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Burnin' One
Burnin' One
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Challenge: Fire II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
Location: Backyard, big wide open
Date: Aug 13, 2006
Aperture: f/2.0
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/60s
Galleries: Portraiture, Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: Aug 13, 2006

 I had ideas for fire, but those were of a scale and kind that would make me an arsonist...
So, sunday-evening, after driving back from an attempt to shoot something decent in the old town of Marken I suddenly remembered that I had Linda Hall's photo "Burnin' One" (from sept 2002, image id = 5898) in my favourites and still three cigars somewhere.
Found my cigars (Olifant Corona Panatella - When Luc/nessnaj reads this his mouth will start to water, these are handmade specialist dutch cigars-) and there were some cedar wood lighting woods still in the box.
Put the 50mm f/1.4 on, put it on my tripod, got my remote (that is visible in the photo) and crossed my fingers for the camera to focus on the fire with the center point AF. I tried dynamic AF but the outer focus areas are to weak for total darkness, they cannot handle the contrast.
The procedure was like: light the cedar wood, drop the lighter, push the remote and look smart - click -.
Most pics were sucky sucky sucky and I ran out of cedars and used some other wood that burned more agressively with huge flames. In the end I still chose this with the small fire of the cedar (this smells so good when you burn it) and the light in the hands.
Actually it is quite a crappy photograph, but that is because I put in way to little preparation and attempts. This was a 22.00 idea and I am typing this at 0.50 mondaymorning for me.... As an honour to the photo that inspired me I named this one "Burnin' One", but go check out Linda's photo, it is much better. :)
Reminder to self: Stop coming up with ideas late sunday-evening...

To get some light on myself I had to stop down to f/2, use ISO1600 and slow the shutter down to 1/60s.

And for some reason I've got a lot of nice portraits with the flame just outside the frame....

Luc, don't worry, I smoked that cigar. Hence the time between shooting and submitting. :)

Editing:

Adobe Camera Raw Auto (better color and noise than Nikon Capture)
Contrast USM
Cropped
Resized
Sharpened


Date: 13.08.2006 at 22:48:22
Exposure mode I: Manual exposure
Focus Mode: AF-S
Record Mode: Single shot

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Statistics
Place: 124 out of 160
Avg (all users): 4.7561
Avg (commenters): 5.6667
Avg (participants): 4.6420
Avg (non-participants): 4.8306
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon Z9
Nikon NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S
 08/20/2006 05:14:44 PM
nice effort
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D700
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 08/20/2006 03:53:30 AM
I think the graininess detracts from this image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70s
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
 08/17/2006 10:58:14 PM
nice natural light.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 08/17/2006 08:26:46 PM
Too much of the person in shot as it makes the fire element of the photo seem incidental
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-10D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
 08/17/2006 02:20:10 PM
very noisy, but it's nice to see someone who knows what the cedar wrap is for when you decided to smoke the cigar
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 08/16/2006 02:04:40 PM
Looks like ISO should have been a little lower, the fire lost detail and the skin is nosisy... 6 for the idea :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 08/15/2006 05:55:48 PM
Good composition and nice idea. The use of just the fire light is really a good choice for this as it casts nice shadows all about.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 08/15/2006 07:14:43 AM
nice composition the clor on the left sife seems a little weird though, not very flattering tones on the skin maybe if the flame could have been a little closer to the face. hope that helps.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
 08/15/2006 05:48:55 AM
The image is a little too noisy for me and the flame a bit too blown out but its a nice idea
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D80
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX
 08/14/2006 10:32:37 PM
Okay composition, but very noisy.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Panasonic DMC-FZ8
 08/14/2006 06:28:48 PM
Hmmm.... I think I like the grain, because it draws a lot of focus to the lighter parts that are not as visibilly grainy. I like the composition as well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 08/14/2006 03:25:05 PM
Meets the challenge. It is a nice low key image. But after all you are just lighting a cigar, not that exciting. I am giving you a 6 because of the technicals.

Wazz
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-6D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 08/14/2006 01:01:38 AM
I hope that's not a cheese stick you're lighting! ;-)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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