THE HEAT OF THE FIRE

I thought I was going to get a really good image today (Saturday) as we visited an old priory on the Notts / South Yorkshire border. The priory is renowned for its woodland walks between carpets of 'snowdrops'

The adverts in the local press assured everyone that the displays of 'snowdrops' were still beautiful because we'd had a hard winter and therefore they were late arriving.

Well you'd expect me to post a carpet of snowdrops in the woods, however as you can see from the posting I had to settle for an abstract picture of a bonfire that was burning in the woods.

Dissapointed? You bet I was. Most of the snowdrops were dead. I've sent an email complaining !!

So you are stuck with a mediocre close up of a burnt log and the flames that surround it.

I did take a reflection picture of the priory in a lake in it's garden, but I did a couple of reflection pictures at the start of the week

[Anita]

At least I feel warm looking at that!

[Phil Howcroft]

@anron Thanks Anita, the fire was about the best thing of the morning visit !

[Kerri]

Wow!! Fantastic!! How do you photograph fire?

[patsyj]

The photo does give you the illusion of sitting right beside the fire..I like it.

[Jennifer]

nice work Phil, well shot!

[Veronica]

WOW, fire! The photo is awesome, the colors are great!

[Catherine]

Definitely got a warm glow the minute I opened this pic! maybe not the shot you were wanting, but a great shot nonetheless

[Juliette Packham]

beautiful shot Phil. it's cold in this hotel in Guernsey, might use this on my screensaver to make me feel warm!!

[Phil Howcroft]

@kerristephens Thanks Kerri, how did i photograph it? Well it was an open fire in the woods so just held my cameraabove the fire (very tightly) and pointed down :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@patsyjphillips Thanks Patsy, the fire did give off quite a bit of heat on a cold Saturday morning

[Phil Howcroft]

@jenlyn999 Thanks Jenniffer, it was fairly easy to shoot (I took quite a few shots and t his is a crop to get the diagonal log).

[Phil Howcroft]

@vvpe Thank you Veronica, it is kind of you to give me such praise :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@cath Catherine, thanks for you comments and it is good to know the glow meets with you approval

[Phil Howcroft]

@sparkle Juliette, lol, I've never heard of a screen saver that can warm you up. Thank you for your comments :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@gill Gill thank you very much for youor words. Amazing colours, textures and you can feal the heat heat too !!. .. That's a lot of praise for my picture :)..perhaps your central heating was a few degrees higher when you were looking at the picture :) Thanks again

[Allison Williams]

I salute you Phil for your adaptability. The flames here are wonderful. I can almost feel the heat. I love their transparency against the mottled black of the burnt wood.

[peter/zipp]

Its a fine fire shot, good capture.
Have tried some like this with differing degrees of success, this looks great.

[Phil Howcroft]

@allie912 Thank you Allison. The picture seems quite popular, but I'm still unsure.I do like the patterns on the burnt log :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@sleepdozer57 Thanks Peter, I threw a few bits of sticks and twigs on the fire to get the flames to engulf the burnt rock. So there ws a bit of 'pre processing' rather than 'post processing' :)