Comments on: Spontaneous Combustion

By: John

John — Tue, 04 May 2010 09:20:26 +0000

Is their a word equatin involving an oxidizing agent for combustion

By: John

John — Tue, 04 May 2010 08:57:43 +0000

How does salt aid combustion ???

By: Rick Waterson

Rick Waterson — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:06:14 +0000

I love this ! I have used this idea as part of my college photography project. The brief is Similar but different using three shots in Monochrome. Ive done the clear bulb in holder then same shot with a dimmer switch to make it glow. Then this shot for the third. Id like to thank Rich Legg for putting the tutorial up here, it helped me hugely. I will be referencing this site and Rich's shot in my college work. Kind regards Rick.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:55:00 +0000

It;s beautiful! A wonderful capture of the colors and light, but a bit to phallic if I do say so myself.

By: Rock Kauser

Rock Kauser — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:21:00 +0000

Wonderful exposure.

By: K0ZMiK

K0ZMiK — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 22:12:00 +0000

Thanks for the inspiration!

This is what I came up with…
http://www.k0zmik.net/blog/?p=19

but the smoke is a bit blurry :(

By: LeggNet

LeggNet — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:04:00 +0000

“Any chance of getting a copy of the full-res image for home use?”

Contact me via email and we’ll work it out… (rich – at – leggnet.com)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:29:00 +0000

Any chance of getting a copy of the full-res image for home use? I have no intention of using it for anything else. If so, please post here saying so and I’ll email directly. Thanks! :)

By: Lucid Movement

Lucid Movement — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 17:41:00 +0000

I finally got around to filming and posting mine. Thank you for the inspiration!

By: Lace

Lace — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 15:37:00 +0000

so pretty!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:36:00 +0000

He doesn’t say it’s a “NEW” idea. In fact, he cites the source where he got the idea from (DIYPhotography).

By: KAISER

KAISER — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:39:00 +0000

This is not new idea at all:)
http://www.photosight.ru/photo.php?photoid=614681
http://www.photosight.ru/photo.php?photoid=462962

By: only a photo

only a photo — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:21:00 +0000

wonderful photos! incredible if you ask me..

By: Tim Richardson

Tim Richardson — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 06:41:00 +0000

Oh, and one more point. In labs, a lamp is artificially aged to bring the filament to the point of failure not by removing the glass, but by using a laser focused on the filament to burn it out. So try that at home — the photo will be better :-)

By: Tim Richardson

Tim Richardson — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 06:39:00 +0000

I work for Philips. This is not how a light bulb normally burns out: it can be much more “exciting”. Part of the filament becomes too thin (the metal slowly evaporates over time), and the filament breaks. At that moment, the current arcs across the gap, creating a very bright flash, and a surge in temperature. When this happens in a lamp under pressure (eg some Halogen lamps) it can even explode the glass (Philips lamps are fused to stop this, and we use “hard glass” which is stronger).