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Taken in the Musée des Eaux-de-Vie (i.e. just about every non-wine, non-beer liquor you can think of) in a small town in Alsace. While everyone else was enjoying free samples of the merchandise, I was having a photographic field day. Not sure offhand how many pictures I took in that time, but it was a lot. Many were just kind of boring shots to document all the many thousands of bottles of liquor that they had on display, but a number of shots were somewhat more experimental and interesting. This was one of the more experimental ones.

Not sure exactly how long, but the exposure for this shot was several seconds long, with a flash at 2/3 of full output at the beginning of the shot. From the moment the shutter opened to the moment it closed I was spinning the camera with the lens as the axis, and moving it linearly away from the bottles.

Like I said, I have a number of other photos like this, but I haven't decided if I'll post any of the others yet. (Though I may give in to popular demand, if it arises.) I also made a B&W version of this, and I like it as well, but I feel like it's more complete with color.

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:iconyamilisa:
Hey, that's awesome! It's like being drunk!

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:iconvivid-surreality:
Nice effect!!
I agree that it looks better in colour than what I imagine it looks like in b/w.

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overwhelmed as one would be, placed in my position
:iconfortysecondarcha:
spinny bottles... hehehe.

I like the effect of the spinning and the swoosh. It pulls your eye into the picture.

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:icononewhiterose:
hehe, i was going to ask if this was before or after drinking it... but i know you to well... heh

but i do agree with yamilisa, its rather drunk feeling...

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:iconqwerki:
well, when i saw this pic i wanted to say something like "how appropriate". but they beat me to it. but i would like to know if those thoughts crossed your mind when you took it, or was the spinning completely random?
:iconzvennadin:
Heh, thanks. I'm glad the picture worked out like that, as it's half of what I was hoping to capture with it. Of course, the other half was just to experiment with my camera, which was also a success.
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Thanks! The B&W version is kind of neat as well, but unfortunately some of the labels on the bottles end up too washed out and practically all white.
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Yeah, I guess I had the same thought about this picture, though the thought hadn't quite been realized in words. ...First the tilted building picture, now this one... You must think the same way as my subconsious mind or something. Scary thought... (Now, is that more scary for me, or for you?)
:iconzvennadin:
I'm glad I was able to replicate that effect. You do know me too well indeed.

Having never been drunk, I wasn't sure if this effect was going to mimic it sufficiently, but apparently it does, so it looks like I win at life. But this was definitely during the drinking. (Although it was everyone else in the group that was doing the drinking, while I was wandering around all lonely-like, though thoroughly excited, amongst the bottle collection.)

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February 19, 2007
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Feb 2, 2007, 5:15:55 PM

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