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I managed to get a whole family involved in posing for the body heat camera at Camera Obscura, Edinburgh.

We all have hot heads and hands ... and look like monkeys.

The photo is as shot, I added the film strip effect for fun.

The plasmasphere is one of the wonderful hands-on exhibits in Camera Obscura, Edinburgh. A kind stranger obliged when I asked if he could put his hand on the sphere to attract the current.

If you are ever in Edinburgh I recommend this tourist attraction - worth every penny for a couple of hours of visual trickery and magic. I got lost in the mirror maze :)

F/2,2. 1/40S, iso 400 (it's a bit noisy but the room was dark and I didn't have a tripod!)

Assignment 6. This is version 1, I need to reshoot to get the foreground right, the monkey hand is behind the cutout I made of the painting.

This image was inspired by the painting 'The Death of Chatterton', by Henry Wallis (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Wallis_-_Chatterton...) and The Pixies song (www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALjSXspCpko&feature=fvst). With thanks to T15JTW for lending the monkey.

I printed out 2 copies of the painting one with a 10% reduction which I cut out to make the foreground chest & coat. I used some material scraps to make the bed and pillow and arranged the monkey in a suitably tragic pose. I used a torch and home-made snoot to create the effect of light coming through the 'windows'. It was fun to shoot :)

Idea for 'Say it without words' challenge. I printed an 'L' plate and had fun scrunching it up. I also printed a tiny 'P' plate. In the UK some people put these on the car after they have just passed their driving test to let other road users be aware they are new to driving. Nice drivers allow them some space, bad drivers don't.

Marble, baby oil, disc, torch ... action! :)

If you want to try this at home ... and it is BIG FUN ... watch this guy's video first :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvkOh_qvu3M