, screen reflection.
 01/26/2004 12:23:16 AM
is this a screen saver reflected?


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