This is my take on one of Tesla’s famous photos in which he demonstrated remote power lighting a globe.
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Compare with the original Tesla’s globe below.
Above is my recreation of Tesla and his wireless light globe compared with the original.
But, hey sparks are dangerous. Why aren’t I getting hit by them? My photo is a single camera exposure. Here is how it was done.
Tesla globe construction. Note the position of the remote flash. 
By the use of a long support in the exact line of sight of the camera, and some black drapes, I create a support for the light globe.
Above: The setup. See how the globe just sits in space. This is the tie in between two scenes.
To make this picture with a single long exposure, open the shutter and take the flash photo above. (A great time for a nap as well, it seems)
Then run away (in darkness so it is not recorded on the camera with shutter still open).
Recognise where my avatar picture comes from now?
Turn on the a few seconds of Tesla coil sparks onto the globe. I am a safe distance away.
Close the shutter (total 13 seconds) and the two images are combined on one exposure.
No photoshopping – ever.
Wait a moment. There is something fishy about Tesla’s globe photo.
Why is the cuff of his right sleeve not lit up? Answer: because it is not the light source for the photo despite what it purports to be. There was probably a magnesium flash lighting him off to the left of the photo and the globe cast a shadow. It may not have even been lit at all by a nearby running Tesla coil. Even if the globe was lit, it would have been faint compared to a flash.
So photo manipulation was alive and well even in Tesla’s day.
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External links
Tesla’s Globe – my Google plus post
Photo Date: May 28, 2011