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10-JAN-2009	Pops

My Precious

One to rule them all.

Crayola FX Metallic Gold Crayon

Canon EOS 30D
15s f/22.0 at 70.0mm iso100 hide exif

Full EXIF Info
Date/Time	10-Jan-2009 00:14:31
Make	Canon
Model	Canon EOS 30D
Flash Used	No
Focal Length	70 mm
Exposure Time	15.00 sec
Aperture	f/22
ISO Equivalent	100
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Mode	matrix (5)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Program	aperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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Guest		20-Jan-2009 07:14
An inspiration! Lisa Marie

alexeig		16-Jan-2009 12:26
Feast of color. Lovely.

Guest		15-Jan-2009 05:28
Between the the colors and the lighting technique, this has Pops written all over it! Well done!

Canon DSLR Challenge		14-Jan-2009 17:28
Definitely an interesting technique. Will have to try that soon. Thanks for sharing! =Danny Boy

Canon DSLR Challenge		14-Jan-2009 03:01
Great shot, Pops, and a good explanation. ~dtallakson

Canon DSLR Challenge		13-Jan-2009 23:58
This is a neat photo and it's great of you to share your technique with us, too. This is one of the best reasons for these challenges to exist IMO. We get to learn! Thanks, Pops! Jim H.

ctfchallenge		13-Jan-2009 02:29
Love the title. At first I couldn't see "metal" but finally is sunk through. Nicely executed idea and striking image. -tv

Canon DSLR Challenge		10-Jan-2009 22:53
What a great shot! This guy is truly the evil dictator of the crayon folk. Alastair

jnconradie		10-Jan-2009 21:26
Stunning, Pops! And thank also from side for the technical input. Much appreciated! Regards Nico

Canon DSLR Challenge		10-Jan-2009 17:14
Very well done, Pops...and thanks so much for sharing your set-up. --Mary Anne

Guest		10-Jan-2009 17:09
In Pending...

Guest		10-Jan-2009 13:48
Yeppers, I'm painting with light. First, a definition: In chemistry, a metal is a chemical element whose atoms readily lose electrons to form positive ions, and form metallic bonds between other metal atoms and ionic bonds between nonmetal atoms. For a complete list of metals follow this link and check out the frame on the right. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal Who knows what elements are in that crayon and I'll bet there is some metal. I think it would be difficult to take any picture without metal in it. But then again, I'm one for getting outside the box and that is where this pictures lives. Second, DOF - the closer the subject is to the lens the shallower the DOF becomes. Also, the longer the focal length the shallower the DOF. I've got both of these factors working here. The gold crayon is about 1 inch (2.5cm) from the front of the lens. This is the closest this lens, a Sigma 17-70mm will focus. The background crayons are 4 to 8 inches (10-20cm) from the front of the lens. I'm shooting at 70mm which is the longest telephoto on this lens. Between the two I got the DOF I was looking for. Third, Painting with light: In an almost totally dark room I will take a long exposure lighting the subject with a small hand held flashlight. Usually the flashlight is my MiniMagLite powered by two AA batteries. My camera is on Aperture mode and set at f16 or f22. I review the shot on the camera, decide where I want more or less light and shoot again. http://www.flickr.com/photos/atl_pops/sets/72157594165650971/

ctfchallenge		10-Jan-2009 01:47
You made me snort out loud, Pops. ~Lydia (SOL)

Canon DSLR Challenge		10-Jan-2009 00:51
Pops has got to be painting with light, (again) at these settings...you should get him to explain it again if you're curious...damned interesting technique. Yet, I agree, DOF seems wrong...but what do I know...Pops? Traveller

Canon DSLR Challenge		09-Jan-2009 23:32
I thought the same thing Alan, but then I realized the name of the color. ;-) Pops, I'm curious how you got such DoF at f/22 for 15s. I haven't done much macro work, but I would have thought only larger apertures would yield that amount of selective focus. Nice shot. =Danny Boy

Alan Mars		09-Jan-2009 23:00
Beautiful shot but, there is no metal in it...