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Metal, Light, and your Eyes
Metal, Light, and your Eyes
WeJay


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Challenge: Safety (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 28mm f/1.8 USM
Date: Sep 11, 2008
Aperture: f 5.6
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/60s
Galleries: Snapshot, Urban
Date Uploaded: Sep 11, 2008

 As the theme was buzzing in my mind, and I wanted to not delay it till the last moment, I decided to be in the lookout for anything that would suit. I was returning from a small party, and had my camera on me, when I located this welding shop. Though, it was drizzling, I made a pit stop for some 10 minutes. Then I had to rush back home to save my camera, as it started raining heavily.

Problem with these shots is that lens flares badly in such sharp light, it is difficult to get the exposure right, and your own eyes hurt if you watch for a little longer time. This is one of the 4 shorts that I took in quick succession while this welder was at work. Hope people at DPC like it. :-).

Statistics
Place: 10 out of 86
Avg (all users): 6.0941
Avg (commenters): 7.6111
Avg (participants): 5.9524
Avg (non-participants): 6.1313
Views since voting: 1612
Views during voting: 325
Votes: 202
Comments: 24
Favorites: 0

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 12/12/2008 12:35:23 AM
Really like it .Tried this myself earlier , best thing to do is have the actual ark behind something.
Oh and just so you all know, his hand would be getting all kinds of radiation all the way up to GAMMA radiation from not using a glove when welding.
So not really "safety" but it looks better so whats a little hand skin cancer if it gets a good shot LOL
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 09/23/2008 11:20:43 PM
Post: Ah! Feels nice to be in the front page. :-). Thank you everyone for your votes, and even more for the lovely and very useful comments that you make.

Good Day to All!

~love
Vikram

Message edited by author 2008-09-24 03:21:55.
 09/23/2008 08:40:22 PM
I liked this one a lot. Really a great take on the challenge theme, and on its own a really good shot. Congrats on a top ten!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/22/2008 06:47:15 PM
Great subject! Contrast seems a little intense but still one of my favorites so far.
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 09/22/2008 03:11:46 PM
I would have cropped off more of the black area on the left, but great picture otherwise!
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 09/22/2008 09:01:12 AM
I love the colors of the smoke and the mask in this picture. I'm giving it a 9. Great job! Also, excellent crop!
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 09/22/2008 03:24:42 AM
wow the tones is this one are so well done
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 09/21/2008 11:37:59 AM
Beautiful photo...
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 09/19/2008 04:18:48 AM
Love the use of the welders light to compose the image. 8/10
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 09/19/2008 02:28:21 AM
=]
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 09/18/2008 06:11:11 PM
Nice treatment!
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 09/18/2008 05:09:34 PM
Excellent shot. How did you do it safely?
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 09/18/2008 04:52:38 PM
Nice safety image. Fits the challenge perfectly.
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 09/18/2008 04:05:10 PM
I like the gritty and dark feel in this picture.
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 09/18/2008 02:42:49 PM
Meets the challenge: 5
Color and lighting: 1
Focus and DOF: 0
Originality: 1
Camera angle: 1
Aesthetic appeal: 0
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 09/18/2008 12:58:11 PM
really interesting colours on this looks almost like an 'acid' effect.

Good example of Safety at work.
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 09/18/2008 11:23:37 AM
Well done and very interesting. I think it fits the challenge perfectly. 10
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 09/18/2008 10:39:56 AM
Awesome shot. The smoke coming off of there is very nice. Difficult to expose everything properly, but I think shot does just that.
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 09/18/2008 10:21:22 AM
Excellent. I really like the color tones and the deep contrast creating separate parts of the picture. Fits the theme very well, too.
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 09/17/2008 04:34:37 PM
Great photo, but it feels a tad dark. I also know how difficult it must have been to get an exposure of the welder without being over exposed, so I can't complain about the photo being dark. I also like texture of the metal and the plat form he is working on.
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 09/17/2008 02:39:59 PM
Bit too much black space there I feel but otherwise I like it, I love the idea for the challenge.
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 09/17/2008 02:32:00 PM
whoa... cool shot.
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 09/17/2008 08:41:32 AM
this must have been tough to shoot
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 09/16/2008 09:10:46 PM
great subject, I'd like to see a tighter frame of it
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