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25-NOV-2004 theFly

#6 - fire & ice (*)

Alpharetta, Georgia, USA

Canon PowerShot G3
0.60s f/6.3 at 23.0mm hide exif
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Date/Time25-Nov-2004 10:23:54
MakeCanon
ModelPowerShot G3
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length23 mm
Exposure Time0.60 sec
Aperturef/6.3
ISO Equivalent
Exposure Bias-0.38
White Balance (-1)
Metering Modecenter weighted (2)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Program
Focus Distance

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ctfchallenge01-Dec-2004 09:26
I like the photo more and more. Could be a nice poster on the wall :-). And although symmetry is not necessarily a good thing, I like the symmetry of the flames in this case. Tomas
Techo 26-Nov-2004 22:40
Hi Lee. It does look a bit better now. It's hard for me to say if it's the motion blur from the ice melting too fast? or the DOF.
ctfchallenge26-Nov-2004 21:36
Thanks Rod and Techo. I reworked the BHL in photoshop. Does it still look out of focus?

Lee
Techo 26-Nov-2004 17:02
Cool image! and congratulations on being the first to post in eligible, you're fast :-) I was just thinking about some comments in the previous challenge, where you guys mentioned taking two photo and combining them, one photo for the fire in mind and the other for the ice?
Rod 26-Nov-2004 10:38
"The trick was finding an exposure to avoid blown highlights" & you almost succeeded Lee:-) Good idea & shot.
ctfchallenge26-Nov-2004 03:01
Thanks Paul for the comments. I worked on it some to make it a little more sharper. Not sure I can get it any more.

The picture is really very straight forward. Just ice and isopropyl alcohol. The trick was finding an exposure to avoid blown highlights and get a sharp image. That is why I increased the f stop. theFly
ctfchallenge25-Nov-2004 21:08
I think this has the making of a great shot and is a terrific idea, not even sure how you did it. Only comment would be that nothing much in the image looks particularly sharp - particularly the ice cube
(where it is nearest the lens) and I think it would benefit from something being sharp. It might've been the 1/60s shutter that made it look a bit blurred, with all that action happening! Paul Donovan.