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Photograph of a lightbulb burning out
leggnet.com — To create the shot, my friend Harley and I removed the glass enclosure of a standard household lightbulb (while leaving the innards intact) and powered it up in a pitch black room. The result was an immediate burn-out, which we were all to ready to photograph.
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- roastedbagel, on 10/12/2007, -4/+46Even though the red was created in post, I think it'll make a nice desktop background for now. Nice pic.
- jeffness, on 10/12/2007, -15/+163"The red hue on the smoke was added in post-processing."
BOOOOOOOO!!! - sishgupta, on 10/12/2007, -34/+4The pic is nice in that the idea is really cool.
But, it is blurry? Either its out of focus, the photographer didn't use a tripod, or the base of the lightbulb moved.
Either way, I would have kept taking the photo till I got it w/o blur. - eridius, on 10/12/2007, -25/+7"Either way, I would have kept taking the photo till I got it w/o blur."
Did you read the article? This is a picture of the lightbulb burning out. They can't "keep taking the photo" unless they go prepare another bulb. - Nitro187, on 10/12/2007, -3/+22How to photograph this yourself:
http://www.diyphotography.net/photography-project-a-burning-light-bulb - ho0ber, on 10/12/2007, -1/+31"Did you read the article? This is a picture of the lightbulb burning out. They can't "keep taking the photo" unless they go prepare another bulb."
I'm pretty sure the person you're replying to understands that. Also, lightbulbs are quite the large investment at a matter of cents per bulb, so clearly it is unfathomable to take a few attempts at the shot. - weareglass, on 10/12/2007, -5/+61I just don't understand why he added the red, it doesn't seem to add anything
- WarpFox, on 10/12/2007, -29/+5Looks like a PENIS
- Valleye, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19It is not blurry. That is lens flare that is making it look like that. The light is so intense it is causing internal reflections to reduce contrast and make this image soft.
It is a well done shot. - binky79, on 10/12/2007, -7/+37I think this is a cool pic.
I'm not really replying to the first person to comment on this story.
I just think that my opinion of this picture is too important to put at the bottom of the page.
Because I'm better than all of you. - jguerry, on 10/12/2007, -11/+2binky79: i think i'm better than you
edit: ahhh! but you are above me!! - daxsymbiont, on 10/12/2007, -6/+8why does it make a mushroom.
- cawpin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Original resolution-original photo: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/380655101_47bdc9c9ac_o.jpg
Original resolution-Red: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/143/378463466_01dc06e4fc_o.jpg
Original resolution-Inverted: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/184/378483393_09b8326271_o.jpg - kirakun, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12"why does it make a mushroom."
Are you willing to learn partial differential equations? - NumberFour, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3oh jesus. Its a mushroom cloud. They have nukes in lightbulbs now, we're all *****.
- daxsymbiont, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1bury
- jeffness, on 10/12/2007, -15/+163"The red hue on the smoke was added in post-processing."
- Hexagram, on 10/12/2007, -7/+4That's pretty sweet. If you don't like the red you could always color it back to normal.
- xt0ph3r, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10He added an un-colored version. It looks fantastic.
- coviecarbine, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1@ wild
By people, he meant that more than just that guy have gotten defiantly and definitely confused (or just miss typed). More importantly, just because spell check would have missed it doesn't excuse the fact that it was bad word choice (or bad typing). Spell check is a great tool don't get me wrong, but you should be able to type/write a note without using it. I use spell check but i try to use it like it's just someone helping me edit.
EDIT: oops posted above him
- sHuShAnE, on 10/12/2007, -35/+4The red defiantly makes this a lot cooler than it probably really is.
- Klarth, on 10/12/2007, -6/+54HOW do people confuse "definitely" and "defiantly"? Think about how differently they're pronounced!
- wild, on 10/12/2007, -20/+8People are misspelling definitely as definatly and transposing the "a" and the "n". Not really much of a mystery. And, I don't get what you mean by "people" as that is just one guy. And his spell check would have missed it in that scenario.
- idonthack, on 10/12/2007, -9/+13I defiantly don't understand either, Klarth.
- bryanback, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Well, how do you know he meant "definitely?" It's entirely possible that he intended to say that the red makes the picture look cooler, against the wishes of someone. Therefore, the red is defying someone, and defiantly makes the picture look cooler. Don't be jumping to no conclusions here.
- sharpdart, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1nice - very nice indeed :)
- Ythan, on 10/12/2007, -22/+23Cool pic, site's getting slow. Here's a mirror just in case:
http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/4944/37846346601dc06e4fcay6.jpg- eridius, on 10/12/2007, -2/+62You mirrored a Flickr image?
That's pretty amusing. - placain, on 10/12/2007, -4/+64He mirrored it on /imageshack/. That's even more amusing.
- Cottonmouthy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Nevertheless, it is appreciated by those of us who had the flickr link blocked by the vileness that is websense
- eridius, on 10/12/2007, -2/+62You mirrored a Flickr image?
- djfelix, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15Flickr Link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/richlegg/378463466/ - JRumph, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8Yeah, definitely a cool photo but I would like to see it without the red, just to see how much different it would look "natural".
- kevxross, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Scroll down, he added one with minimal editing.
- heatman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3The best part about the minimal editing picture below is he added for people on Digg who he knew would bitch a moan that it was edited/fake.
- Snowy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+36I am digging this story up because it didn't use the words AMAZING and didn't have a description written by a 13 year old. The poster let the art speak for itself!
