Flame: Ignition!
Destination Moon
Tintin's rocket - J, J, & J style: Do you remember John, Jim and James (please see first comment or the album)? This is a prequel to their adventures with the mighty Dimension Skipper®. John somehow got hold of the construction plans of the test rocket XFLR6, and one sunny day they took off on their first journey to space - to the moon! Or did they?
Recorded aboard the XFLR6, the atmosphere was somewhat edgy, tense...: "John, are you sure you've got the complete construction plans for the XFLR6? This thing feels kind of clumsy, as if a child had drawn the plans." "Oh, oh, good old Jim, always the charmer, aren't you? If you think that you can do better than me, just do it yourself!!!" "Please, John, calm down. You are so squeamish ever since you've quit smoking", Jim said. "It's just... this thing feels so half-baked... Maybe we should have delayed the launch." At this moment James joined the conversation: "Seems we are getting slower. Maybe we are running low on fuel, I'll just check... Yep. John, please light up some matches!" "Matches? What are you talking about?!? Do you guys ever listen to me? I've quit smoking! I didn't bring any matches!! I don't want to risk a relapse. Sheesh!!!" "Err, John???" Jim felt a certain panic rise inside himself... "You DO know that this is a match-fuelled rocket? We were talking about this just before take-off?" "Don't be pathetic, Jim", John barked. "We are almost there, and of course I've packed some floaties." "Floati...!!!! No! This isn't real. This is a nightmare, got to wake up, got to wake up, got to get out of here...!!!" ... "Jim, Jim, hey, honey, wake up!" Jim heard Lucy's (Jim's wife; editor's note) voice from afar... then he felt a pinch on his arm - and woke up, and looked into Lucy's big brown eyes. "Oh honey, how often did I tell you you shouldn't read your old Tintin books at night. They'll just give you nightmares. Will you ever grow up. John just called, he said the Dimension Skipper® is ready for launch. Oh, and he specifically asked me to remind you to bring some matches. Weird. I thought he'd just quit smoking... Oh well, there goes another New Year's resolution. No grit, he didn't even keep it up 'til February..."
Size of the scene: 7 cm / 2,7 inches, arranged upside down, then rotated the image to the left. Match attached to the back of the rocket with adhesive tape. Thin strip of black cardboard attached to the rocket with adhesive tape as well, attached to a sheet of black glitter foam sheet with a clamp; I then retouched the black cardboard strip with the Healing Brush. Had a glass of water within reach, just in case the paper rocket would catch fire, but to my astonishment the match went out by itself everytime, and the rocket is still intact ;-)
By the way, this is my 500th photo on Flickr ;-)
A Happy Macro Monday Everyone ;-)
Flame: Ignition!
Destination Moon
Tintin's rocket - J, J, & J style: Do you remember John, Jim and James (please see first comment or the album)? This is a prequel to their adventures with the mighty Dimension Skipper®. John somehow got hold of the construction plans of the test rocket XFLR6, and one sunny day they took off on their first journey to space - to the moon! Or did they?
Recorded aboard the XFLR6, the atmosphere was somewhat edgy, tense...: "John, are you sure you've got the complete construction plans for the XFLR6? This thing feels kind of clumsy, as if a child had drawn the plans." "Oh, oh, good old Jim, always the charmer, aren't you? If you think that you can do better than me, just do it yourself!!!" "Please, John, calm down. You are so squeamish ever since you've quit smoking", Jim said. "It's just... this thing feels so half-baked... Maybe we should have delayed the launch." At this moment James joined the conversation: "Seems we are getting slower. Maybe we are running low on fuel, I'll just check... Yep. John, please light up some matches!" "Matches? What are you talking about?!? Do you guys ever listen to me? I've quit smoking! I didn't bring any matches!! I don't want to risk a relapse. Sheesh!!!" "Err, John???" Jim felt a certain panic rise inside himself... "You DO know that this is a match-fuelled rocket? We were talking about this just before take-off?" "Don't be pathetic, Jim", John barked. "We are almost there, and of course I've packed some floaties." "Floati...!!!! No! This isn't real. This is a nightmare, got to wake up, got to wake up, got to get out of here...!!!" ... "Jim, Jim, hey, honey, wake up!" Jim heard Lucy's (Jim's wife; editor's note) voice from afar... then he felt a pinch on his arm - and woke up, and looked into Lucy's big brown eyes. "Oh honey, how often did I tell you you shouldn't read your old Tintin books at night. They'll just give you nightmares. Will you ever grow up. John just called, he said the Dimension Skipper® is ready for launch. Oh, and he specifically asked me to remind you to bring some matches. Weird. I thought he'd just quit smoking... Oh well, there goes another New Year's resolution. No grit, he didn't even keep it up 'til February..."
Size of the scene: 7 cm / 2,7 inches, arranged upside down, then rotated the image to the left. Match attached to the back of the rocket with adhesive tape. Thin strip of black cardboard attached to the rocket with adhesive tape as well, attached to a sheet of black glitter foam sheet with a clamp; I then retouched the black cardboard strip with the Healing Brush. Had a glass of water within reach, just in case the paper rocket would catch fire, but to my astonishment the match went out by itself everytime, and the rocket is still intact ;-)
By the way, this is my 500th photo on Flickr ;-)
A Happy Macro Monday Everyone ;-)