Fireside relaxation

ZerodogZerodog Registered Users Posts: 1,480 Major grins
edited April 16, 2009 in People
Playing around with some long exposures and using my flash off camera fired by hand.

These were both taken with 6 second exposures. f/10 ISO 100 I liked the effect with the flash. What do you think?

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This one was f/7.1 I love the sparks that are above the fire in this one.

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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited April 15, 2009
    Zerodog wrote:
    Playing around with some long exposures and using my flash off camera fired by hand.
    These were both taken with 6 second exposures. f/10 ISO 100 I liked the effect with the flash. What do you think?
    You're off to a good start! thumb.gif
    Next time put a dark orange gel (at least 1/2 CTO, most likely 3/4CTO or even full CTO) onto your flash so you don't miss the warm color of the fire...
    I would also put the flash right behind the fire, so the camera wouldn't see it, thus creating a very solid impression that it's the open fire that is the primary light source.. (watch for melting plastic though - you may wanna shield the flash from the fire with a metal lid or something non-thermal-conductive:-)
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • ToshidoToshido Registered Users Posts: 759 Major grins
    edited April 16, 2009
    Great now I want to start a fire.... :)

    I like how the fire looks in the pictures.
    http://www.tag-photos.smugmug.com
  • AgnieszkaAgnieszka Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,263 Major grins
    edited April 16, 2009
    Well done!!! thumb.gif My fireside photos don't look anything like that!! rolleyes1.gif
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