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09-OCT-2007 John Prichard

Chrome?

Dallas, Tx

Canon PowerShot SD800 IS
1/400s f/7.1 at 4.6mm hide exif
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Date/Time09-Oct-2007 08:41:13
MakeCanon
ModelCanon PowerShot SD800 IS
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length4.6 mm
Exposure Time1/400 sec
Aperturef/7.1
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Exposure Bias-0.33
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Metering Modematrix (5)
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John Prichard 11-Oct-2007 14:44
Thanks all. Very lucky on this -- no technique, just good cropping and interesting setting. I noticed the sun shining into the side of my headlight, onto the headlight reflector and back out again. Set to macro, push it up close, frame it a little and squeeze. Battery died as I tried to take another one, oh well. I thought these were bugs and thought "Oh great! First the dusty ceiling fan and now this", but I ran my fingernail across and noticed these were pits. I think the pits distract from seeing a lens reflection plus the light was highly "lit up" making the outside world too dark to notice.
ctfchallenge10-Oct-2007 22:23
One inch and no clear evidence of the lens reflection - or is it just well concealed in the ribs of the glass? Interesting high-tech abstract mixing in the reality of the pitted surface that I would have thought were water droplets. -tv
Canon DSLR Challenge10-Oct-2007 18:07
That's in interesting shot, John. Clever and fascinating method. ~Lydia
ctfchallenge10-Oct-2007 17:13
My first guess was plastic but without the question mark in the title I would've probably taken your word for it ;)

-Techo
ctfchallenge10-Oct-2007 15:51
It does look like chrome! Good one John and it's amazing that those are little pits in the glass! CJ
John Prichard 10-Oct-2007 14:58
It is really glass. I looked down to see the sun shining into the back of my headlight that in turn backlit the glass via the reflector. It looked almost chrome. This is really close (1") -- these are the ribs in the glass that help focus the light forward -- these are not bugs but rather pits in the glass too small to see normally. I guess I drive fast.
Rod 10-Oct-2007 10:18
Nicely done John.