POTN G-series Speed Challenge #272 - HEAT

[afkenner]

Challenge #272 - HEAT

A long, cold, weathery winter has finally given way to some warm, welcome sunshine here in NY. Looking forward to some more of the same and the hot weather of summer to follow.

What better excuse for a Speed Challenge on the topic of HEAT.

Fire away, and may the hottest photo win!
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Congratulations to EVERY participant in this week's HEAT challenge. What a terrific collection of shots! You found heat in so many different places and showed it in a lot of different ways. Looking at some of these shots, I could literally feel the temperature rising, and that truly made it hard to pick just three.

And now, on to THE THREE WINNERS:

3rd place: corythosaurus
Red Hot is the second entry in this contest to bring back a personal memory for me. I grew up in a house with an electric stove, and following some sort of misbehavior as a young child I was being carried to my room and I burned my toe kicking a hot burner that looked almost exactly like the one you have presented here. It was a nasty memory, but it came right back when I saw this glowing burner coil. The shot appears to be so close that I can almost feel the heat from the screen.

2nd place: Michael Wells
The color and composition in this shot are wonderful. I like High Heat especially because the whole impending activity absolutely depends on the heat. I took one hot air balloon ride, and I remember the anticipation of the flight as the burners roared and the balloon filled and rose in the crisp morning air. Also, I'll never forget standing in the gondola, floating silently over the ground and then experiencing the intense heat and roaring sound from the burner right near my head. Your picture brought that whole morning back to me. Thank you!

1st Place: chisel
Angel upside down bake is a truly unique and unusual subject. The inverted and suspended angel statue, the lighting, the bright arc light from the torch, those magical crepuscular rays, the eerie glow on the face of the welder's mask, how the light plays on the colors of the shirt, the welder's posture, and the industrial background all combine to make this picture something that I really like to look at. I also like the angel's other hand, which could be expressing the pain of being welded. Your exposure is spot on, giving just the right emphasis to each element in the frame. In some way, I get the impression of a robot fixing a statue. HEAT is of course the key focal point, heat that's intense enough to fuse metal.

...and FOUR Honorable Mentions:
Erik1974: Great mood and very well done on this tricky exposure. Is the background flame a reflection of the closer one? Seeing the wick go down into the transparent body of the light, I wondered if this is a candle or some type of oil lamp.

marie: Oh boy, is it HOT out there! Just seeing all those folks all oiled up and baking, I can feel the intensity of the sun and how nice that water would feel. Can you share the location where this photo was taken (nearly six years ago with a G2, and you had it on hand for this challenge! BRAVO!)

Boutty: Interesting and unusual setting. I like the mix of surfaces and the reflection being both sharp AND blurred. Is that an actual flame or is it simulated somehow?

teekay: the colors, textures and angles combine to make Piping, HOT! a very striking image.

...and FIVE fully qualified contenders:

Yapo: I have many fond memories of bonfires that look just like that, spark trails shooting upwards and a swirl around the perimeter from the heat waves. Rich orange color and the bright glowing center really capture the HEAT theme.

BobsYourUncle: Summer surely HAS arrived, and it's not leaving a lot of room left for it to get much hotter! Taken on 3 June 09, was that near home in BC? What a heat wave!

Maureen Souza: Is that inside a car? If that's the temp at 7:47, it doesn't really matter if it's AM or PM, that is (or was) a VERY hot day!

mrshobden: Even though Spaghetti & Meatballs is a modern photo, it has a very nostalgic feel to it. The colors and lighting plus the shape of the pot contribute to the 50's feeling that I get from the photo.

Kevan_G9: Great composite image, I like your molten thermometer effect and the beach setting.


Many thanks again to all who entered this week's challenge! It was an honor and a thrill to look at all your excellent entries.


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[chisel]

G 9

[Yapo]

G10

[BobsYourUncle]

G9

http://www.hanover1.net/files/miscfiles/HotOutHere.JPG

[Maureen Souza]

Pro 1

[Michael Wells]

G3
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2744/4542397540_6eb7f7956e_o.jpg

[mrshobden]

G11,1/15,f5.3,ISO500

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4059/4544217966_62ff6740b3_o.jpg

[teekay]

G1

http://community.netidea.com/teekay/temp/Hot.jpg

[Kevan]

G9:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4021/4546109076_e17737c6ce_o.jpg

[Erik1974]

G11
http://members.casema.nl/e.degraaf173/fotos/heat.jpg

[marie]

G2
1/320 f/4

http://www.pbase.com/image/123886859/original.jpg

[Boutty]

G6 - f8, 1/50 sec, ISO 100

[corythosaurus]

G10 - 13.8mm, 0.800s, ISO200, f/3.5

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc16/corythosaurus/IMG_0001-1-1.jpg

[afkenner]

It is now 1200 hours Zulu time, this challenge is CLOSED to further entries. Winners will be posted soon.

[afkenner]

Winners and comments are now posted in the original entry. Thanks everyone!

[JimAskew]

Congrats to the winners and to all who played. This was a tough contest...all the entries were just super! I wanted to enter but just ran out of time.

