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Here is my entry for this month. Comments and criticism are welcome and much appreciated.


http://www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/~sspencer/pictures/fire&ice5.jpg




Edited by Steve Spencer on Dec 16, 2007 at 10:04 AM GMT

Edited by Steve Spencer on Dec 16, 2007 at 11:30 AM GMT
Dec 15, 2007 at 12:15 PM
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Very very clever ,just when i thought i might have a chance another place in the final surely has gone.
Best of luck
Mark
Dec 15, 2007 at 06:57 PM
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Great idea.
I like your shot very much. The fire through the icicle is cool.
Dec 15, 2007 at 07:57 PM
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mark nicoll wrote:
Very very clever ,just when i thought i might have a chance another place in the final surely has gone.
Best of luck
Mark

Hi Mark,

Thanks for the kind words. I like your submission a lot. If I were choosing it would definitely be in the finals.

Best wishes,

Steve S.
Dec 15, 2007 at 11:28 PM
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Klaus Priebe wrote:
Great idea.
I like your shot very much. The fire through the icicle is cool.


Hi Klaus,

I appreciate that you took the time to comment and your kind words.

Best wishes,

Steve S.
Dec 15, 2007 at 11:29 PM
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Great idea Steve, very fitting this MA.
I like the shot but I think it could have been better.
I find it a bit confused but I'm having a hard time saying why. Maybe the composition. It could have benefit from something "simpler".
A good shot nonetheless.

Cheers,

Julien
Dec 16, 2007 at 05:27 AM
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markoner wrote:
Great idea Steve, very fitting this MA.
I like the shot but I think it could have been better.
I find it a bit confused but I'm having a hard time saying why. Maybe the composition. It could have benefit from something "simpler".
A good shot nonetheless.

Cheers,

Julien

Hi Julien,

Thank you for your honest feedback. I appreciate very much how you give us your straight reaction. I agree a simpler composition would be better. I will go back and see if I can make a different crop.

Best wishes,

Steve S.
Dec 16, 2007 at 09:19 AM
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Well, I went with Julien's advice and went for a tighter, simpler crop. In case anyone wants to see the shot I originally posted, here it is:

http://www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/~sspencer/pictures/fire&ice.jpg
Dec 16, 2007 at 10:06 AM
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Sometimes something as simple as a crop can greatly enhance a good photo. I love the composition. I had a similar idea but couldn't figure out how to position ice around fire. Did you create the icicle or did nature provide one for you?

Great Shot,
Chad
Dec 16, 2007 at 02:39 PM
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Great choice. I like to see the fire through the ice.
Focus is not perfect but it's a lot better to me !

Cheers,

Julien
Dec 16, 2007 at 05:03 PM
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Chad Schulz wrote:
Sometimes something as simple as a crop can greatly enhance a good photo. I love the composition. I had a similar idea but couldn't figure out how to position ice around fire. Did you create the icicle or did nature provide one for you?

Great Shot,
Chad

Hi Chad,

Thank you for the very kind words. I appreciate the encouragement. The icicle was provided by nature. It was hanging from our trellis out in the yard.

Best wishes,

Steve S.
Dec 16, 2007 at 05:26 PM
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markoner wrote:
Great choice. I like to see the fire through the ice.
Focus is not perfect but it's a lot better to me !

Cheers,

Julien

Hi Julien,

Thanks again for the advice. I wish it was a tad sharper, but I don't really think it is the focus. I would have liked to sharpen it a bit more, but the crop is fairly extreme and sharpening would have resulted in a bit too much noise. I was left with this compromise between noise and sharpness, which all things being considered I was pretty happy with.

Best wishes,

Steve S.
Dec 16, 2007 at 05:29 PM
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You're welcome Steve : I'm glad if I can be of any help :-)
By "focus is not perfect" I meant the now cropped version include a part of the ice cone that was not focused for (it's more to the end as we can see on the uncropped version) so sharpening would be of little use here.
I imagine a shot framed like the cropped one with this part tack sharp would have brought interesting details like orange captives air bubbles and flammes distortions (like you have) even more evident.
Congrats for making it to the finals too !

Julien
Dec 16, 2007 at 06:34 PM





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