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A mini challenge for any interested
on: November 29, 2010, 20:34:01 PM
I was stood in the corner of a chemistry practical today fiddling around with a piezo-electric fire lighter/sparker. Watching the sparks as I depressed the button, I wondered...is it possible, a la lightpainting to maybe whack the iso up on your camera, long or bulb exposure, macro focus, and capture "mini-lightning" on film from these lighter things?

So the mini-challenge is to get some arc-ing goodness using any lighter that has an electric spark/arc source of ignition ;)

A mini challenge for any interested
Reply #1 on: November 29, 2010, 20:59:32 PM
best fire up the Van de Graaff generator

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Re:A mini challenge for any interested
Reply #2 on: November 29, 2010, 21:33:50 PM
Scary thing is I bet we have one tucked away at uni somewhere...

A mini challenge for any interested
Reply #3 on: November 29, 2010, 21:38:06 PM
had one at high school so i suspect the uni would have one

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