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Bench Grinder
by Alan Mars
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18-AUG-2008 Alan Mars

7th Place
Bench Grinder
by Alan Mars

I thought about cleaning off the table a bit before I started but I wanted the dirty workshop look. It's more evident in the other photos I took but this one really caught my eye. I didn't get many shots with the sparks flying around the wheel like this one. I am pretty happy with it.

Canon EOS 350D
1s f/18.0 at 70.0mm iso800 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Canon DSLR Challenge21-Aug-2008 22:44
Vibrant! --Melanie
Alan Mars19-Aug-2008 21:50
Thanks for the compliments. I'm not quite sure what that nail was made of but it was about 8" long when I started. It ended up being about 4" long when I was done shooting. I tried a bolt but it didn't throw as many sparks as the nail did.
Canon DSLR Challenge19-Aug-2008 17:35
Lovely. Good motion and exposure, and plenty of nice sparks!

Looks like some carbon in that steel based on the little explosions at the ends of the sparks.
Canon DSLR Challenge18-Aug-2008 22:23
Wow, that looks dangerous Alan! Great sparks and I like the motion in the blade. CJ