playing with fire

The self-assignment was to go out my front door and return in 10

minutes or less with a half-decent photo. It was getting dark, but

there was enough light to hand hold this at iso 400, which wasn't

that great, but thanks to superior photoshoping skills, I was able

to bring out enough detail to declare the assignment a roaring

success. (OK, so it was a small goal, and therefore a small success,

but I have a fragile ego to nurture, so get off my back!) Many takes

were rejected because of the shape of the flame. In some shots, it

was straight up, very boring. In others, it whipped too much this

way or that. This was one of the better ones, with not too much

whip, but not too straight, either. Exposure was 1/160. This is

what I did last night. So, which critique category does this go in?

Thanks for your positive feedback, Doug. Here are a few rejects, plus the one posted, third down on the right.

Two reasons, Doug. First, the rain gutter was in the shot, too close to the torch. Second, the smoke and flame of that one is interesting, I agree, but I thought too interesting. I wanted to photograph the whole torch, and a flame with too much energy would have been too distracting. But, the gutter was the main factor.

He sure is. I hate to interrupt this conversation, but it is obvious that no one is home at Photo.net tonight.

I prefer the one posted, Doug. If I went out to get a photo, I would come back with a black rectangle.

--Lannie

So, it would have taken more than 10 minutes to find your tripod? You haven't used it for so long. :))

There is noise at 400 and that bokeh looks like something I can do with my Canon S3 IS. Just telling you this to take your mind off your PSing practise. Do you think you could add the rolling flame to this one? The curl would look good with that white triangle of the background deck.

This is a naked flame so I think you should put it in the nudes category.

nudes! of course.... good idea.

Hi Maggie. I don't know which one is the "rolling" flame, but it would be too much work, switching them, and not really worth it. Not for me, at least, but would you like to make a go of it?

The bottom right is the one I thought of as the rolling flame. But now looking at it again, the top is cut off, so ...

I am not good at PS.