[teekay]

Congratulations to the top three - I thought it would be tough to beat that first entry (and it's great title) as soon as it was posted.

Enjoyed all the entries, but I'd like to know how many matches you had to light under that thermometer in Surrey, BC, BobsYourUncle - I was there a few days ago and summer surely wasn't there then ;-)?

And where is Volcano Island, Marie, with its beach of sunscreen-slathered, slightly overfed heat worshipers - couldn't find it on Google? Made me sweat just to look at them.

[Kevan]

Congratulations to the winners and to everyone who participated. If there had to be three winners...those are the same ones I would have picked too.

I had fun. I also have a nasty cold so I went simple and a bit warped.

http://www.factropolis.com/uploaded_images/dali-708274.jpg

[chisel]

Thank you! And congrats to all, very nice batch of pix this time.

It was a tricky shot, because the lighting in the foundry was pretty poor and Dagomar was moving around quickly and kept adjusting his torch while working on the angel.

Here's another shot I like from about 15 minutes later, the contrast of the feet appealed to me and I snapped this one.



Now comes the hard part- facing up to the difficult judging I'll have to do next week. I almost don't like winning because of that.
:)

[Michael Wells]

Congrats to Chisel and corythosaurus! Like teekay, I thought Chisel set the bar pretty high with his opening gambit! Thanks, afkenner, for hosting and judging, and for placing my shot this week. It was a good topic, and generated some interesting photos! I too would have picked the same winner...it's a great shot! Kevan, just curious as to what effect you used on the thermometer? I love it!

[Erik1974]

Congrats to everyone, nice photo's! Sure hard to beat with that torchlight!

"Erik1974: Great mood and very well done on this tricky exposure. Is the background flame a reflection of the closer one? Seeing the wick go down into the transparent body of the light, I wondered if this is a candle or some type of oil lamp."

The background is my wife's laptop wich has a shiny black cover. And it is indeed an oil lamp. I was planning to take a picture with my finger almost touching the flame and call it "can you feel the heat", but i needed a few seconds of exposure and that made my finger too warm so i moved my finger and got a blurry picture:-(.

[BobsYourUncle]

Enjoyed all the entries, but I'd like to know how many matches you had to light under that thermometer in Surrey, BC, BobsYourUncle - I was there a few days ago and summer surely wasn't there then ;-)?


Haha!

That picture was taken late spring last year. June 3rd to be exact. And it wasn't taken in Surrey. That was taken in Powell River, on BC's sunshine coast.

I was building a solarium there and the weather was like that for several days straight. I was consuming large quantities of water all day, but not stopping to get rid of any. My bald head was burning right through my ball cap. It was hot, big time!

No matches were consumed to push the mercury up. It is all natural, right from the sun itself.

[marie]

:)

Congratulations to the winner Chisel
loved your terrific shot

and to #2 Michael and Corythosaurus #3
great winning photos

:cool:
Thank you very much for hosting and judging and commenting on another difficult task with a great selection to choose from Afkenner

'marie: Oh boy, is it HOT out there! Just seeing all those folks all oiled up and baking, I can feel the intensity of the sun and how nice that water would feel.
Can you share the location where this photo was taken'

and Teekay
'And where is Volcano Island, Marie, with its beach of sunscreen-slathered, slightly overfed heat worshipers - couldn't find it on Google? Made me sweat just to look at them'

:mrgreen:

blood sweat and fears

(loved your shot too among all the smashing (hot) lot entered)

regards Vulcano Island

lol
maybe the spelling with a U instead of an O is why its not showing on Google. apologies about that.

:o
oops sorry (again)
for some reason couldn't paste the url here so will (for the moment) have to put in more then intended:eyes

{:lol:}

maybe its all too hot

VULCANO

this was taken with a throw a away camera >
lol
http://www.pbase.com/photochemistry/image/41367775/medium.jpg


