Playing with Fire - is this painting?

red_zone

Ok,
So some of my friends threw a party and we had a small fire to roast marshmellows on - and I spent a good hour playing with moving the camera around while holding the shutter open - would that count as painting? It'd be kind of hard to move the fire around.


#1


#6


http://jqmello.smugmug.com/Photography/Playing-with-Fire/13168868_QXHek#955468363_j89nh

I really wish I'd had a tripod to get my friends a little sharper during the first second or so, before I started moving the lens around... these are generally between 2-4 seconds each

comments, suggestions? Does this count as light painting? There are a bunch more online and I had a hard time picking *only* six for here.

amiable

Very cool (or maybe I should say hot) images. I think #4 is the best of the set.

red_zone

Thanks amiable! maybe #4 counts as panning AND painting - because I was panning to paint with the fire...

I think #6 looks like a figure or something emerging from the fire... and I'm not crazy about the floodlit grass in the bg on #4, would have preferred it darker.

rsquared

I believe the rules said you could move either the camera or the light. I love the creativity in this. #4 is very cool and surreal, and so is #1. #6 looks like a fire monster coming out to attack the people.

silvereye

I tell you.. #1 is a very good image.. out of all of them #1 is, IMHO, the most eye-pleasing. Its a very graphic representation with great color and flow bringing the eye from the middle of the image on around. Nice image

slpollett

silvereye wrote: »

I tell you.. #1 is a very good image.. out of all of them #1 is, IMHO, the most eye-pleasing. Its a very graphic representation with great color and flow bringing the eye from the middle of the image on around. Nice image

I agree!! I really like #1 alot. #4 is a neat image, but #1 is just better (imho).

Sherry

WhatSheSaw

Definitely on theme. The straight line ones don't appeal to me.

I think #1 is a tad too close. You lose the full circular effect.

#6 is a tad too far. It might work better if cropped a bit tighter. But I think it would be better still if the circle were a bit smaller and it filled the frame. Like #1, but a bit farther out.

What would a complete circle look like in the horizontal plane? Like #4 only more so.

This is a great excuse to have a fire and marshmallow roast every night.

SeascapeS

I like #1 and #5. They seem to be the clearest of the bunch.

#6 - the fire looks like it's going to reach out and nab someone. Fire monster.

red_zone

Thanks everybody... I'm pretty pleased with all of these, but I took a bunch and I'm having a hard time deciding.

#9


whew! there are just a lot of them. I took sooo many because once the shutter goes I can't see through the viewfinder anymore, and I'm guessing how much to move the camera to make the flame fill the frame... and every single one has some edge with flame escaping...

removing the ones I rule out as I proceed...

WhatSheSaw

Yes. #7 and #8 are along the lines of what I was thinking, but I don't like these 2 as much as #1 and #6. #9 is kinda cool with the wiggle effect.

I was playing with painting last night and ran into the same issue you did - guessing as to what the camera would capture. Oh well, I'm not afraid to take LOTS of pictures.

silvereye

#1 is still the best image

red_zone

Thanks everybody. I'm still working on my selections, there doesn't seem to be much I can do to edit these, besides cropping. Here's my short list for anyone who's interested:

leaning towards #1

#1


runner up:
#6


haven't ruled out yet:
#9


new contender: along the lines of #1
#11



PS. I've tried changing the title by editing my first post, but I guess this forum doesn't run the vanilla I'm used to. I wish I hadn't put the title as a question now that it's been answered.

liflander

I like #6 because it looks like a figure, a ghost or something like that.