#49 - Fire (Congrats Sheiky)

On behalf of Colin500, this is assignment 49: Fire

On various occasions my pictures used fire as (main) light source and/or as (part of the) main subject. Of course the fire doesn't have to be so obvious as in the examples, perhaps you show us a past or a future fire, or ... well, that's the fun part, I'm curious to see what people come up with :-)

The following photos have been selected as finalists:

Name: DavidWare
Motivation: Minimalistic and quiet and a bit abstract (which I like)

http://i.minus.com/isGjiGnDHibhe.jpg



Name: Steph
Motivation: Nightly action scene where the fire really stands out!

http://photos.deghaye.com/photos/i-h...-h8SNGtx-L.jpg



Name: Sheiky
Motivation: Great shape of the "woman" plus some nice swirls, and again abstract ;-)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8372/8...298f7b6b_b.jpg



Name: Jayson
Motivation: Nice contrast of colours, and I've been trying something similar for a while

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-1...8%2520copy.jpg


The poll will be opened for 3 days. Good luck!

A big CONGRATS Colin and what a hot topic! I too am looking forward to the huge variety of images that will be posted in the next two weeks. Regards, erno

My kid thought this photo of the Peter Iredale shipwreck in the northernmost part of Oregon looked like a dragon with fire in his belly.
[img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8143/7...652bf745_b.jpg
The Fire Within - - - Oregon Coast by ernogy, on Flickr[/img]

From the Reno, NV balloon festival. Just me, my tripod, and about 150 other photographers all set up before sunrise!
[img]http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6171/6...5e61983c_b.jpg
Light My Fire by ernogy, on Flickr[/img]

Nice shots Enro and Colin.....I'll try to do something original for this topic, but until then:

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6100/6...7ed81a95_b.jpg
Fireworks IMG_2254 by kayaker72, on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7155/6...5d112b58_b.jpg
Fireworks IMG_1916 by kayaker72, on Flickr

Thanks for viewing,
Brant

Great shots so far! Keep 'em coming! I'm planning on making a new shot for this assignment, but for now for some inspiration and input:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7157/6...8df19cb3_b.jpg
Lest We Forget by Jan Paalman, on Flickr

Some great entries already.

I'm going for a participants ribbon, been a while since I posted and even longer since I participated.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-6...0/IMG_7260.JPG

Here's my entry ...the fire got so hot that the photo started to burn up :-)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8381/8...df52b522_c.jpg
Toasty by Denise Trocio ( www.dtrociophotography.com), on Flickr

May as well try my hand in a contest for once, seeing as how I have this floating around.

http://i.minus.com/isGjiGnDHibhe.jpg

I've not posted anything in a long time -- but this shot seems appropriate. Taken during the Epiphany festivities, Girona, Spain, 1-6-2013. 5DMIII, EF17-40 F4.0L.

And -- since I haven't posted in a while -- How do I get the image full size in the post?

Everyone mentioning having an image laying around reminded me that I have something too.

From the Ottawa Busker Festival:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8227/8...f5b76ac7_c.jpg
The Fire Guy by namethatnobodyelsetook, on Flickr

Jimmy Pyro's New Year's show in Centennial Park, Atlanta, December 31, 2011. Shots with a 7D and Sigma 30 f/1.4.

The first is my entry.

http://riverview.smugmug.com/photos/...-fT7Dhg9-M.jpg

http://riverview.smugmug.com/photos/...-DXjNPPm-M.jpg

http://riverview.smugmug.com/photos/...-TgS3mt2-M.jpg

http://riverview.smugmug.com/photos/...-3GWxwzh-M.jpg

whoa! Skateboard Guy jumping through burning star is one mighty fine image!

Here is my burning entry!

Not taken recently though (Crete 2011)

http://photos.deghaye.com/photos/i-h...-h8SNGtx-L.jpg

And three others, also with fire, that I like quite a bit. Although I've got camera shake blur (38mm @ 1/5 sec), one can see how they were "fighting" with the fire swords.

http://photos.deghaye.com/photos/i-v...-vfSm9ZK-M.jpg

http://photos.deghaye.com/photos/i-f...-fVZxtd3-M.jpg

http://photos.deghaye.com/photos/i-x...-xzJf5vk-M.jpg

I had this idea for my entry.......

http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....69628924-4.jpg

(not to worry .... just think about photoshop layers)

