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Blue Candle

© Neal D. Haines

Blue Candle

Uploaded: December 28, 2004

Description

f11, 1/3 sec, ISO 100. Taken on my kitchen table in natural light. I used a piece of blue construction paper for the background.

Comments

Donna La Mattino Pagakis December 28, 2004

Great image and use of originality. #199879

Judy S. Fung December 28, 2004

Nice image and good choice for bg. Love the blues. #1000528

January 19, 2005

Love the effect. The flame looks like it could really burn. #1046974

Anette Linnea Rasmussen January 19, 2005

Nice job Neal!
Congrats on your POTD!

Best wishes
Linnea #1046979

Judy S. Fung January 19, 2005

Congrats on POTD, Neal! #1046991

January 19, 2005

WOW! great photo! Love the flame colors and everything! Great technique!
Raggs #1047039

Cindy K. Bracken January 19, 2005

Great shot! Thanks for sharing how you did it.
Cindy Bracken
shuttermom profitable photography #1047066

Ed Heaton January 19, 2005

Good morning Neal,
Great image and congrats on POTD! #1047076

Scott Pedersen January 19, 2005

Nice #1047081

Kathleen N. Nelson January 19, 2005

Very creative, Neal. I like the warmth of the flame against the very cool-feeling blue color of the candle and the background. Congratulations on your POTD! #1047121

Dan Walters level-classic January 19, 2005

Very nice image. Nice color and detail. #1047305

Patty Razonable January 19, 2005

Congratulations on your POTD on this very creative image!!! #1047342

Deborah Lewinson level-addict January 19, 2005

Congratulations on your POTD, Neil, fabulous image!

-Debby #1047361

Wendy Stevenson January 19, 2005

Love that blue!! Congrats on your POTD win!! #1047408

Kay Beausoleil January 19, 2005

Congratulations on your POTD, Neil -- the colours and the design are striking! #1047414

Rosemary Sampson level-classic January 19, 2005

Love the colors. I can feel the warmth of the candle.

rose s
on 1/19/05 #1047415

Kay Beausoleil January 19, 2005

Congratulations on your POTD, Neil -- the colours and the design are striking! #1047416

Lorraine T. Lynch January 19, 2005

Wonderful shot Neal! Well deserved! Congratulations on your POTD! #1047419

Leanne M.E. Boyd January 19, 2005

Congratulations Neil! Excellent shot! #1047723

Donna J. Eaton January 19, 2005

I really love this one! Congratulations on your POTD Neal! #1047755

Patrick Campbell January 19, 2005

Congrats on your POTD, Neal! I remember this one very well... #1047804

Evy Johansen level-classic January 19, 2005

Wonderful image! Congratulations on your POTD win! #1047837

January 19, 2005

Extraordinary! I agree that the flame looks like it could come right off the screen! Well done! #1048010

Rhonda Journeay January 19, 2005

Wonderful image Neal. I love the surreal quality. Well deserved POTD. #1048118

Kathleen R. Struckle January 19, 2005

Amazing image Neal! Congrats. on POTD!! #1048478

Leonard Pierce January 19, 2005

Congratulations Neal!!! Fantastic image, very well done! #1048756

Tommy Luca January 19, 2005

Excellent close-up! #1048861

Neal D. Haines January 19, 2005

WOW, what a surprise, POTD and all of these nice emails. Thank you everybody for your kind comments. A special thanks to all of you who are former classmates, it's good to hear from you again. Neal #1049065

January 20, 2005

I think it's is not so creative.IT's just a blue candle on a blue background. Where is the imagination on that?? And it has all the colours of the rainbow in it , too. I think it;s kitscy. Too much sugar. Like a cheap Christmas postcard. Sorry! keep trying! #1051909

Donna La Mattino Pagakis January 20, 2005

Congratulations on your photo of the day win!!! #1051952

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