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Go on then - light my fire!
Go on then - light my fire!
hughletheren


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Fire (Advanced Editing I)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: Bedroom at home
Date: Feb 29, 2004
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/3 s
Galleries: Studio
Date Uploaded: Feb 29, 2004

 Butane fire lighter, blue paper background. Lighter held "on" with sticky tape, on a piece of wood on a stand. Lit by three halogen lights, highlighting background as well as subject to minimise shadows. Canon EF 100mm macro lens. Impossible to get enough light not to blow out flame highlights. Post processing included two lots of NeatImage to reduce blue backgound texture, otherwise it was just a bit of levels, especially to blue, crop and resize.
Not very exciting but technically acceptable, missing "art"!

Statistics
Place: 78 out of 113
Avg (all users): 4.8634
Avg (commenters): 5.4375
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Avg (non-participants): 4.9895
Views since voting: 1197
Votes: 183
Comments: 16
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/07/2004 09:45:58 PM
Nice use or primary colors and fun title! I like the clarity and the light reflection
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/07/2004 04:48:42 PM
the flame is blown out.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/07/2004 12:30:22 PM
Not exactly original. Maybe if you dropped some powder on the flame to get unusual colors or a few sparks? A more interesting background could help provide a context, too... maybe a moody scene with wine glasses and about to light a candle?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/06/2004 09:52:23 AM
Nice color contrast and composition. Flame is a little bit overexposed.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/06/2004 04:25:33 AM
This is good focus and great background not too much and not to little! I like it!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/05/2004 09:19:10 PM
I like the composition a lot. the flame is nicely shaped and the angles you present with the lighter are visually appealing. I think you hurt a strong image, however, by oversaturating it. The flame looks artificial now.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/05/2004 08:19:22 AM
Good composition, but the flame looks wrong somehow.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/05/2004 05:24:32 AM
Appears to be as much a study in primary colors as a challenge for fire. I think the strong blue background along with the bright red handle are competing for the interest of the flame.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/04/2004 05:07:07 AM
Diagonal position of the lighter makes for an interesting subject. A darker background would make the flame prominent.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/03/2004 07:21:14 PM
The concept and composition is great but the flame being overexposed hurt this image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/02/2004 07:51:11 AM
interesting
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/01/2004 06:58:24 PM
Colors are nice - but not much imagination or creativity shown in this shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/01/2004 06:41:15 PM
I like the colours and composition but I think you over saturated to the point where your made the flame look unnatural.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/01/2004 06:04:06 PM
Simple, clean, effective. I love the look of the flame, really stands out.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/01/2004 03:08:06 PM
Not a whole lot of ingenuity or snap here...sorry...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/01/2004 01:36:15 AM
I really like the colors here very nice.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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