Fire in the sky, Yellowknife, NWT

Canon 1DX, 24 mm f/1.4 L II, 10 sec @ f/1.4, ISO 800
Attachment 1732

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Fire in the sky, Yellowknife, NWT

Canon 1DX, 24 mm f/1.4 L II, 10 sec @ f/1.4, ISO 800

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You missed one of the pertinent shooting parameters... the temperature.:cool:

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Originally Posted by conropl

You missed one of the pertinent shooting parameters... the temperature.:cool:

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It was much warmer last night for this show: -32 C. Positively balmy! :p

This was taken back in 2011. The combination of waves and clouds on the horizon created a look of flames moving up and down and across the horizon as the sun was setting. It was the strangest sight.

Not really fire, but it sure looked like it.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8381/8...53436090_b.jpg
Fire on the Lake -9659 by westmichigan, on Flickr

Tried out some "fire" shots this afternoon. The first will be my entry(more on Flickr):

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8372/8...298f7b6b_b.jpg
Hot Woman by Jan Paalman, on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8109/8...c62d8263_b.jpg
Curly Smoke by Jan Paalman, on Flickr

Holy smokes Jan. I saw your HOT LADY image on Flickr earlier today and that is really one wonderful piece of art. Great vision in setting this up.

Very cool (or hot?) Jan! The lady on fire looks like a winning shot to me. Maybe you could share the setup/recipe for this shot in a week or so?

Here is my entry, unless I can come up with something else.

Fire and Ice
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-1...8%2520copy.jpg

Thanks guys!

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Originally Posted by cls

Maybe you could share the setup/recipe for this shot in a week or so?

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Well actually I could have called it Hot Woman on Cocain :p To be fair I didn't have any control over the shape of the flame and the figure in it is just a lucky shot. I made a small fingersize bowl of tinfoil in which I poored some (I think you'd call it:) white spirit. In my younger years I knew the powdered milk stuff some people throw into their coffee gives quite nice bursts of flames when you poor it over a small fire. Well I didn't find any of that, but after some expirimenting with salt and pepper and stuff...powdered sugar seemed to work as well. So that's what you're seeing here.

Settings: 100mm macro(don't think I used extension rings here), ISO 100, f10, 1/200s. One 430 EX2 flash on the left side in the back, about 1ft away at 1/64 power. A cardboard box with some tinfoil on the right front next to the lens to reflect the flash. Background was a simple piece of paper.

Anyway, there are probably still a lot more and a lot better shots of fire...keep em coming!

Only about half a day left to submit your photos:D

This will be the announcement of the end of the entryperiod. I will notify Colin so he can select his favorites. Good luck everyone!

Hi everybody, and sorry for the delay -- was mainly due to the snow and ice which disrupted my two week trip around central Europe a bit.

I've now chosen the finalists and informed Sheiky, as usual it wasn't easy and I could equally well have chosen a few other ones, but ...

Anyhow, nice round of showing and sharing, now let's vote and on towards the next one ;-)

Thanks Colin! The finalists have been added and the poll is ready to go. Good luck!

Define: Slam Dunk -> Picture by Sheiky:cool:

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Originally Posted by M_Six

Define: Slam Dunk -> Picture by Sheiky:cool:

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Hehe...I suppose this was kind of expected - that photo is really great. (And as a bonus this should simplify things when it comes to arranging the next assignment/voting procedure ;-)

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Originally Posted by M_Six

Define: Slam Dunk -> Picture by Sheiky:cool:

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+2 well done Sheiky

Looks like we have a runaway winner here, nicely done. I'm quite surprised I was selected given all the other great entries, and even more surprised I managed to steal a vote away from Sheiky.

Haha thanks guys! Actually I'm surprised how much good can come out of 2 hours of having fun with flames, I'd recommend it to anyone(at your own risk);)

As for the simplicity of arranging the next assignment...well I really got to think about that. It's assignment 50 and I think that should be something special. Also I'm still working on ideas to improve the style of the assignments. Will work on it as fast as I can:o

Thanks again and I must say that I think there were a lot of great shots in this assignment.

PS: I got some great ideas from some of you already, but if you've got any ideas for the improvement of the assignments, please mail or PM me:D

Excellent work Sheiky! I really love the way how the colors turned out to be -- hot and cold! :)

Thanks! Sorry about the delays, I had a small medical issue that needed some care. Will make the new assignment within a day:D