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"Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds" - Buddha
"Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds" - Buddha
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Death (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Location: Deck
Date: Dec 5, 2006
Aperture: f/6.3
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/160 second
Galleries: Macro
Date Uploaded: Dec 5, 2006

 I know that shots of matches are often done on DPC and no doubt there will be a few in this challenge but I've wanted to try one for a while. It wasn't as easy as I thought! I really wanted some red "embers" in the head as well but it was hard to get good smoke from a match. I found that hiding another match behind the first gave good smoke. In the end this is just a single match though. I blew on it from the side to get the smoke leading back along the shaft of the match.

Lighting is natural light with black velvet for the background.

I used 1600 ISO by mistake. Last night I was trying this and needed the high ISO. Those shots didn't work for me at all. This damn 350D doesn't show your ISO anywhere and I didn't think to check so it's only now I enter the details to submit that I noticed - grrrrr!

Editing Steps:
Convert from RAW
Neat Image
Shadow/Hilight
Neat Image
Curves
Levels
Contrast
Remove two elements of senor dirt
Resize
USM
Save for web

Post Challenge:
My first top 10% finish - yahoo! For those of you who couldn't see the death in this; the smoke is the last "gasp" of the flame as it dies

Statistics
Place: 12 out of 227
Avg (all users): 6.1061
Avg (commenters): 7.5455
Avg (participants): 5.7531
Avg (non-participants): 6.3504
Views since voting: 1652
Views during voting: 307
Votes: 198
Comments: 15
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 12/17/2006 05:34:02 PM
Clever take on this challenge with a great rendition. Congratulations on your top 20 finish.
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 12/14/2006 02:11:38 AM
nice job with your match shot. ;)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/13/2006 10:29:35 AM
What really cathes my eye on this, is the feather-like smoke just above the match head.
Excellent shot btw and congrats on your top 20 finiah
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/11/2006 11:54:50 PM
Excellent shot here.....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/10/2006 11:10:34 AM
My first impression of this photo is not death, but it's certainly very beautiful.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/09/2006 03:01:59 AM
Not really death, but WOW what a photographâ€Â¦
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/08/2006 08:25:52 AM
Cool !
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/08/2006 01:46:39 AM
Superb focus, so sharp, love the little wispy smoke on the tip of the match = 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/07/2006 11:41:40 AM
I love this smoke-photo-with-a-twist. nice compo.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/07/2006 10:40:57 AM
Techcnicals: very well done. Excellent lighting, composition and the smoke capture is wonderful.
Feel: I thought I was the only one who used quotes for titles. I like it.
Score: 9
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/07/2006 09:59:22 AM
So true ! .. great capture.. love the sharpness of the smoke.. specially the flares right at the tip!
9
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 12/07/2006 04:38:53 AM
How cool. NOt sure how that really relates to death but I LOVE the image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/07/2006 02:55:12 AM
Excellent... brave use of space that actually works very well here. Certainly expect to see this top 10.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/06/2006 02:46:20 AM
interesting
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 12/05/2006 08:29:19 PM
Wooooow! Half way through, best to far!

Edit: Have seen/voted them all now, I can say congrats on the ribbon :-)
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