When unable to sleep at 2 AM I find it best to turn your energy towards photography, hence the fact that last night's fire is today's treasure hunt word.
@kerristephens Thanks Kerri! @dmariewms Thanks Marie. I let this one stay blurry on purpose and then added to it by putting the Orton effect on the picture. I wanted to the whole thing to feel hot and I felt that processing gave those flare ups an intense feel of heat. Yes- some shots- the ones where you catch the individual flames- are pretty awesome. I'm sure there'll be more fire shots as the winter progresses.
Ahhhh. . I can feel the warmth. Hey, I thought that I was the only one who had long nights. LOL Thanks for keeping me warm and giving me some company, Ann.
@karenann I try not to, but every once in a while, I just don't seem to fall asleep. Of course, I'm usually looking at 365 which gets my mind in gear and then I don't slow down! Thanks Karenann!
@bkbinthecity Thank you Brian! @jeancarl Thanks JeanCarl! Most of the time I'm good for nothing when I'm overtired, but thanks to 365, I've at least found a way around that! @nicolecampbell Thanks Nicole! It comes and goes. Thankfully, I can just sleep later in the morning! @louisefrance Thank you Louise! I believe the trick is to lower the ISO and the leave the shutter open longer (that is, longer exposure time). You want to get as much light on to "the film" as possible. To get a clear picture a tripod comes in handy. This one was hand-held, so the camera will capture any movement, hence the blurred look. In this case, I wanted it becasue I thought it would add to the feeling of hot. The best thing to do is read your camera's manual on the low light settings. @woot Thanks Davide!
whoa, fire! if we're looking for hot, there isn't anything hotter than this. this is one of my problems when taking photos. i always come up with ugly scattered flares that make the resulting photograph overexposed. but this one, the fire has shape and you know it's fire. very nice shot (everything is nice to me when i can't do it :-))
@prttblues Thanks Bev! It was warm here yesterday, but today- well lets just say it's going strong now! @summerfield Thanks Vikki! I always play around with several settings when I take pictures of fire. I think it's a combination of slow shutter speed and allowing a certain amount of light in. The more light, the more you increase the chance of overexposure. So I usually take photos of fire when the fire is the only source of light in the room. The nice flares you see in this one are due to the fact that our woodstove is designed to have a primary burn and a secondary burn. The primary burn is everything you see burning around the log in the center. The secondary burn are the ghostly orange flames you see on top. I think for this shot I put the ISO on 80 and the light meter as low as my camera would let me. I knew this would make the shot a little blurry, but I wanted to use that to make it look like the heat coming out of the fire. I think I added Lomo or Orton in the processing too. Anyway, I'm sure you can do this. You just have to play with it and experiment with different settings. As far the shapes go, that's all up to the fire itself. You can't plan that!
@dmariewms Thanks Marie. I let this one stay blurry on purpose and then added to it by putting the Orton effect on the picture. I wanted to the whole thing to feel hot and I felt that processing gave those flare ups an intense feel of heat. Yes- some shots- the ones where you catch the individual flames- are pretty awesome. I'm sure there'll be more fire shots as the winter progresses.
@jeancarl Thanks JeanCarl! Most of the time I'm good for nothing when I'm overtired, but thanks to 365, I've at least found a way around that!
@nicolecampbell Thanks Nicole! It comes and goes. Thankfully, I can just sleep later in the morning!
@louisefrance Thank you Louise! I believe the trick is to lower the ISO and the leave the shutter open longer (that is, longer exposure time). You want to get as much light on to "the film" as possible. To get a clear picture a tripod comes in handy. This one was hand-held, so the camera will capture any movement, hence the blurred look. In this case, I wanted it becasue I thought it would add to the feeling of hot. The best thing to do is read your camera's manual on the low light settings.
@woot Thanks Davide!
@summerfield Thanks Vikki! I always play around with several settings when I take pictures of fire. I think it's a combination of slow shutter speed and allowing a certain amount of light in. The more light, the more you increase the chance of overexposure. So I usually take photos of fire when the fire is the only source of light in the room. The nice flares you see in this one are due to the fact that our woodstove is designed to have a primary burn and a secondary burn. The primary burn is everything you see burning around the log in the center. The secondary burn are the ghostly orange flames you see on top. I think for this shot I put the ISO on 80 and the light meter as low as my camera would let me. I knew this would make the shot a little blurry, but I wanted to use that to make it look like the heat coming out of the fire. I think I added Lomo or Orton in the processing too. Anyway, I'm sure you can do this. You just have to play with it and experiment with different settings. As far the shapes go, that's all up to the fire itself. You can't plan that!