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Icy hot
Icy hot
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Challenge: Oxymoron (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: kitchen
Date: Oct 17, 2006
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Still Life, Studio
Date Uploaded: Oct 17, 2006

 Ice cube on fire. I was planning to enter the lighting challenge and had worked so hard on my entry then i suddenly got this idea and just went with it. Tried looking up on the web how to set an ice cube on fire and didnt find anything too useful, so i decided to gather up all the toxic flammable art supplies I have (rubber cement, alcohol, spray fixative, paint thinner, chalk pastel oil, and some other little things) and do a little experimenting. In the end it was remarkably easier to set up than i would have ever imagined... just an ice cube coated in rubber cement on a black baking tray. Additional lighting was from a strobe on the left.

PP - raw conversion, crop, curves, selcol, ni, usm

Statistics
Place: 11 out of 155
Avg (all users): 6.2708
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 5.9718
Avg (non-participants): 6.3738
Views since voting: 3550
Views during voting: 557
Votes: 277
Comments: 22
Favorites: 12 (view)

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AuthorThread
 10/29/2006 04:14:12 PM
Ouch! Very nice indeed and thanks for the pioneering experimentation.
Congratulations on your 11place.
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 10/28/2006 04:00:33 PM
Great picture.
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 10/26/2006 12:30:59 PM
Great shot. Congrats on your high finish!
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 10/25/2006 12:48:46 PM
Congratulations, I have tried to achieve this exact photograph a few times without success. It seems I used the wrong ingredients, the 40% alcohol wouldn't burn :)
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 10/24/2006 09:33:20 PM
Beautiful shot Nick!!!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/24/2006 04:43:24 PM
great job!
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 10/24/2006 03:12:05 PM
Beautiful!
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 10/22/2006 05:43:04 PM
Nice colors, composition, reflection, classical. The stray small reflections(?) on the left are a little distracting and confusing.
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 10/21/2006 11:56:05 AM
well-executed
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 10/21/2006 11:51:38 AM
Cool picture, the best i've seen yet on this competition, i like the idea. Gave it 8
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 10/20/2006 09:51:59 AM
best one out of all the other icy hot photos so 10 just like that.
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 10/20/2006 05:49:35 AM
Meets Challenge - 2
Lighting/Processing - 2
Composition - 1
Overall Impression - 1
"WOW" factor - 1
Score: 7
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 10/19/2006 02:25:05 AM
Good shot to make the ice appear to be on fire, although that looks like a matchhead over on the left, which spoils the illusion a little.
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 10/18/2006 07:30:57 PM
Third one! People think parallel.
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 10/18/2006 04:38:40 PM
nice and clear... great effect!!
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 10/18/2006 12:53:32 PM
I've seen a couple other icy hot shots so far, but this one is by far the best yet! Awesome!
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 10/18/2006 06:28:19 AM
well done.
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 10/18/2006 05:20:42 AM
Very Clean nice job.
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 10/17/2006 09:57:44 PM
Very cool...or hot - GRIN!
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 10/17/2006 09:50:57 PM
Clever use of elements to fit the challenge
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 10/17/2006 08:48:56 PM
Nice one!
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 10/17/2006 08:43:40 PM
this is the third one!
best so far!
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