' Vulcano is an island of 21sqm belonging to the Aeolian Archipelago. According to Greek mythology, here was placed the forge of Hephaestus, the god of fire, who worked as a blacksmith with the assistance of the Cyclops. But the island was named after the Roman name of the God, that is Vulcan, hence the term vulcanology.
The very existence of the island results from the fusion of four volcanoes; the largest and most dominant peak, Vulcano della Fossa, rising up to 391m of reddish rock. Beside is the smaller Vulcanello, 123m, which erupted on the north side in 183 BC. Although the last eruption dates back to 1890, the volcano has never ceased to betray signs of its activity; even today, such phenomenons as fumaroles, jets and steam above and below sea level and sulphurous mud, highly prized for its therapeutic properties, continue to be very much in evidence.
Volcano’s shoreline is much jagged sometimes resembling tentacles plunging into the sea, its colour ranging from red to ochre-yellow and featuring a scenery of wild and haunting beauty.
Porto di Levante e Porto di Ponente – Between the two island’s harbours, stretches the main town Porto di Levante, full of small shops and furnished with contemporary sculptures made of lava stone.
Ascent to the crater – about 2 hours there and back. From the end of the main road
from Porto di Levante, the track to the crater gently climbs up along a flank of the mountain offering enchanting views over the archipelago. In the foreground is the Vulcanello peninsula, opposite is Lipari, to the left stands Salina, with its characteristic two humps; in the distance lie Filicudi, Panarea, on the right with its isles, and Stromboli in the far background. About half-way up to the top, is an area of compacted red earth, cut with deep regular furrows,
suggestive of some Martian landscape. The higher the path climbs, the stronger is sulphur smell, combined with occasional cloud of steam. At the top is a magnificent scenery with the Cratere della Fossa’s huge bowl with its southern rim blurred by clouds of boiling sulphurous vapours released from cracks in the crust with a whistle that seems to emanate from deep within the earth; the rock is stained yellow ochre and red by the fumes that condense into the most delicate crystals while still hot. These are the so-called fumarole.
A tour of the crater, taking about 30 minutes, permits an exploration of the southern part of the island and, from the highest point, to enjoy one of the most astonishing sights of all the archipelago.
The beaches – Two of Vulcano’s beaches are nestled near the main town. The sabbie nere (black beaches), so-called because of its black colored sand of volcanic origin, stretches along a fine bay that is, sadly, too crowded in summer; the beach of the Fumarole is bathed by warm waters that are heated by bubbles of sulphurous steam, able to reach a dangerous temperature (beware of being scalded).
The secluded and less frequented Gelso beach is on the opposite side of the island, reachable by sea, by bus leaving from Porto di Levante (check time schedule as services are highly restricted) or car, driving the Provincial road Porto Levante to Vulcano Piano which forks for Gelso and Capo Grillo).
Excursion to the Grotta del Cavallo and Piscina di Venere – Departures by boat from the black beaches. The boat skirts around Vulcanello, with its Valley of Monsters, before circumnavigating the most jagged part of the coast on the way to this glorious grotto named after the sea horses that once lived there. On the left is Venus’ pool, a shallow pool with clearest water, an idyllic place for an unforgettable swim (those who wish to stay for a few hours can go with one of the early boat trips, which run fairly regularly throughout the day, and return on one of the later ones; check with the fisherman).
Fanghi – Mud is one of Vulcano’s attractions. Leaving the port on the right, behind a
rock of incredible colors ranging trhough every shade of yellow to red, there is a natural pool containing sulphurous mud renowned for its therapeutic properties.
Some advices about mud therapy – Mud treatment is recommended for people with rheumatic ailments and dermatological conditions (greasy skin, acne, psoriasis). Not recommended for expectant mothers, people suffering from tumour-related disease, or with fevers, heart conditions, osteoporosis, gastro-intestinal upsets, uncompensated diabetes and Flajany’s disease.
Recommendations: short immersions (never over 20 minutes) in the coolest hours, followed by a hot shower. Do not apply to the eyes. In the event of mud getting into the eyes, rinse liberally with fresh water. For any ailments resulting from mud baths, consult a doctor.
La Valle dei Mostri – On Vulcanello. A trip is especially recommended at dawn or sunset, when the evocative shapes of the rocks, caught by the sun’s rays, are most impressive. The Valley of Monsters is the name given to a downward slope of black sand, dotted here and there with blocks of lava that have cooled into weird forms and provocative profiles suggestive of prehistoric animals, monsters and wild beasts (including a bear reared up on its hind legs and a crouching lion).
Capo Grillo – some 10 km from Porto Levante. The local road, leading to Vulcano Piano and beyond to the cape, offers fine views of Lipari and the great crater and, from the promontory, across the archipelago.'

[Maureen Souza]

Congrats to Chisel and the runners up. I live in a hot spot here in Cali where the temps can get up to 112-120 degrees during the summer :shock::shock:

Thanks for the great hosting job, afkenner!

[corythosaurus]

Congrats to to Chisel and Michael, and thanks to afkenner for the hosting and judging. These Challenges are great exercises and learning tools; how a simple word "heat" can conjure up so many different perspectives is fun to witness.

Thanks for eveyone that participates!

[ahobden]

"mrshobden: Even though Spaghetti & Meatballs is a modern photo, it has a very nostalgic feel to it. The colors and lighting plus the shape of the pot contribute to the 50's feeling that I get from the photo."

Oh no, now I'll be all summer fitting a new kitchen !!

Congratulations to all, I must come and play again soon.

[Boutty]

Great theme and excellent job of hosting duties afkenner! ;)

Congrats to the THE THREE WINNERS, and well done ALL - Honorable Mentions & fully qualified contenders! afkenner must had robbed the bank to keep us all these trophies!?! :p

Boutty: ...Is that an actual flame or is it simulated somehow?
It was an actual flame taken at our capital city's war memorial (http://www.awm.gov.au/encyclopedia/eternal_flame/index.asp). I felt honour to had shown it here as it was an appropriate event for us Australian over the weekend (ANZAC day (http://www.awm.gov.au/commemoration/anzac/anzac_tradition.asp)). :cool: