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Fire and Ice
Fire and Ice
cooliak


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Challenge: Opposites (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G3
Location: My living room
Date: May 11, 2004
Aperture: F3.0
ISO: Auto
Shutter: 0.3
Galleries: Abstract
Date Uploaded: May 11, 2004

 I'm pretty sure this meets the challenge, that is fire and ice are opposites (at least the people I talked to thought so). I had a hard time coming up with something that wasn't obvious, so I decided to take an unoriginal idea and make it interesting. I took about 80 shots before I finally quit. I used a glass table with a flash light illuminating the ice (which was frozen water in glass .. taken out). For the fire, which I'm sure people will say I photoshoped I used rubbing alcohol. I spilled it around the ice, set it on fire and started shooting. The main problem I had was focusing on the ice. This proved to be impossible during the flames, so I had to do it prior to that.

Post Processing:
USM,Crop,Auto Levels,Color and Contrast

Statistics
Place: 178 out of 286
Avg (all users): 4.7042
Avg (commenters): 5.3333
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Avg (non-participants): 4.8641
Views since voting: 925
Votes: 311
Comments: 16
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/18/2004 10:28:09 PM
Great exposure on the blue flame - a very nice looking abstract as well as for the challenge here. The DOF on the ice is a little strange - it feels like it should be crisp on the far side, not the left side and front.
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 05/18/2004 12:20:59 PM
great color on the blue flame
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 05/17/2004 11:32:59 PM
Great idea, and I know it was a difficult shot to get, but detail/clarity seems to be lacking.
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 05/16/2004 09:19:06 PM
Nice effect.
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 05/16/2004 09:33:30 AM
Similar to my photo, these are so hard to do right! I really really like the color of the blue, wish there was more contrast in the ice though. Good job overall...
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 05/16/2004 01:25:07 AM
Another Fire and Ice...And this one has that little something to set it apart from the others...the closeness of the flame, the contrasting colours and depth...love it...well done
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 05/15/2004 07:00:06 AM
The blue flame is nice against the white ice.
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 05/14/2004 05:09:25 PM
details on the ice are lacking, and the flame doesnt look good.
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 05/14/2004 04:46:43 PM
Needs some warm color to dramatize the contrast.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/14/2004 04:03:19 PM
Bottom cropping is too tight, and the cube seems out of focus or underexposed.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/14/2004 06:23:39 AM
The flames look great. The two colors go together really nicely
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 05/14/2004 06:14:26 AM
soft focus on flame. good pic
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 05/13/2004 11:52:28 PM
blue fire? it really just seems like ice and water, but nice try ;)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/13/2004 01:53:52 AM
very interesting flame effects. ice needs sharper focus, though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/12/2004 07:31:31 PM
maybe the best fire&ice photo
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/12/2004 01:26:53 PM
Slightly different from the candles and ice images, but similar in concept and execution.

Not enough dof to make this stand out, though the colours are nice
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