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Red Flames on Red Smoke
Red Flames on Red Smoke
Kemptonreporter


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Challenge: Color on Color (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Pomona - Kempton Park
Date: Jul 19, 2006
Aperture: 4
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Emotive, Action
Date Uploaded: Jul 22, 2006

 I have a nagging suspicion that this challenge calls for something of a more studio-cooked nature, and that I might thus have gotten this one wrong...
Well.
Nothing ventured - nothing gained.

I was driving home on the evening of the 19th when I noticed that one of my neighbouring farms had a bit of a fire burning.
I jumped out, camera in hand, and ran over to one of the people who was helping to put it out, and asked if he would mind if I take a few photos.
Either he didn't hear me or...
Anyway, not to be perturbed [the big "press" logo on the rear of my camera jacket makes up for my lack of finesse], I went about the property and found this wooden wendy hut on fire.
If the truth be known, I've been waiting all winter for a decent fire photo, and have hundreds of out-takes of smaller, more boring ones.

Then, back at home, I took the RAW image and processed it in Adobe Lightroom. [I'll be real happy when Adobe gets the program to be more processor and RAM friendly]. Cleaned up some of the colour levels, and bumped up the contrast, sharpened a bit and removed noise, then banged it into PS where I did some selective colour adjusting to bring out more of the red smoke, finally ending with a red stroke

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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 08/01/2006 06:51:12 PM
Alright already! LOL nice one.
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Kodak DC260
 08/01/2006 05:31:25 PM
Did you burn this down just for this picture? Heh. I like it very much.
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Fujifilm FinePix S3100
 08/01/2006 01:58:13 AM
Looks hot. can def feel the heat.
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Sony DSC-P73
 07/30/2006 08:33:30 PM
WOW...This photo is absolutely phenomenal!!! The colors are fantastic, I can almost feel the intensity of the heat...AWESOME!
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 07/29/2006 11:50:46 PM
Interesting study of consumation.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM
 07/29/2006 06:46:25 PM
nice capture
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX APO IF HSM for Canon
 07/28/2006 03:22:27 AM
hope YOU didn't burn down the house? ;-) but looks great, though I'm glad I didn't live somewhere there....!
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Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 07/27/2006 06:21:48 PM
i like flames but something is missing 5
Nikon D5000
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
 07/27/2006 04:44:55 PM
OH WOW.
I was not expecting to see a picture like this.
This is SPLENDID!
The colors everything. WOW.
I hope nothing bad happened when you captured this picture. That'd be such a shame. But at the same time, this'd be a fantastic picture for the papers!
good luck with this one.
Definately one of my favorites.
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Nikon D50
Tamron AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical for Nikon
 07/27/2006 01:37:11 PM
all this just for a picture?!? i've heard of DPC fanatics, but c'mon! Now where you gonna live? :)

9!
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
 07/26/2006 08:41:13 AM
Cool shot. I like.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 07/26/2006 07:50:48 AM
Burning villages just for a cool shot? Very questionable...;-) Besides, I see yellow and orange flames.
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF 100-300mm f/4.5-5.6 USM
 07/26/2006 06:48:50 AM
WOW!!!
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Nikon D70s
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
 07/26/2006 06:30:54 AM
this is why you shouldn't smoke in bed. Smoke alarms save lives people!. This is a beautiful shot! i don't think the boarder was neccasary, my opinion, draws my eye away from the shot. good work!
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 07/26/2006 06:02:32 AM
dude... who's house was that? did you really burn a place down just for a picture?
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