Well it's all a bit of an experiment. 3 bulbs got broken. 1 kept bouncing. Frame 1 is a different bulb to the other 2 frames. I wanted it on white, but I should have maybe used a blue bulb to make it more interesting. Blur on the first frame - well I'm still trying to get my head around this one. It's shot with studio flash in a dark room. Flash is supposed to freeze action when there is no ambient light. But I got a small blur every time. I actually don't mind it, but technically I'm still trying to get my head around why this occured.
Also tried under hotlights at a shutter speed of 1/1000 - still got a blur. This is most mysterious. I think I'm going to have to ask in the lighting forum. Only thing I can think of is the object to camera distance. In the same way that an aeroplane is flying at 250mph plus overhead, they appear to move slowly as they are so high up. If I moved my camera further back and shot with zoom would this the same thing?
Only problem then is the length of my remote release as I have to drop the bulb from one hand and fire the shutter with the other!
Will Sanchez
16-Dec-2003 13:34
Striking series of images. I wonder if the drama of the scene would be "bolder" if the you used a darker background to increase the contrast. It seems like the white/clear bulb gets somewhat lost against the white background. -WS
Neil
16-Dec-2003 10:10
A cool idea if you don't have to clean up the mess. Is this 3 frames of the one event? Why is the third globe facing the other way? Would brighter lighting and a faster shutter speed reduced the blurring in the first 2 frames? Would you have wanted to do that anyway? Why have I asked so many questions?
Cool shot. How many bulbs did you break? 8-) I also like the progression of the images. Lee
Guest
15-Dec-2003 22:00
That's how I felt about bulbs, too, after photographing too many of them. Amusing interpretation of the challenge theme, and fun to see the burst-shot capabilities of the 10D.
