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River of Light
River of Light
Jesuispeure


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Multiple Light Sources (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: Mie marble quarry
Date: May 25, 2004
Aperture: 3.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: "8
Galleries: Landscape
Date Uploaded: May 25, 2004

 Wanna freak out your neighbors, especially in a rural area? Go down to the local marble quarry (one of my town's special products is grave stones) in the middle of the night and start lighting candles. Freak 'em right out.

Other things I learned in this process- light the candles on the rock face from the top down. Fire is hot.

Post-processing involved taking some of the greens down in the shadows using color balance, and levels and unsharp mask. Sadly, I could not remove the firefly, I didn't notice him until I got home, and this was by far the best shot I had compositionally.

Statistics
Place: 59 out of 221
Avg (all users): 5.5376
Avg (commenters): 6.6000
Avg (participants): 5.3299
Avg (non-participants): 5.6568
Views since voting: 834
Votes: 266
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 06/02/2004 05:53:06 PM
I liked the photo, ranked it a 6. I like your Photographer's comments even better. Priceless insights that remind us this is a hobby and should be fun.
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 06/02/2004 09:58:35 AM
I liked this one better at first glance. I think it is a great idea but the cropping is a bit tight to get the real sense of flow. That may also be because of the vertical format. It seems a bit like it is falling out of the frame. It's a little too dark in the shadows.
Judging by your comments, I can't imagine you want to try again but it might be worth it. I gave this a five because the competition was so fierce in this challenge. I did a lot of careful viewing of photos for this challenge and revised a lot of votes. Initially, this got a 6 from me. I really liked the idea. I thought you had buried twinkle lights fairy lights so just the bulbs were showing. I didn't realize the lights were candles. Either way, I liked it.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/01/2004 03:54:48 PM
Interesting and different take on the Challenge. You gave yourself a difficult task to show the river of light with candles alone. I think you probably compromised on a darker exposure so that you wouldn't blow thecandle light too much. It was successful as far as I'm concerned. I like it a lot. Good one.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/31/2004 06:17:39 PM
Neat idea!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/31/2004 02:56:51 PM
Interesting setup and looks pretty cool.
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 05/28/2004 04:36:16 PM
very cool shot.. interesting! -- 9
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 05/27/2004 08:15:56 AM
Excellent photo, sharp, crisp, and terrific use of lighting. Where is this at?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/27/2004 08:08:39 AM
Great imagination to arrange this. You have given me some cool ideas. Good job.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/26/2004 05:19:24 PM
Very beautiful, almost abstract.
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 05/26/2004 03:54:31 PM
too many lights my eye flows around the image with no where to settle
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 05/26/2004 07:25:48 AM
interesting
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 05/26/2004 07:14:28 AM
great setup, love to see this with maybe someone dressed in black moving hanging lights through the bed with like a 30 sec exposure.
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 05/26/2004 04:53:01 AM
Sorry ... do not like the border


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