Rich Legg’s Photography of Light Bulb Burning Out.



Rich Legg took this fantastic photo of a light bulb burning out:

What you are seeing is a capture of a lightbulb in the process of burning out. To create the shot, my friend Harley and I removed the glass enclosure of a standard household lightbulb (while leaving the innards intact) and powered it up in a pitch black room. The result was an immediate burn-out, which we were all too ready to photograph.

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Posted on February 6, 2007 at 1:15 am by Alex
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6 comments to "Rich Legg’s Photography of Light Bulb Burning Out."

  • pangolin
    February 6th, 2007 at 3:27 pm

    musta been fun to unscrew the bulb after that. Great photo though!

  • Casey Jones
    March 4th, 2007 at 7:26 pm

    Ok this really isnt that impressive, what talent does it take to remove the out side of a light bulb (Trust me it is not that hard). This looks like something you would do in a highschool photo class. Try doing something that that matters or requires talent.

  • Matine
    March 11th, 2007 at 2:15 pm

    Having seen many light bulbs burn out in my lifetime, I would hardly find this photograph interesting. In fact, I would say this photograph is comparable to watching paint dry. I would rate it a 2 out of 10 at best.

  • Halo
    March 15th, 2008 at 3:00 am

  • Neo
    March 17th, 2008 at 1:57 am

  • Hakan Erenler
    July 14th, 2008 at 8:57 pm

    Ok. I got a question. I’m interested in these kind of photos but i’m not professional. I just bought a Canon Eos 450d camera and wanna try to take a photo like this. Can u pls tell me the details like speed, distance and timing for this nice scene? and is it posibble with the standart lens of 450d which is ef-s 1:3.5-5.6 IS - 18-55. Thanks

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