i like how you isolated the bulb against black. interesing photo.

Was the ligth efect added with ps for example? I like it..... in spanish we say Se te prendio el foco when some body has an idea. The literal transaction may be. You got your bulb on ( I think) if is not like that, maybe somebody can helpme with this one. :) So David today Se te prendio el foco lol.

This may be a sillly question, but,... how is it being powered?

Nice, very nice... :)

Adriana: no. There are two sources of light for this shot, the light-bulb itself and a small shaded spotlight off to the left.

Chris: if nobody susses it out I'll tell you later ;-)

I like it. I'll have to ask for more on Adriana's question/your response. How is the light being powered? It appears to be out of the socket, so is there some wire touching to bottom that isn't showing in the photo?

Tell me or I will never post again..........;-)

is it one of those lamps that actually look like a bulb? or is that a thin wire i see coming from the bottom of the bulb??? is that how its powered? or are you telepathically transfering your brain energy to the buld, thus igniting it?

yup, its telepathy isnt it?

Did you took a picture of the bulb powered in some lamp and then added the bottom part in and editor?

Looks like a wire on the bottom, which means the ground wire is probably soldered onto the back side of the screw plate...Just a guess.

I agree with your comment about making it stand out a bit more, but the colors on the glass at the top of the bulb is almost mesmerizing. Anyways, the point of this photo is a good one. I, too, have been following Brandon's dilemma and will do what I can to help out.

Dave: Sure thing.

My first reaction was: "Cool!", which was promptly followed by ..."wait a sec..."

Then, truth be told, I was a little scared. :|

Ok, I never could keep a secret and people have pretty much guessed anyway ...

I used a piece of 13 amp cable, flattened the end of one of the wires and soldered it to the bottom of the bulb. The other wire is touching the back of the base of the bulb and the cable travels away from the bulb at 90° and goes through a black backdrop (which is why you can't see it, it's obscured by the base of the bulb). I also used a dimmer switch to just light up the filament. I suspect that if you don't do this the whole shot would either blow out or there'd be no detail is the shadow areas.

Like to see you do that with the Blackpool illuminations

Neat idea and a neat shot.

I'm way too lazy to do anything like that. :-)

Lovely shot. I was questioning quite how you managed it and to an extent you have dispelled my extreme ideas, thus removing the mystique somewhat but it is no less a shot non-the-less.

And here I was thinking that you weren't being adventurous enough.

Technically I did wonder quite why there was so much black to the right but I do feel it balances the image well.

Did you consider a precisely symetrical shot, by this I mean a square (so to speak, not feeling very articulate) image so that the black would be equidistant around the bulb?

Perhaps that would be too contrived for the image to work?

Reminds me of a shot from Mike Golding which infinitely cheers me up as I have it on my work desktop and illustrates also, that you do not want to be shooting directly into a bare bulb/s(see comments).

cool :-)

This is my first time visiting your site and I took the time to review your photo's back to early December. I think that you put a lot of thought into everyone of your pictures, and it shows. This latest picture is a prime example. This is fantastic work that you have every right to be proud of.

ouuuuu. very very well taken. I love the placement of the empty space and I especially enjoy how there only seems to be two distinct colours (aside from the black). Oh, and also how you can see the reflections in the bulb itself. yes yes. I definitely likes this one.

Great shot. Well done. Perhaps a little fill in light on the RH side?

Love this shot - very striking with the black background. Its cool how the light bounces off each side of the bulb - good work dad :)

My favorite part of this shot is the colors, I think.

That and you can still see the threads, the bulb doesn't appear to be plugged in :)

Interesting shot.

awesome shot, and great technique... think i might have to give this ago now. Thanks for the inspiration, although not sure if i should be thanking you just yet... you could get me electrocuted!

Ta :-)

What an original shot!!!

Adriana in Puerto Rico we say, "Se me prendio el bombillo"

Hey Jorge pretty similar to us. I thought i was the only one who read the rest of the comments :P.

Thanks everyone.

tobias: yes, I did consider a square crop, but I thought this one worked better. And thanks for the link to Mike's shot - I'd missed that one. I can see why you like it so much.

peterv: yes, a bit of light on the right would have helped. I'm going to get hold of a larger (more interesting) bulb at some point, as I have some ideas as to how to extend this shot, so I'll bear that in mind.

Emerald: ta :-)

Mez: don't blame me if you do electrocute yourself ;-)

Adriana: I read the rest of the comments too, so that makes at least three of us :-)

oh, creative one here!

i never thought of having the cables perpendicular to the bulb, neat..

i'd like to try something like that out, but a few of my lamps already have fused bulbs.. none to spare LoL..

Suficient elements for a great shot, the colors, shining and reflections gives it all. I would be pleased too.

Dave this is brilliant. I wouldn't be surprised if one of the Patent Offices licenses this image for their website. :)

(PS -- would you please tell Libby that the package will be on it's way next week)

o.m.g.

Great IDEA!!! nice photos in general...

just to say hello

Gabriel