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Teapot
16-Dec-2003 12:31
Tim, I had a go at a similar shot last night but made a bit of a mess of it.
First I poured meths into a block of ice I had shaped like a bowl but when I tried to light it the meths was too diluted to light.
Next I poured some meths onto the ground and lit it and moved the ice into it. This worked ok, I grabbed a couple of shots and decided I needed more meths....(see where this is going yet?)
I poured more meths onto the patch already lit which of course also ingited in the plastic bottle which I then dropped and spilled the rest of the meths all over the place!
Didn't do any damage to me or to the patio (as meths burns at a low temperature) but didn't manage to get the shots I wanted.
From the couple of shots I did get, the flames are a nice blue-purple colour. I might try it again sometime but not in time for the competition.
Tim
15-Dec-2003 12:49
Absolutely! give it a shot. Be great to see other ones like it.
Teapot
15-Dec-2003 11:19
Tim, great shot. You beat me to it. I was about to try a shot like this tonight using ice and meths.
If you don't mind I'll maybe try it anyway.
This is nice. Maybe just a few more cubes along the bottom of the frame? One of the few images in this challenge that really follows the theme. Although all are really nice.
Mark Hensley
13-Dec-2003 03:44
Hi Tim,
Thanks for the info. I thought gasoline because of the strong orange color. I always thought alcohol burned with an almost invisible blue flame. I'll have to try that. I like the effect this flame provides, it could be useful in other shots. Thanks again.
Mark Hensley
Tim
13-Dec-2003 03:05
Thanks Mark, I used rubbing alcohol and many cubes of ice to get this picture.
Mark Hensley
13-Dec-2003 02:20
Hi Tim,
nICE shot. This is a really dramatic flame shot. I can see the ice is melting quickly, what did you use for the flame? It looks like gasoline. I thought about using gasoline in mine but a little voice in my head kept telling me "gas in small space, bad idea". I like how the ice cube is just about out of the picture but isolated in small region of clearing through the flames.
