First Campfire of the Season

[Rylek]

This was taken tonight about 10:30EST.

This is my first and second attempt at a night shot of a campfire ---- any suggestion at how to make it better would be welcome....

First attempt.

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Only thing that changed was time of shot.



I believe I had my settings adjusted to P on the dial with no change in anything except no flash hehehehe.

[jiminyClickit]

Rylek,

These are good, not an easy subject to do well and make interesting. Found this posted by NaturesPixel, you may find helpful:

in my low light book by Lee frost he uses...

camp flames : all @ F16
ISO100 2 sec, ISO400, 1/2sec, ISO1600 1/8sec

Person Lit by Camp fire flames... he suggests Aperture of F5.6
ISO 100 2sec, ISO400 1/2 sec, ISO1600 1/8sec

hope this helps.. he also says .. when using these exposures.. you can also Bracket at least 1 stop over or under

each situation will be slightly different.. and use a tripod


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Cheers
ღ Leisa

[Rylek]

in my low light book by Lee frost he uses...

camp flames : all @ F16
ISO100 2 sec, ISO400, 1/2sec, ISO1600 1/8sec

Person Lit by Camp fire flames... he suggests Aperture of F5.6
ISO 100 2sec, ISO400 1/2 sec, ISO1600 1/8sec

hope this helps.. he also says .. when using these exposures.. you can also Bracket at least 1 stop over or under

each situation will be slightly different.. and use a tripod

Thanks a lot. I will try these techniques for sure. We just had this one outside of the house can't wait till we go camping to work on some more --- maybe some pics of peps by the campfire as well....

Thanks

[Flippant]

my suggestion is: wait till the wind stops blowing