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Hot Pepper Vodka
Hot Pepper Vodka
cmeier


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Beverages (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM
Location: My backyard, Toronto
Date: Sep 26, 2005
Aperture: 5.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Sep 26, 2005

 my first challenge entry!

setup: outdoor night shot. suspended vodka bottle above tray of water, spritzed bottle with water, poured some kerosine in the tray and lit it. repeated 300 times. surprised my neighbours didn't call the fire department! back-lit from rear left using a slave flash.

cropped, adjusted levels, applied usm, resized.

i'd also like to give a shout-out to the hairs on my arms that sacrificed themselves for this noble project...

Statistics
Place: 4 out of 206
Avg (all users): 6.4826
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 6.3218
Avg (non-participants): 6.5640
Views since voting: 2815
Views during voting: 397
Votes: 259
Comments: 16
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 10/07/2005 06:41:06 AM
Wow - Great job! Congrats on your top 10 finish! (Fantastic start!)
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 10/05/2005 05:24:59 PM
Burn, burn, burn. very nicely done. Congratulations on your top 10 finish.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/05/2005 04:21:08 AM
Beginners luck? Just kidding. Great placement for your first challenge. This was one of my top picks and I gave it a 9. Congratulations on your 7th place.
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 10/05/2005 03:24:36 AM
thanks, everyone, for taking the time to comment on this photo; i'm quite pleased that my first entry did as well as this.

for those interested, i used about a tablespoon of kerosine poured on water to create the flames; it burned out in about three seconds, so the bottle never even warmed up.
 10/05/2005 12:52:23 AM
Well done for a first challenge! It's really quite a shot. Don't know how I could have missed it during voting.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/03/2005 08:00:13 PM
Great shot! U should have cropped the left side and avoided the white smoke..
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 10/01/2005 02:55:36 PM
Was this taken in one shot? Pretty dangerous, no?
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 10/01/2005 06:48:56 AM
I like the imagery, but to me the smoke seems to take away from the shot. If there is some someway for you get that big puff of smoke from the upper left corner I would like it even more.
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 09/30/2005 10:57:59 AM
very nice
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 09/29/2005 07:36:33 PM
good idea, though it didn't translate
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 09/29/2005 06:20:19 PM
Ssssssmokin' !!!
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 09/28/2005 05:45:26 PM
One of the best in thh challenge - nicley done.
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 09/28/2005 03:29:19 PM
Well done, creative and a great image.
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 09/28/2005 05:42:38 AM
Very Well Done
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 09/28/2005 02:44:35 AM
excellent concept, good probes and classic lighting
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 09/27/2005 08:57:44 PM
Ya, this is damn cool...or hot. Wait, the fire is out of focus. Naw, I have to give it a 10...even though I've tasted pepper vodka and don't like it a bit.
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