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Flaming good catch!
Flaming good catch!
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Challenge: Fire II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark IIn
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Home
Date: Aug 10, 2006
Aperture: F/10
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Action, Studio
Date Uploaded: Aug 10, 2006

 After inflicting some painfull burns on myself I switched to setting fire to things other than body parts. 2nd shot at a tennis ball and am happy enough to put the matches down for another week ;)

Held ball in the palm of my hand, lit it and when the flame had built up I grasped the ball and clicked. The scorch mark is where the ball was soaked in ISO Propryl alcohol

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NI'd flame
Rotated 90CCW
Cropped for composition
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Statistics
Place: 52 out of 160
Avg (all users): 5.6368
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.4000
Avg (non-participants): 5.7934
Views since voting: 1056
Views during voting: 393
Votes: 201
Comments: 13
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 08/21/2006 03:38:11 AM
Glad you gave up on setting light to yourself (for now). I like the movement of the flame and the position of the arm in the frame is good. I might have to agree that the lighting is a little harsh on the arm and detracts slightly from the flame but still a good idea :o)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/18/2006 03:00:12 PM
That's really kewl! How did you do that?
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 08/17/2006 06:58:07 PM
nice capture of the fire.
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 08/17/2006 05:13:06 PM
Nice shot - the flames are a little bit far away from the ball to make it convincing that the ball is actually on fire but good nevertheless
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 08/16/2006 05:45:57 AM
I guess you should have blended the arm, it seems out of place with that lighting...
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 08/15/2006 04:27:11 PM
Great job.
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 08/15/2006 12:57:39 PM
Very nicely done, the flame almost looks like a hand waiting for you to give it the ball. 10.
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 08/15/2006 02:42:32 AM
cool idea. the lightings a bit too bright I think. the flame is beautiful though. 7
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 08/14/2006 06:06:34 PM
Even though this has been done before I like it. But the green from the tennis ball is a little overwhelming it draws my eye away from the fire which should be the subject. Good effort and I give it generous 7

Wazz

ETA By generous I meant 7.5 :-P
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 08/14/2006 04:54:36 PM
Nice idea here, though the light on the arm is too harsh.
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 08/14/2006 11:26:46 AM
Nice capture. I've seen this one before, but very nice composition
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 08/14/2006 10:27:13 AM
did you really catch that or did you just move your hand back
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 08/14/2006 03:53:36 AM
it's good and you must have put a lot of work into it...I just find the lighting on the arm a little harsh (flash?)
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