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Challenge: Multiple Light Sources (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: Chicago, IL
Date: May 25, 2004
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1 sec
Galleries: Still Life
Date Uploaded: May 25, 2004

 Clear glass bowls lighted by glow in the dark lighting.

Tech: Neat image, cropping, brightness/contrast, curves and saturation.

Added after the challenge:

Thanks to all who voted and especially to those who made time to comment.

Note about the lighting: I wanted to show how much these glass bowls are good in conducting light especially the rims. I also wanted to make the light sources so much to be a part of the composition. So to do this, I purchased several colors of glow in the dark sticks, punctured them and squeezed a few drops onto the bowls, smearing them on the bottom of each bowl. I then arranged the bowls on a black cloth in the bathroom, turned off the light ... and voila ... used 1 second exposure of the night setting of the camera.

Again, thanks ... I am humbled.

Statistics
Place: 3 out of 221
Avg (all users): 6.7022
Avg (commenters): 8.2273
Avg (participants): 6.4842
Avg (non-participants): 6.8192
Views since voting: 5412
Votes: 272
Comments: 40
Favorites: 9 (view)

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 06/08/2004 08:50:59 PM
Wonderful ingenuity and technical skills. Beautiful image!
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 06/03/2004 12:21:36 PM
Wow! I wouldn't have imagined you did all that to get that picture! Amazing results!
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 06/02/2004 10:38:39 PM
Ken, congrats on a truly great photo and a well deserved ribbon!
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 06/02/2004 07:20:22 PM
great image! congrats on a ribbon!
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 06/02/2004 07:02:01 PM
Congratulations, very neat picture!
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 06/02/2004 12:31:19 PM
Highly creative,
Well done Ken and congratulations.

Gordon
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 06/02/2004 10:54:55 AM
Ken, this is very clever. A very good shot. Excellent colors and the slant is engaging. Great.

Your pre-shooting is interesting. I am learning from you.

Congratulaton liwat Ken. Ti man...nasegunduhan na. Segurado ako nga ang sunod malapit na.
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 06/02/2004 09:08:56 AM
Very cool shot, Ken. Congratulations!
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 06/02/2004 02:24:49 AM
Yay, go team D70! nice shot flip
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 06/02/2004 01:55:47 AM
Excellent use of light in this one. Congratulations on the ribbon.
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 06/02/2004 01:16:51 AM
Congrats on the win, Ken. Well done shot. Interesting technique, will try that myself one day.
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 06/02/2004 12:36:33 AM
Nice shot! Congrats!
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 06/02/2004 12:21:57 AM
This was one of my favourites. Very clever and well thought out. Congrats on the ribbon :-)
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 06/02/2004 12:12:41 AM
I didn't have time to comment on the photos in this challenge, but this got a 10 from me. Excellent job, congrats...
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 06/02/2004 12:10:48 AM
Thanks to all who voted and especially to those who made time to comment.

Note about the lighting: I wanted to show how much these glass bowls are good in conducting light especially the rims. I also wanted to make the light sources so much to be a part of the composition. So to do this, I purchased several colors of glow in the dark sticks, punctured them and squeezed a few drops onto the bowls, smearing them on the bottom of each bowl. I then arranged the bowls on a black cloth in the bathroom, turned off the light ... and voila ... 1 second exposure of the night setting of the camera.

Again, thanks ... I am humbled.
 06/02/2004 12:06:58 AM
Congrats!!!!! I loved this one during the voting. Well-deserved!!!! :o)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/01/2004 04:19:47 PM
interesting lighting and composition
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 05/31/2004 02:25:13 AM
this is a very nice piece, very nice!!!!
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 05/31/2004 12:39:21 AM
I'm not sure how you got the effect, but it's really neat. I'd enjoy just a little lighter background so the bowls would be a little easier to see.
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 05/30/2004 11:00:35 PM
Very well-done. Colors are bright and crisp; love the composition.
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 05/30/2004 03:15:29 PM
pretty and unusual
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 05/30/2004 03:09:41 PM
Exceptionally well thought out and executed. Stand by for a ribbon - or darn close!
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 05/29/2004 02:27:43 PM
Very cool and creative effect.
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 05/29/2004 01:13:24 AM
Super cool. Change nothing!
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 05/29/2004 12:32:42 AM
What an interesting use of color and light! Very cool!
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 05/28/2004 02:51:51 PM
Great shot! I love the color in this. I'm curious to know how you set this up.
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 05/28/2004 02:24:14 PM
Very interesting! How is that lit?
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 05/28/2004 07:10:47 AM
Very nice colour contrast, good to see black as black instead of grey. Bright colours are delightful against the dark background. Extra point because it makes you wonder how it was achieved. Score 9.
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 05/28/2004 01:59:21 AM
Beautiful! Great use of light and color. A more interesting composition might have been better. A 9 from me.
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 05/27/2004 08:03:24 PM
Great! Love the angle of the lights on the bowls.
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 05/27/2004 03:16:30 PM
How did you do that? Are the bowls themselves different colors, or did you do that with light? Cool
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 05/27/2004 01:55:07 PM
Great idea and execution, 8
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 05/27/2004 04:45:55 AM
Very impressive. I hope there is an explanation on how this was achieved.
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 05/27/2004 01:55:35 AM
very nice. i like this a lot. great use of lighting.
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 05/26/2004 07:44:25 PM
nice, don't normally like gels, but nice effect
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 05/26/2004 12:48:28 PM
Lovely colors, good compostion. Nice. 8 from me.
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 05/26/2004 11:30:47 AM
Very nice--Simple, great color, nice diagonal composition. I'd like to know what lights you used, and how you got the different colors!
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 05/26/2004 10:20:39 AM
very nice....wonder how many lightings were used :)
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 05/26/2004 08:49:59 AM
Really good image.
I can see this as a million desktop wallpapers.
Great job. I hope you do well
9
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 05/26/2004 02:04:24 AM
that´s copyart, but well done!!
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