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Assignment #44: Fire
Nikolai
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Now that we're don with the dusk of the twilight, time to shoot something a bit brighter. And what can be a brighter subject than a fire itself? (For the record, that was a rhetorical question:-).
This coming week we're going to shoot an open fire.
It can be your fireplace, a match, a bonfire, a candle, a gas range, an exhaust from the ICBM launch - you name it. However, to limit your imagination, let's stick to a fire on the ground or close to it. And in any case I mean a real, actual fire, oxigen-based good old fire, not aurora borealis or the supernova. Try to make that fire your primary subject, rather than having the fire as a purely light source. And to ensure that - no portraits, please.:deal
How you shoot it is up to you. It can be very short exposure, it can be a long one. The trick, as you can imagine, lies in the fact that a fire is a light source on its own.
As always in such cases, your safety and the safety of the environment must be your primary concern. You all know what happens to those whose play with the matches carelessly...:deal
Since flames are always a great subject for the post processing - let's have a field day with that, too. PS your heart out is you wish, but in such case please also provide your more or less unmangled "original". And limit yourself to 2-3 variations top. And they better be different each time.
With each shot/series please provide a basic EXIF info (links OK, but please save as all clicking and inline the ISO, aperture and shutter speed).
For the list of the prior assignments and general rules please check this sticky.
Let's get us some fire!
This coming week we're going to shoot an open fire.
It can be your fireplace, a match, a bonfire, a candle, a gas range, an exhaust from the ICBM launch - you name it. However, to limit your imagination, let's stick to a fire on the ground or close to it. And in any case I mean a real, actual fire, oxigen-based good old fire, not aurora borealis or the supernova. Try to make that fire your primary subject, rather than having the fire as a purely light source. And to ensure that - no portraits, please.:deal
How you shoot it is up to you. It can be very short exposure, it can be a long one. The trick, as you can imagine, lies in the fact that a fire is a light source on its own.
As always in such cases, your safety and the safety of the environment must be your primary concern. You all know what happens to those whose play with the matches carelessly...:deal
Since flames are always a great subject for the post processing - let's have a field day with that, too. PS your heart out is you wish, but in such case please also provide your more or less unmangled "original". And limit yourself to 2-3 variations top. And they better be different each time.
With each shot/series please provide a basic EXIF info (links OK, but please save as all clicking and inline the ISO, aperture and shutter speed).
For the list of the prior assignments and general rules please check this sticky.
Let's get us some fire!
"May the f/stop be with you!"
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Kikolai. Must it be a fire on the ground or close to it, or am I misunderstanding the sentence ?
Thank you.
Hmm, didn't I say just that?
I mean - no afterburn shots
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Take the tripod!
There was very little post processing
Exif: 1/1250 sec f/f.8 ISO 200 70mm
Cheers
Stan
I see ghouls in this one.......:wow
Well, I was playing with the sliders in my trial version of ACR and came up with this. It may not be art but it sure was fun ...
Exif: ISO 800, f/5.6, 1/50s, Taken July 14th, 1:14pm, Pentax K100D in RAW, post processing in ACR4.1 (trial version) to lower exposure considerably.
300D, 1/1250s, f/4.0, ISO 100, 165mm
Thank you, very nice entry!
The bevel up front is a bit distracting, but I like the reflection!
Hopefully, no great damage?
I also said: fire should be primary subject.
And I also said - no portraits.
Sorry, man, this doesn't count.
Fire is tough. This is my campfire last night on a hike in the Cascade Mountains.
Thank you for the entry!
No damage whatsoever. Although, the charred hilltop may beg to differ. I knew living across the street from a fire house would eventually pay off
How timely! I was experimenting just yesterday and gave up in frustration after my first attempt to capture flames on my range. This assignment challenged menot to give up so quickly and try, try again. Thanks for pushing me.
ISO: 200
Aperture: f/22.0
Exposure: 20s (200/10)
Full EXIF
Original:
After PP:
I think there is more to this image that you think there is is.
Your AFTER version, for once, showcases a lot of negative space, which IMHO is a pure waste of bandwith. It also killed a very nice reflection right under the flames.
I think you should try again. Bracket the hell out of it, change an angle to emphasize those reflection, then blend in post. It's a fully controlled environment, you can do whatever you want.
Please Nikolai, don't thank.
but kind of a spur of the moment capture. I was hungry!
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Version 1
ISO: 200
Aperture: f/16
Exposure: 6s (60/10)
Full EXIF
Version 2
ISO: 200
Aperture: f/22
Exposure: 20s (200/10)
Full EXIF
Think I'm gonna go pass out from the fumes now...
Thank you, nice flame!