Light My Fire

Luckily this turned out on the first try, because after the length of

time it took me to set it up, I wasn't going to do it again. In case

your wondering...two drops of super glue to hold it in place and two

drops of solder to ensure good contacts.

Very nice image. Lots of originality, and it has a very pleasant and warm feel to it. Excellent work.

Wonderful and creative shot! I was just wondering how this is done. What do you have to do to create this type of creative destruction? Again, great shot!

 

~Benjamin

It's really quite simple, Benjamin. With only one bulb, you just break some glass off, stick it in a lamp, then turn it on. There's about a half to one second window of good shooting before the filament is gone. With this shot it took me a few tries to get the correct amount broken off so that the smaller bulb would fit snuggly into the larger and make contact with the two connecting wires in the proper places. Another difficult part in the setup was getting a soldering iron through a gap and tacking the contacts. It wouldn't have been so bad if I would've broken a little more off the back, but I had to come in from the side. Having a cheap thin iron with a long tip that I could bend down at an angle certainly helped.

Excelente !! felicitaciones

How nice of you that you are actually willing to share your techniques, while this photo of the week was made by a photographer who seems too arrogant to respond to any of the requests *at all*.

 

Nice work! I love it! I see how this takes planning and creativity. Continue shooting please. :)

Great work. Using two bulbs makes for a very unique shot. How did you nail the exposure with only one attempt?

Tom, I shot a few single bulbs before this idea came to me and used the same exposure for this one. To start out with, I placed an undamaged bulb in the lamp and metered off of it.

 

 

 

 

 

Could You give some technical details about exposure time, etc? What kind of lightning did You use? I mean, is the flame still visible if you point lamps on it? (hope it can be understood:) ) Thanks!

Well done!

Szabolcs - iso 100, f16, 1/160 sec. The entire source of the lighting I used is what you see.

thanks:)