CH 63 light em if you got em.

davev · April 24, 2006

6 seconds.

I'm free standing for 6 seconds without much motion blur. I'm proud of that.
P.S. I don't smoke, that a straw in my mouth.

I tried an invert on this just for fun.

Aloner · April 25, 2006

WOW, that is one awsome shot!

dkoyanagi · April 25, 2006

That's pretty cool. Enter it!

davev · April 25, 2006

Thanks guys.

If I were to try this again, I'd put on a black glove on my right hand to
cut down on some of the brightness.

Maybe I'll give it another shot if I have some time.

Dee · April 25, 2006

I like the hand...

davev wrote:

Thanks guys.

If I were to try this again, I'd put on a black glove on my right hand to
cut down on some of the brightness.

Maybe I'll give it another shot if I have some time.

It shows a start and end... I don't know how you did this -- you burned a straw?????

Great photo and concept!

firedancing4life · April 25, 2006

sweet!

kick the tires and light the fires!

asd · April 25, 2006

Wow! Great shot!

...I don't think I could hold that still for 6 seconds. Nice.

ChrisJ · April 25, 2006

This has "winner" written all over it (definitely Finalist). It's even more appealing to me since it isn't tobacco!

Awesome...

mr peas · April 25, 2006

thats def a cool shot. that shows a 1+ exposure.

this is the type of photo people need to copy. something that shows movement, rather than a stationary 1+ sec photograph.

livinginoz · April 25, 2006

dave, i knew you were crazy, but that is one cool image. i can't even imagine how you came up with it....... did you have the camera on a timer and tripod? does "the boss" know you are out playing with matches??

gluwater · April 25, 2006

Dave I think the most impressive part of this shot is that you stayed still for that long. Brilliant idea and execution.

Richard · April 25, 2006

gluwater wrote:

Dave I think the most impressive part of this shot is that you stayed still for that long. Brilliant idea and execution.

Super shot, Dave.

clap It's going to be tough to top this one.

Cheers,

Scott_Quier · April 25, 2006

This is amazing that you were able to free-stand that still for that long. If you try this shot again (and considering your framing with shadow) it might be worth while to stand against a wall (like inside a garage) where you could mount some sort of darkly painted brace for your head. This way, most of your body has some sort of physical reference to help it be even more steady.

Way cool shot

DoctorIt · April 25, 2006

I like that invert version too - would make a heck of a cool web graphic or high-art photo.

twinbnj · April 25, 2006

stunning - all around great shot

Angelo · April 25, 2006

very cool Dave

davev · April 25, 2006

Wow, I didn't expect so many responses.

Thanks everyone.
My wife helped out with this one. I couldn't get the camera to get a focus lock
on me because it was to dark. So Kate came out in a light jacket and stood
on a mark so I could get a focus lock. Then I switched to manual focus.
This was the 14th shot, and by far the best one. In all the others there was
a ton of blur.

As for how I came up with the idea, just think back to when you were a kid
and your folks would let you play with sparklers on the 4th of the July. You'd
draw circles and zig zags in the air. This is the same thing but with a match.

Erik, I think your right, it could be a good shot for the opening page for
my Smugmug account.

Thanks again everyone.

A B&W version (of the invert) with a little clean-up done to it.

vangogh · April 25, 2006

davev wrote:

A B&W version (of the invert) with a little clean-up done to it.

Ohh I like that! Very nice! Like the original too!

Haven't even started on my ideas yet. Maybe at the weekend, been too busy

Scott_Quier · April 25, 2006

This is so great! I would be tempted to PS out the bit of the bill of the hat that is doubled. Aside from that, this is a killer photograph!

georges · April 25, 2006

davev -

I think this b&w version is the best of the bunch. I wouldn't change a thing.

Nikolai · April 25, 2006

Super Cool!

davev wrote:

6 seconds.
I'm free standing for 6 seconds without much motion blur. I'm proud of that.
P.S. I don't smoke, that a straw in my mouth.

Or, shall I say, Super Hot:-)!
That's one kick-us:-) finalist right there:-)

livinginoz · April 25, 2006

hey, dave, yer darn lucky that straw didn't burn right up and light yer beard on fire

only a true artist could come up with such a unique idea.....oh drat, now you're going to think that was a compliment.........

THE TOOTH · April 25, 2006

Amazing shot. You've really captured the theme with this one.

davev · April 25, 2006

Thanks everyone. (even you Laurie)

I think I'm going to stick with the original (real) shot for the challenge.
I guess I think it should look more like a photo instead of drawing.

But again, just for fun, one of the others from that night. This one has
a bit more burr, but the flames blended with my hand color really well.

Thanks again folks.