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I would really welcome some advice and suggestions about shooting 'fire' and flames. I don't mean fire in a big way as in forest, house etc but tight in on it. Ideally I need to show the source of the fire as wood rather than any other kind of fuel. Somehow I would like it to be more than just a record of flames.
This is for a project that includes other subjects - wood, water etc
Any thoughts please :-)

Sorry if this isn't the right place for this post, still finding my way around.

Caroline
 
Hi Caroline, the post seems a little vague to me. What camera are you using. I would suggest using a long lens (for obvious reasons) and shutter priority if you wish to capture a flame , but if you want to go tight in to the heart of the fire, then switch to ap priority and maybe under expose by half a stop, to retain the detail in th burning wood. If you search for the poty comp last year, Morph on this forum posted a wonderful shot of a fire.
Dean:)
 
I've tried it on a couple of different settings, shutter speed and wb being the main ones. I had it crisp or smooth and blurred with shutter setting, then i could choose flame colour with wb.

I was shooting a bonfire from a telephoto lens on a tripod a fair bit away.
Don't think I really cracked it as I allways had background issues and never really liked any of my results, but the last time we had a proper bonfire I was very new to all this.

Sorry I'm not more helpful.
 
Caroline, this is the picture, if it works!!!!

trials-046-1.jpg


This is Morphs photo, not mine so copyright is his etc etc.

Dean:)
 
Thanks Dean, and also Morph :-)

Superb pic, this is the sort of image I should be trying for. I would be interested to know the techie stuff here too if that's possible ?

My camera - 40D, canon lenses 24-105, 70-200, tripod, fire extinguisher in reserve. Apologies for not specifying camera etc previously.

Caroline
 
Ill speak with Neil (morph) tomorrow at work, see if he can tell you the settings.
Dean:)
 
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