High intensity discharge(*) by ctfchallenge


07/12/2003	Balthus

Don't try this at home. Shortcuting high voltage cables can be highly dangerous... ;)

Canon PowerShot G1
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Canon DSLR Challenge		16-Dec-2003 21:27
Great shot! Oh, and I like your accent. ;) ~ Lonnit

Balthus		12-Dec-2003 08:55
Wow thanks Gowan for ur compliment :)

Guest		11-Dec-2003 14:50
Great, the sparkle is well conserved. You got the exposure spot-on with this one. I had a similiar idea but after seeing this photo I realized my attempts would be superfluous.

Balthus		11-Dec-2003 13:10
Nice comments from experienced photographs makes me really happy. When I did that pic it was already quite late at night and it's not so easy with a powershot G1 to focus correctly, use a bad quality tripod, and see ur wife thinking u are crazy :-) As for the proportion, the better image I took over 4 burning attempts was this one, but my hand wasn't exactly in the center. That's why the proportion are a bit too "narrow". Anyway, it was fun :) That's more important

iso3200		10-Dec-2003 21:07
Good idea. Well executed. Enough said.

Gayle Knowles		10-Dec-2003 09:17
We call these things sparklers, and I can appreciate how good this photos is cos I tried to photograph some and it was hard to get it without a big white blown highlight in the centre. Very well done! Would like to see it cropped a bit less tight though......have more space around the sparkles. Gayle

Guest		08-Dec-2003 20:34
Very cool. very sharp. nice effect. and welcome. Dorys

balthus		08-Dec-2003 08:14
Thanks for the comments. Happy to know you enjoy this pic :) In fact I used some sparkling stick (dunno exactly how in english)that are used for coktail or dessert. I cut it a bit to make it smaller and insert in into the cable. I tried to hide the body by puting a small cable in front:)

Briana (bri070102)		08-Dec-2003 07:13
Nice picture - reminds me of the 4th of July :)

Guest		08-Dec-2003 03:34
Very cool. How'd you do it? (Looks like you've hidden a sparkler behind the wires!)

Guest		07-Dec-2003 22:51
Pretty cool picture!

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