photo sharing and upload picture albums photo forums search pictures popular photos photography help login
Type your message and click Add Comment
It is best to login or register first but you may post as a guest.
Enter an optional name and contact email address. Name
Name Email
help private comment
Sony Forums Challenges | all galleries >> Challenge 31 Candle Light (hosted by MFC) >> Challenge 31 Eligible Gallery > Star Crossed Lovers by W.C.
previous | next
30-NOV-2002

Star Crossed Lovers by W.C.

Sony DSC-F717
1/2s f/8.0 at 20.5mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: original small medium auto
comment | share
Sony Forums Challenges07-Dec-2002 17:40
Very good idea and nicely done. Helen
Sony Forums Challenges03-Dec-2002 00:02
W.C.,in addition to being a "quirky" (is that a word?) image, this is a smile-maker. I really like your imaginative entries and titles. (I can't open the images beyond the thumbnail, but will go back later to see what I missed.) Great Shot(s). Bev
Sony Forums Challenges02-Dec-2002 09:19
Congratulations, I've been using PS for 4 years and still dont know 80% of what it can do... great picture, lovely idea and brilliantly captured. Jon M
W.C. VandenBerg02-Dec-2002 01:52
How it was done:
So, after shooting many, many burning-marshmallow-next-to-a-candle pictures, I determined that candles burn quite a bit brighter than marshmallows do. I could not get the exposure right -- either the candle was overexposed or the marshmallow was underexposed.

Realizing this now meant I was going to have to embark on my first really in-depth journey into PS Elements, I shot one picture of the candle alone, and one of the marshmallow alone (this also allowed me to make a one second exposure for the marshmallow to get lots of flame since they don't really burn a whole lot all at once). A lamp (parchment colored shade left on) with 100watt reveal bulb, off to the right, provided some extra light.

Some cutting and pasting using Layers, some hair pulling, then I increased the saturation on the candle part and decreased the saturation for the marshmallow part until I thought they were reasonably matched.

I then cropped, flattened layers, resized, very gentle USM and added the border (that alone took me a good half hour to figure out -- there must be a simpler way?!). So, one smoking pile of marshmallow carcasses later -- 2:30a.m. -- it was time to go to bed, 'cause I had to work today! Just when you think something's going to be so easy to shoot . . . :-)
Guest 01-Dec-2002 20:15
i like um crispy. very good, concept and execution.
Sony Forums Challenges01-Dec-2002 16:42
W.C., this is a creative idea that is well-executed. The lighting seems right as does the catch of the marshmallow flame. So, how did you accomplish that? MFC