Burning Match

RogersDARogersDA Registered Users Posts: 3,502 Major grins
edited April 16, 2007 in Holy Macro
Enjoy. Comments always welcome.


EDIT: Image(s) removed. See my gallery for image(s).
David
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited April 16, 2007
    I really like the idea -it looks great! But could you shift the images so that the flame doesn't get cut? Currently the sharp division line of fire to the left and right in the center shots is distracting. Any way to make it look more like a single image of four matches burning at the same time?...
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  • RogersDARogersDA Registered Users Posts: 3,502 Major grins
    edited April 16, 2007
    I really like the idea -it looks great!
    Thanks.
    But could you shift the images so that the flame doesn't get cut? Currently the sharp division line of fire to the left and right in the center shots is distracting.
    Each of the four images is uncropped. Reduced in size for convenience, though. These were shot with the MP-65E @1x, so I couldn't back off at all without losing focus.
    Any way to make it look more like a single image of four matches burning at the same time?
    With the image borders being defined by the flame that might be hard. I don't know if an image blend would work here. I could switch to the 28-70 and attempt a reshoot to give me more flame and background and then see.

    Thanks for the comments. :D
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  • RogersDARogersDA Registered Users Posts: 3,502 Major grins
    edited April 16, 2007
    Dalantech wrote:
    I really like the idea -it looks great! But could you shift the images so that the flame doesn't get cut? Currently the sharp division line of fire to the left and right in the center shots is distracting. Any way to make it look more like a single image of four matches burning at the same time?...

    By feathering each image I was able to eliminate a lot of the hard-defined borders.

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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited April 16, 2007
    RogersDA wrote:
    By feathering each image I was able to eliminate a lot of the hard-defined borders.

    144295127-L-LB.jpg

    Much better!! In the first image my eye almost immediately when to the the lines in the center shots. Now I see the image as a whole...
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  • tleetlee Registered Users Posts: 1,090 Major grins
    edited April 16, 2007
    Dalantech wrote:
    Much better!! In the first image my eye almost immediately when to the the lines in the center shots. Now I see the image as a whole...


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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited April 16, 2007
    these are wonderful great idea never saw it before thumb.gif
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited April 16, 2007
    RogersDA wrote:
    Enjoy. Comments always welcome.

    Wow David these look great .... man how cool are they clap.gif
    How many matches did you go through till you came up with your final set?

    The ignition happens so fast, did you just fire off a burst of shots ??

    Well Done David clap.gif :ivar ......... Skippy
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  • ShepsMomShepsMom Registered Users Posts: 4,319 Major grins
    edited April 16, 2007
    WOW, Great shot(s) How about trying 1 image with 4 matches, lit one by one?? Hehe, just another idea from this side of the nuthouse.. rolleyes1.gif
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  • RogersDARogersDA Registered Users Posts: 3,502 Major grins
    edited April 16, 2007
    Thanks everyone for the comments. Much appreciated.
    How many matches did you go through till you came up with your final set?
    Used only 1 match - the one in the image.
    The ignition happens so fast, did you just fire off a burst of shots ??
    Got a "free" tripod - my late grandfather's old SLIK with a ballhead. Mounted the camera/macro/ringlight upside down on the bottom side of the riser. Used the ball head to position the lens. Attached my remote release.

    Took the match (a fireplace match that is about 12" (30.5 centimeters for you metric folks) and shoved into a can of playdooh for stability. Focused the lens @1x. Took a piece of steel and got it red hot using the burner from my stove.

    Took the red hot steel and touched the back of the match and started pressing the release button. It actually burned slower than I taught it would given that the flash fired for each exposure.
    David
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