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Hot Metal
Hot Metal
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Challenge: Metal (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D
Location: garage
Date: Jun 19, 2005
Aperture: 16
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/20
Galleries: Macro, Action
Date Uploaded: Jun 19, 2005

 d70, tripod, macro lens, two flash units (one over head and one table top level) sb800 main with cable, sb600 wireless remote

table of drill press - metal

shards of steel - metal

grinder throwing shards of hot metal toward camera - you can see some bouncing off lens

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post edit with PS:

auto levels
-7 brightness
+18 contrast
blue +18

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used timer - put on goggles and did grinding - knew when done when flashes went off

david

Statistics
Place: 32 out of 508
Avg (all users): 6.0369
Avg (commenters): 7.7692
Avg (participants): 5.9822
Avg (non-participants): 6.1275
Views since voting: 1181
Views during voting: 395
Votes: 271
Comments: 16
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/28/2005 07:09:55 PM
awesome. 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/28/2005 06:30:57 PM
I like this picture. Nice to look at. Love the sparks.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/28/2005 12:43:42 PM
This is fabulous. I love the streaking sparks.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/28/2005 06:22:05 AM
This is a great industrial stock shot!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/27/2005 09:59:05 AM
very creative!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/25/2005 08:59:41 AM
here comes the ribon:)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/24/2005 08:33:40 PM
Nice energy to this shot! I feel like motion as I look at it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/24/2005 12:49:28 AM
Great contrasts!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/23/2005 01:31:03 PM
my goal is to comment on every photo in this challenge..heres urs..good luck.great technique
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/23/2005 05:51:17 AM
Good perspective, this looks like a double exposure.
 06/23/2005 04:23:17 AM
amazing colour palance and fram, good luck
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/22/2005 01:51:38 PM
Nice realistic shot of the actual creation of something.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/22/2005 01:00:05 PM
Lovely, almost abstract. Love the yellows and oranges against the cool turquoisey blues.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/22/2005 10:54:25 AM
Nice color.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/22/2005 08:19:36 AM
i like this image .. kinda wish the curled metal was a tad bit more in focus
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/22/2005 02:12:49 AM
Great perspective, depth of field, and colors.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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