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Now That's Smokin' HOT!
Now That's Smokin' HOT!
Quigley


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Hot (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF-S Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 VR
Location: My kitchen
Date: Jul 22, 2008
Aperture: f/7.10
ISO: 250
Shutter: 1/4sec
Galleries: Still Life, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Jul 22, 2008

 This one took me some time to find just the right "HOT" pepper, this one is rated a 10 on the hot scale. I look for a long time for one that was green, yellow, and red, so that when I put it in the ice water, it would look like it was cooling off.

The smoke was from a dozen birthday candles (because they give off the best smoke when you blow them out) sitting in front and blown out towards the back of my light tent, to try to make it look like the smoke was coming from the glass, because the pepper was so damn hot.


The edit:

Shot in raw.

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Resize for web

Statistics
Place: 54 out of 167
Avg (all users): 5.4652
Avg (commenters): 5.5000
Avg (participants): 5.1667
Avg (non-participants): 5.5865
Views since voting: 858
Views during voting: 308
Votes: 187
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 10/07/2008 05:43:38 PM
Color contrast rocks and also a good contrast on textures too.
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 07/30/2008 01:31:50 AM
It's an interesting image, Max. I think maybe the ice and the cool blue color took away from the concept of "hot," though.
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 07/30/2008 02:31:23 AM
It's an interesting image, Max. I think maybe the ice and the cool blue color took away from the concept of "hot," though.
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 07/30/2008 01:17:55 AM
A great piece of creativity to achieve this effect well done on the finish.
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 07/30/2008 12:22:10 AM
Very clever of you to use b-day candles. I'll have to try that some time. You got some great comments!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/25/2008 02:21:10 PM
Light painting? Good one.
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 07/23/2008 07:45:31 PM
I like it the color is cool and the pepper looks aewsome in that color...
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 07/23/2008 01:50:33 AM
cool pepper, i like all the colors
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 07/23/2008 01:32:22 AM
clever
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 07/23/2008 01:28:56 AM
great shot- color combo caught my eye right away- the vapor, everything works perfectly- I hope you get the high score you deserve.
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 07/23/2008 12:48:55 AM
Good luck! Good luck! It looks GREAT and I hope it does well!
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