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16-JUL-2010 kbellis

9th Place "Shattered Dream" by Kelly Bellis

Canon EOS 40D
1/6400s f/5.6 at 100.0mm iso1250 full exif

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jimhwy20-Jul-2010 18:54
Very cool! And thanks for sharing the setup, too.
Canon Image Challenge18-Jul-2010 23:45
Thank you Paul for your comments. - Kelly
Canon Image Challenge18-Jul-2010 18:15
Count me in with the others that find your glass work absolutely fascinating.

Paul Alters
Canon Image Challenge18-Jul-2010 17:03
Thank you Peter for your kind words.

Behind the scene.
Frozen (finally at 1/6400 second) in space. The glass debris from my first and second FITs (and one shattered item of Corelle Ware) was poured from a three-pound coffee can above a 5-gallon plastic bucket all the while backlit with (4) 500-watt work lights. The camera was fired in bursts remotely. Not all of the glass fragments stayed in the bucket. Some bounced out and others hit the rim and landed on the floor. It all was an experiment with time, fixed light and by the end, nearly 300 shots had been fired. The glass pieces kept getting smaller with each pouring. Halfway through the shoot I had to make a sieve using 1/2" wire mesh to filter out the tiny shards and unwanted floor sweepings. Then about six selected images were chosen, each brought in on their own layer in a single document in Photoshop, with their layer mode set to Lighten or Screen and positioned, flipped, etc.


These lights are intensely hot, but will have to do until I can afford another dream... a triad or quad of Speedlights remotely triggered by the 7D.
Guest 18-Jul-2010 14:54
Beautifully done Kelly. Again, the illusion of floating in space is really cool.
Canon Image Challenge17-Jul-2010 11:15
Olaf, the *exact same title*? When I read your comment the first time, I read *idea* in lieu of *title* ... but rereading your comment I realized my unconscious mis-edit. Care to share the idea that went with your title? - Kelly
Canon Image Challenge17-Jul-2010 11:08
Thanks for commenting Olaf. Boy, do I have a mess to clean up this morning. - Kelly
Guest 17-Jul-2010 05:49
Yesterday I was thinking that it was strange no-one had shot broken glass yet and I had an idea involving the exact same title you've used here. You really challenged yourself by choosing a black background for this, but you pulled it off with excellence: the lighting emphasizes the sharp edges of the broken glass at the same time as bringing out the different colors of the glass pieces.