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Aqua Fountain of Light
Aqua Fountain of Light
robbieh


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Challenge: Painting with Light (Advanced Editing I)
Camera: Olympus C-740UZ
Location: Bellingham, WA
Date: Jan 20, 2004
Aperture: 1:2.8
ISO: 183
Shutter: 1.0s
Galleries: Still Life, Studio
Date Uploaded: Jan 20, 2004

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Statistics
Place: 14 out of 120
Avg (all users): 6.3505
Avg (commenters): 7.6111
Avg (participants): 6.3647
Avg (non-participants): 6.3394
Views since voting: 5702
Votes: 194
Comments: 21
Favorites: 0

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 02/01/2004 09:19:34 PM
I set this shot up in my bathroom as it is the only room in the house without a window. I put a black sheet up for the background. I froze the bottle of water and let it melt a little. I set the camera up on a tripod. The next part was real tricky. I don't have a remote control on my camera so I had to shoot left handed and anticipate when the shutter would open. I wore a black sleeve on my hand and arm to keep them out of the picture. The light was from a 3 bulb LED head lamp I use backpacking. It was not easy to get the light to be the same width as the neck of the bottle. First had to shine the light into the bottle to get the ice to illuminate and then it was practice practice practice. It took about 60 shots to get the one that lit up the bottle just right and appear to come out of the bottle. Thanks to everyone who enjoyed the photo. That's what this is all about right?
 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/01/2004 06:35:11 PM
Interesting..lol..Like Wow..
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 01/30/2004 05:56:12 AM
I think this photo stands out - at least I'm puzzeled with regards to what I am seeing (the white arc, that is...)...

Like it...

/KOB
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 01/30/2004 05:44:34 AM
I can't wait to see how you did this! Very nice. 10.
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 01/29/2004 11:34:34 PM
awesome, my #2 pick
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 01/29/2004 12:25:08 PM
I like your idea and I like the way the strand of light seems to bend over itself but there is no clear focal point for me to rest my eyes upon. Perhaps a broader arc to the light that falls off the page to the right and the bottle closer to the left,, Very good technically - clear, sharp and the lighting is good.
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 01/29/2004 08:45:33 AM
very nice! I'll be interested in seeing how you created this effect.
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 01/29/2004 07:19:08 AM
Maybe without the label on the bottle it would be more spectacular? Still interesting! cool effect!
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 01/28/2004 07:45:00 PM
Cool! Great job!
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 01/28/2004 12:21:55 PM
Cool in more than one sense of the word.
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 01/26/2004 05:46:22 PM
Cool. What kind of light did this effect.
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 01/26/2004 01:25:03 PM
This is great fun - and neatly done.
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 01/26/2004 12:55:34 PM
One of the few I have seen so far which appears to really be "painting with light". I do think that the label detracts from the picture as a whole. It seems that it either should not be there at all or it should be sharper and crisper
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 01/26/2004 08:44:45 AM
Very inventive shot and very interesting. Good luck in the challenge.
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 01/26/2004 08:42:37 AM
great!
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 01/26/2004 08:33:47 AM
Inventive! I like this one allot. Some soft lighting on the bottle itself coming from the left side may have helped (or not). Just a suggestion really.
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 01/26/2004 08:28:15 AM
Oh, good shot! 10
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 01/26/2004 02:34:00 AM
Cool effect with the light!
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 01/26/2004 02:17:51 AM
This is outstanding I love it, very creative, love the smooth flow you achieved with the light stream, very good job
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 01/25/2004 11:27:26 PM
Good imagination.
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 01/25/2004 07:16:33 PM
did you freeze the water in the bottle to get it to refract like that?
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