- xjqcf, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Very true. Also not hyped up with multiple exclamation points (no offense).
- morem, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1This picture could have used the word amazing. I really like it and so creative. I also like the added red for effect.
Nice job!
- Angostura, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6... we then did the same with our Web server.
- TenebrousX, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3More of his shots (from his flickr account):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/richlegg/sets/72157594501895154/ - LeggNet, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Here's the shot unedited (except for cropping, contrast and noise reduction): http://flickr.com/photos/richlegg/380655101/
- Antebios, on 10/12/2007, -24/+5Is it me, or does it look like a penis?
- snurfle, on 10/12/2007, -6/+31It's you.
You look like a penis.
;~} - ChronicColonic, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19In all the ink blot tests you've taken, you seen a penis in every one of them, haven't you? It is a disease called P.I. or Penis Infatuation. You might want to have that looked at.
The disease, not your penis. - Pifko, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Does *your* penis look like that? 0_0
Oh what lucky, lucky ladies...
- snurfle, on 10/12/2007, -6/+31It's you.
- GrahamStw, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1His high-key red-and-white version is much nicer: http://www.flickr.com/photos/richlegg/378483393/
- scabbers, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I wonder what an intact bulb burning out would look like?
- BillGod, on 10/12/2007, -14/+7for more pictures and information on lightbulbs burning out please refer to Wiki. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush
- joshhan, on 10/12/2007, -9/+2Wow, what in the world are you people going to complain next about when Bush is finally done with his term? PETA? Greenpeace? NAFTA? The Salvation Army? The March of Dimes? Please think about the subject of the digg before commenting...sheesh.
- themeat, on 10/12/2007, -12/+1an intact bulb burning out, how boring
- Acura666, on 10/12/2007, -12/+1LAME!
- joshhan, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6As is your comment...
- Codename, on 10/12/2007, -11/+1...
- zmigliozzi, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2I wonder whats next?!?!?! first a lightbulb, next lets take a pic of a propane tank as it explodes!
- traviscaruth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"im working on it...."
*boom*
"ouch..."
;-)
- traviscaruth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"im working on it...."
- rnelsonee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2You can see the non-red version further down on the page...
- chubbymidget, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1That beats my current wallpaper pic of paint drying all to hell.
Nice digg - bronstad, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2DOH! after wasting time on digg looking at a picture of a bulb burning out, my own bulb burned out
- mobislink, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1He should get a photograph of a CFL burning out. He is wasting electron motion by using an incandescent bulb.
- daxsymbiont, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1why does it make a mushroom
- kursefour20, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2That picture is awsome. I like.
- 3rdeyepro, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Saw this guy do it first:
http://tommyguns.gfxartist.com/artworks/132165
http://tommyguns.gfxartist.com/artworks/131834 - foxmajik, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1"too" not "to"
- ranalicious, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1dude, that's badass.
- WallnutBoy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3why did he put the red in? the unedited ver. looks so much better!
..>.> - wastegas, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1digg put the light out on that server too.
- thtjebus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1lol..id say 'photo shoped'...but he already admited it
- daimposter, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3wow, i didn't know when a light bulb burns out it does so in the shape of a penis. (don't lie...you all see the penis; especially in the 2nd pic).
- felchdonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3How may Freudian psychologists does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Two - one to screw in the light bulb, and the other to hold the penis... I mean ladder. - ChronicColonic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You were the second person to admit they see a penis in the picture...see above comments.
...or click link below.
http://digg.com/design/Photograph_of_a_lightbulb_burning_out#c5092095
- felchdonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3How may Freudian psychologists does it take to screw in a light bulb?
- xDMCx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I love how everyone calls it "fake" haha like he didn't really take a pic of what it is. It's a REAL photograph he just added the red and purple to make it more appealing than the plain white (Which he ALSO posted) Geez everything is fake to you people.
- MajorGoose, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1i am in ur bulbs, burning ur electricity.
( to make a joke like this, replace "verb" or "noun" with a verb or noun:
I am in ur noun, verbing ur noun.) - TheMidnight, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1That's an interesting photograph. I'm interested in why the smoke formed the particular mushroom shaped plume it did, and at the angle it came out. Instead of straight up, or in every direction, the smoke shoots up at about 70 degrees (visual estimate) and then curls back into itself like an atomic explosion. Normally a bulb doesn't burn out because the glass bulb is filled with argon and prevents the intense heat of the tungsten from reacting with...oxygen? I don't know too much about light bulb physics, but I do know that wire was at about 3000 degrees Celcius when it flashed white. That still doesn't explain the shape of the smoke...not to mention it looks extremely ideal, with little turbulence.
- hpebley3, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Wouldn't the shape of the smoke have to do with the rate of increase in temperature and the resulting rising air currents? Hypothesis: it starts out cool and makes a lot of smoke making the "cap" of the mushroom; as it heats up there is an up-rush of hot air in the middle, creating the "stem". FWIW, all the shots we took in still air have this general shape.
- carver007, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Who really gives a ??? Note to world - way more going on than a incandescent light bulb burning out!
Other personal favorite - swerving truck missing a tire yaaaaa - Surfer51, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Electrician:
"That is the most beautiful keyless I have ever seen!"
- bofhcabbit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1BoingBoinged: http://www.boingboing.net/2007/02/16/highspeed_photo_of_a.html
- LawrenceDudley, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1that's a fantastic shot, it looks gorgeous...
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