Fire Pictures

C&C welcome...little noise in the first one. not edited

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Biggest problem with fire photos is getting the exposure on the embers and flames balanced. In the first, the flames have blown out highlights where as in the second I'm wanting to see more red, although it is a pretty good shot and the better by far of the two.

maybe upping the saturation a bit in PS?

Not a real interesting burn in either of the shots? I agree second is better, but really not super attention grabbing.Look for an inferno!

Flo wrote in post #10400913
Not a real interesting burn in either of the shots? I agree second is better, but really not super attention grabbing.Look for an inferno!

well what i found interesting was the pattern and how it was coming around the closer logs. I agree the first one isnt all that great but those were the 2 best out of the 50 or so i cook :-\ lol these are my first real shots with this camera too, still trying to understand how things work. based on this critique from this thread, and my sunset one, im guessing i need to expand my artistic eye

Fire has details, sometimes you have to add light to find them....

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Flo wrote in post #10401768
Fire has details, sometimes you have to add light to find them....

is that a hint? lol do you mean like brightening in post or using a flash?

midnitefx wrote in post #10402404
is that a hint? lol do you mean like brightening in post or using a flash?

Yes..not a hint..a show

Very interesting critique

Flo wrote in post #10404815
Yes..not a hint..a show

yet im still confused

midnitefx wrote in post #10406347
yet im still confused

Yes, depending on the light, intesnsity of the fire.there are shadows, if you want to bring them out, use fill flash.

lol got ya thanks

In my experience with campfire type shots, they tend to be very uncooperative and difficult for me to compose in an eye-catching manner. Shooting at or close to ground level, finding the best side, and filling the screen has given me the best results.

good advice, ill have to give that a shot next time, these were taken just sitting in a chair at a party and fear everyone would probably think im weirder than i am crawling around on the ground Thanks

Few I took.