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Too Much Power
Too Much Power
Sam94720


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Power (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Canon
Location: The courtyard
Date: Sep 2, 2007
Aperture: f6.3
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/4s
Galleries: Interior, Science and Technology
Date Uploaded: Sep 2, 2007

 So the idea for this one was to take a picture of a power plug "exploding" in the outlet due to too strong current.

Unfortunately, I could either get the explosion right or the smoke right, but never both at the same time. This is a sequence of photos including the shot I used for the challenge:



And this is one of the first tries. A lot of fire, but no smoke:



I'm not quite happy with the final version, but I didn't have any more time and thought I'd submit it anyway.

Thanks for the comments and your concerns. I am told in about a month we should be able to move back into the apartment.

(No, no, no, everything's fine. It all happened very safely inside a cardboard box ;) )

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/11/2007 07:54:51 PM
Nicely done! Very clever... hope no one was harmed in this one!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/10/2007 08:00:56 PM
Haha! I love it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/10/2007 12:38:22 PM
Wow I love this message
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/09/2007 12:10:44 PM
Whew. I smell something burning. Good work except a little too noisy below the wall plate.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/07/2007 04:36:04 AM
oh! I hope you are o.k. after doing this? very nice idea!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/06/2007 09:31:25 AM
Hard to tell whats going on...but i get the idea.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/05/2007 09:47:02 AM
the two bright spots above and below the outlet help balance the shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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