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Strad wrote:
OK, John, my friend - you win this week! Nothing is going to beat that. How did you do this - specifically what kind of lighting did you use and how did you trigger the shutter?
Yikes, though - I STRONGLY disagree with the premise of getting rid of incandescent bulbs in favor of compact floursecents. Those things are incredibly dangerous and the toxic environmental impact of those wretched bulbs far outweigh any supposed benefit. Here is just one article on them that I found after one minute searching on the net.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=58963
Unfortunately, I fell victim to the environmental mania and changed over all the lights in the house to those supposed energy-saving bulbs. As an example, we have eight cans in out kitchen for overhead lighting and I switched them all out in order to save energy and be "green". Since I could no longer use the dimmer with those bulbs I can now only turn on the light or turn it off. Problem is, in order for the lights to work properly they need to be on for at least 15 minutes at a stretch or they blow out very quickly. I'm in the habit of turning on the lights only when I need them so I was constantly switching them on and off so, of course, they quickly burned out and had to be replaced. I didn't know about the toxic impact of throwing them away so now there are a lot of my burned out bulbs in the landfill. In the long run they cost a lot more, use up a lot more energy, (my energy bill went up as a result of my environmental efforts) and are incredibly toxic. I'm terrified that one of my kids will accidentally break one of them and be exposed to a lung full of mercury. Consequently, I'm going to have to get them all out and replace them with incandescent bulbs again, at least until they figure out a better, safer alternative. Please don't ever do a photo of someone breaking one of those compact fluorescent bulbs with a hammer! 
Leave it to you to come up with such a great photo. 
Fond regards,
Endre
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Hello Strad, I hear you! You are so right!
I also faced the inconvenience of the fluorescent bulb delays and am still quite concerned about the controversial reports, but have actually replaced about half of the bulbs in my house (the ones that are not constantly turned on and off).
In any case, I believe that we should try to go green in any possible safe way and that inspired the idea of just banging that light bulb with a hammer!
I used a radio frequency remote to trigger the camera with the morning sun on my left, a white reflector on the right and an assistant holding a black background at an angle to keep it away from direct sunlight.
Thanks for your thoughtful comments my friend…
John
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