Fire in a Braizer

[Frank Schmidt]

2 Still Life with Wine and Smoking Implements Pieter Claesz oil painting for sale and art paintings reproduction

It's a "Braizer"..... that the Europeans of the 17th Century used to collect fireplace embers for lighting their pipes . You wouldn't have had matches so the wood stove or fireplace was the source of fire to light a candle or pipe. This brazier was the way to move fire from room to room.

These pictured exotics: tobacco, fruit, wine, porcelain, pepper...were brought by the seafarers to Holland and Europe in the early days of ocean shipping. Dutch East India Company: big business of its day. The Captain's Quarters pictured here.

f/20, ISO 160, 85mm lens, for 47 seconds exposure in a dark studio. Lit the brazier coals and opened the shutter, brushed light on the rest of scene with a spotlight and 5 seconds of incandescent light. Some spot reflected off a mirror camera right.

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[BK553]

You focused on the lighting, but the composition could be better. Particularly the edge of the table being so close to the bottom of the frame.

[brianxlt]

Very nice shot! The only thing is the hard shadow from the wine bottle is a little distracting. Over all though as I said very nice shot.