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Ode to Alva
Day 273 of 365
"Ode to Alva"
Thomas Edison's middle name was Alva. This is a replica of Edison's 40w, 110v E26 base squirrel cage filament incandescent light bulb. I found it online (which is probably where he stole the idea from!!!!...I won't go there), and I had to have it. I initially started to set up to use multiple exposures in order to expose each part of the bulb properly. Then a light bulb went off, and I went another route. I exposed for the filaments (which glow much brighter than the rest of the bulb), and brought in a strip box at camera-left. It is at 1/128th power, and it delivers the obvious strip of light all along the edge of the bulb.....and the lighter version on the camera-right side. I now had the traditional photograph of a cool bulb. Sort of boring. I found a fern on my walk this morning, and at the very last second, decided to plop it in front, and then behind the bulb. I thought it worked nicely with the graceful symmetry of the bulb. Thanks for checking out my semi-bright idea!!
#edison #edisonbulb #thomasedison #inventor #dcinthehouse #incandescent #bulb #light #lightbulb #fern #plant #glass #filament #canon5dmarkIII #canon100macro #paulcbuffinc #paulcbuffeinstein #softbox
Ode to Alva
Day 273 of 365
"Ode to Alva"
Thomas Edison's middle name was Alva. This is a replica of Edison's 40w, 110v E26 base squirrel cage filament incandescent light bulb. I found it online (which is probably where he stole the idea from!!!!...I won't go there), and I had to have it. I initially started to set up to use multiple exposures in order to expose each part of the bulb properly. Then a light bulb went off, and I went another route. I exposed for the filaments (which glow much brighter than the rest of the bulb), and brought in a strip box at camera-left. It is at 1/128th power, and it delivers the obvious strip of light all along the edge of the bulb.....and the lighter version on the camera-right side. I now had the traditional photograph of a cool bulb. Sort of boring. I found a fern on my walk this morning, and at the very last second, decided to plop it in front, and then behind the bulb. I thought it worked nicely with the graceful symmetry of the bulb. Thanks for checking out my semi-bright idea!!
#edison #edisonbulb #thomasedison #inventor #dcinthehouse #incandescent #bulb #light #lightbulb #fern #plant #glass #filament #canon5dmarkIII #canon100macro #paulcbuffinc #paulcbuffeinstein #softbox