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07/12/2003 Balthus

High intensity discharge(*)

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

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Canon DSLR Challenge16-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
iso320010-Dec-2003 21:07
Good idea. Well executed. Enough said.
Gayle Knowles10-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!