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In Melbourne, Australia, there is a Shrine of Remembrance dedicated to all of the men and women of Australia who have served in war, from World War I through today. The Eternal Flame represents eternal life, and is kept alight at all times.
I’ve always had a fascination with fire, which started with the occasional burning of fall leaves in the back yard as a child and has now developed into an interest in photographing flames such as this.
Camera: Nikon D3000 with 28-300mm Nikkor Lens
Details: Shot at 270mm, 1/500s – F/6.3, ISO 200
Processing: Adobe Lightroom 3
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Kristi is a freelance writer, blog marketing expert, and social media enthusiast who loves photography, tennis, and hiking.
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Wow is this cool! Love how the bowl is exposed and how you caught the fire as it split going up. Nice shot!
Chris Nitz recently posted..Medieval Peep Death
Thanks Chris! I tried a few different sides of the bowl, and this one with the wind direction came out the best!
I love this shot!
Jason Hines recently posted..Lemonade Sunset
I’m looking forward to you posting your Shrine photo!
Kristi:
Nice Shot! I love fire too.
After seeing your photos, I decided to start my own just the past 3 days. I need to re-organize my photos and start posting and shooting more. You really have great talent to capture the colorful world. Here is my new digital photography blog – Outography.com. Your feedback will be well appreciated.
One thing I would love to know is what have you done with the lightroom software? Did you to retouching, color correction or anything else?
I really enjoy your photos! Keep it coming. Thanks!
Thanks Terence! Usually what I do with Lightroom is crop / rotate the image, maybe adjust exposure if it’s too light / dark, and enhance colors when needed. With this one, I did a little cropping and darkened the exposure of one fire spot that was a bit out of place. It’s a great program – definitely a good place to start if you don’t want to jump into Photoshop.
Wow you are good, the many talents of Kristi Hines…. I love it!
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Thanks Karla!
Nicely done! Beautiful exposure! Love the composition too.
Peter Liu recently posted..Green Anole
Thanks Peter, although I have to give credit to the wind and the flames for working with me that day.
Great shot, I like how you can only see the bowl and flam in the shot .
Ryan Sexton recently posted..Ferrari 458 at the Biltmore
Thanks Ryan! It took a few (lot) of tries to get that effect. In retrospect, I could have probably stuck with the first few tries and just edited it later, but I wanted the darkness to be natural.
This one is hot, love the motion blur on the flames and the colors in general. I tried Lightroom back when the first beta for Windows came out but never liked it so I stick with Photoshop… might have to try it again though.
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Thanks Richard! I guess my thing is Photoshop has a few too many options – I like the simplicity of what Lightroom can do without all of the other options. My hubby, on the other hand, loves both Lightroom for simple fixes and Photoshop for his HDR photography.
Love the fire!
Thanks Rick!
Nice photo Kristi, you could almost imagine the flames being delicate fabric flowing in the breeze.
Just goes to show there are photo opportunities everywhere, you just have to keep an eye out for them.
Sire recently posted..Tips On Tipping & Other Things When In The USA
Thanks Sire! That’s a good way to think of them, maybe like silk or something. Yes, there are always opportunities out there – you just have to keep an open mind about them.
Yes photographing fire well isn’t easy, but you’ve pulled it off here. Great shot.
Dan recently posted..Pat’s 60th Bash
Thanks Dan!
Great job capturing this, fire is not always the easiest to photograph.
Scott Wood recently posted..Grand Falls in Golden Light
Thanks Scott! It can definitely be a challenge, but when you do capture it, you feel like you’ve accomplished something awesome!
Wow, very cool capture! Love all the detail in the fire. Great shot!
Scott Ackerman recently posted..Curiosity
Thanks Scott!
These are pretty cool Kristi. Neat idea for some of the night shooting and off camera lighting i’ve been playing around with.
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Fire can create a lot of great lighting elements, especially if you are photographing an object only illuminated by flames!