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Delicate balance between Bouncing & Breaking
Delicate balance between Bouncing & Breaking
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Challenge: Delicate II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Olympus E-30
Lens: Olympus 50mm f/2.0 Macro ED Zuiko Digital
Location: Home
Date: Jan 16, 2010
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/6400
Galleries: Action, Studio
Date Uploaded: Jan 16, 2010

 I was surprised to find out that bulbs would bounce off my tile floor when dropped from 4-ft. Of course they shattered quite dramatically when dropped from 6-ft, with some essentially disintegrating. Apparently the balance spoken of lies within.

This was my first attempt at this type of capture. I was just fortunate to get three decent shots despite having only had 5 bulbs to work with (too cheap to use bulbs that still worked). Practicing with a less fragile object before hand was extremely helpful in sharpening my timing. I chose this entry since it retained more large pieces, and thus was most recognizable as having been a light bulb.

It's great to have a camera with the ability to use flashes at incredibly high shutter speeds. This shot was illuminated with two FL-50R wireless flashes in FP mode from the left: at floor level and above left, using snoots to help direct the light somewhat. Not sure if I could have gotten away with a slower shutter speed and larger aperture number (for better DOF), but I had too few bulbs available for experimenting, and I wanted to err toward effective stop-action.

PP in CS3:
Levels; Curves; Slight Noise Reduction; De-saturate (Yellow, Blue, Cyan); Remove hot pixels, Crop; Very Slight USM

Hope you found it entertaining.

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Place: 10 out of 145
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 02/02/2010 11:51:47 AM
Nicely captured...congrats on your top 10!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/24/2010 09:51:59 PM
Nice action shot. (No vote, comment only)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/21/2010 09:40:12 PM
Excellent capture.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/21/2010 02:30:45 PM
I imagine this was not the first bulb you've shattered to obtain this photograph. All parts are splendidly in focus and frozen - as it should be.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/21/2010 11:41:58 AM
Great !!
How many "drops" to get this???
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/21/2010 05:02:11 AM
Nicely done. Immediate visual impact. I like this even though I can't quite tell what it is... is it a light bulb? 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/20/2010 05:45:43 PM
amazing capture
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/20/2010 11:07:38 AM
Well executed shot but it seems a bit cluttered for my taste.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/20/2010 09:09:32 AM
Nice technique, well done!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/20/2010 04:16:39 AM
Really like this, great lighting and you've captured the moment really well!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/20/2010 01:53:06 AM
great timing...8
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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