PF Photo Contest - Electricity (1/4-1/10)

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Electricity

I'm curious to see how you all tackle this theme.

Electricity is something that many students learn about in school, and it is something all of us are familiar with in our daily lives, even if we don't often think about it, except that when it is not there.

But is there a way to capture this theme in a photo? Please note that if your photo requires a detailed explanation on how it relates to the theme, chances are that it does not qualify. So please keep that in mind.

Contest Rules:

1. Any digital photo or digitally-scanned photo relevant to the theme will be accepted within the contest period. In case there's a gray area, or you're not sure if the picture is suitable, check with me first.

2. Size limitations: Your photo is only limited to the file size limitation set by PhysicsForums. However, your may want to consider reducing the size of your photo if the file size exceeds 1 Mb. If your file is being hosted elsewhere, I will have to see how it is being displayed here, and I may ask you to resize and resubmit if it causes problems.

3. Upload your photos to any of the photo servers such as imageshack or photobucket. Then post it the relevant contest thread and link your picture using the img command. PM me if you do not know how. Alternatively, you may simply upload your image file to PF, and then have the full image displayed in your post.

4. Only ONE picture per member per contest. Once a picture is posted, it cannot be changed other than a total withdrawal by that member from that week's photo contest. Exceptions will be made for modification to comply with the rules, such as resizing.

5. At the end of the contest period, I will open a poll and every PF member can vote for the picture they like best.

6. Note that in case we have a large number of entries, I will do the polling in more than one thread. If that's the case, you can vote in each of the polling threads. The photos will be assigned in the polling threads in the order they were submitted.

7. The photo of the subject must be something that you took directly, not via in intermediary medium, and not taken by someone else. Unless otherwise noted, a photo of another photo, painting, print, etc. does not qualify.

8. You can use a picture only once. Once it is used in a contest, it cannot be reused in another contest.

9. Please post only pictures meant for submission in this thread. Photos not meant for submission must not be posted in the contest thread. Posting of more than one photos by a member may result in an automatic disqualification from the week's contest.

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electric2.jpg

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Maine Yankee c. 1997
Cell-phone shot of the print, the print is much sharper :frown:
 
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Cell-phone shot of the print, the print is much sharper :frown:
Means you took a snap of a printed photo? But the rules say...
7. The photo of the subject must be something that you took directly, not via in intermediary medium, and not taken by someone else. Unless otherwise noted, a photo of another photo, painting, print, etc. does not qualify.
 
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Really? I took the original film shot, I printed it in my basement, and now (23 years later) I'm showing it to you.
 
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Contest Rules:

1. Any digital photo or digitally-scanned photo

@ZapperZ I used my cell phone to make a digital scan of my photo. Is this really not within the rules?
 
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@ZapperZ I used my cell phone to make a digital scan of my photo. Is this really not within the rules?

Did you take the original photo? I need to make sure that is clarified.

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Did you take the original photo? I need to make sure that is clarified.
Yes I did take the original photo.
 
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Yes I did take the original photo.

then the scanned photo qualifies.

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Zowie. Can you describe your photo? :smile:

The Tesla coil at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.

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@Janus : You beat me to it! :biggrin: I have one of those at home and was thinking of photographing it, but now I will think of something other to post.

@Dr. Courtney : Nice Telecaster. :smile:
 
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Electricity (actually a bit too much of).

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Electricity (actually a bit too much of).
Looks like a small factory produced some magic smoke there. :smile:
 
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A small and cheap, but quite nifty component tester with display:

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Looks like a small factory produced some magic smoke there. :smile:

Yep. Entirely my fault. This was a PT4115 based LED driver. PT4115 has two inputs, one is for power (up to 36 V if memory serves me well, I was using 12 V from a LiPo battery), the other one is a logic level 5 V PWM for switching/dimming. Turned out 12 V for logic level is an overkill.
 
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A damaged circuit board. I was testing it with a line tester (maybe 5 or 6 years back) while it was connected to the mains, and due to a short circuit, the track blew off. Last year, I used this to practice soldering; you can see the flux still sticking near the middle and bottom of the board.
 
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Hydroelectric power.
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Final day to electrify the members of this forum with your photo for this contest.

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