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06-FEB-2005 Bruce Jones

Lite Peanut Butter

Fernandina Beach, FL USA

Konica-Minolta DiMAGE A2
1/25s f/5.6 at 40.6mm iso64 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Canon DSLR Challenge19-Dec-2005 22:26
I did this for a KM Challenge (food, of course). No PS skills involved here (which is good 'cause I don't have em). I just stuck a birthday candle down into the peanut butter and lit the candle. The PB warmed up and filled in around the top. Not too sophisticated. My kids, of course, are convinced I have lost my mind. -- Bruce
Canon DSLR Challenge19-Dec-2005 15:11
I'm not sure you'd have to do anything but put a wick into a jar of peanut butter to get the oil to burn like that. But that brand probably has too much stabilizer in it to work really well. There is a brand that I usually buy that is nothing but peanuts. That's the only ingredient. And when you buy it, the peanut oil has always had time to separate out and there's usually a quarter of an inch of just oil on the top. I'm sure it'd burn nicely if given a wick. I usually just dump it off and then stir the jar up and pop it in the 'fridge to keep it from separating again. So although this might be a PS trick, it wouldn't have to be. Keep a few jars on hand just in case of power outage or hunger :) Cool shot, Bruce! Jim H.
Canon DSLR Challenge19-Dec-2005 07:44
This is a wonder image, Bruce. Is this PS'ed, or kind of a gift candle joke sort of think that you had laying around or....? I'm just curious of how you did this. Best Wishes, Traveller