Breathing Fire

[TiCoyote]

Kinda fun. And spicy!

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Let me know what you think.

 

[Taylor510ce]

Try underexposing more. You would get plenty of light from the fire on the people and get more detail probably in the fire itself. Seems blown out to me. I personally have never shot this kinda stuff, so others would probably have better advice.

 

[XCountryGuy]

Try underexposing more. You would get plenty of light from the fire on the people and get more detail probably in the fire itself. Seems blown out to me. I personally have never shot this kinda stuff, so others would probably have better advice.

^^^That sounds like a good recommendation. It would also allow the shutter speed to be faster and reduce the blur in the figures.

 

[cletusjermal]

Try underexposing more. You would get plenty of light from the fire on the people and get more detail probably in the fire itself. Seems blown out to me. I personally have never shot this kinda stuff, so others would probably have better advice.

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[TiCoyote]

It's hard to get detail on fire. I think it moves more quickly than water, so you really need a 1/1000 shutter speed or faster. I shot these with a 50 f/1.8 on a 50D

 

[Taylor510ce]

Turn up the ISO a little if you need a faster speed. fire should be plenty bright enough to get a faster shutter speed when aiming at it, but perhaps for the light cast onto the subjects you could bump the ISO. I mean after all, the sun is a big ball of fire.

If you still have trouble, I would think that it would be possible to maybe use highspeed flash sync to light the subject while shooting a fast enough shutter speed to expose the fire better. ( anyone else have any advice on this? )

 

[TiCoyote]

I find that when the fire is properly lit, everything else is black. But I'll keep working with this.

Can I get the 50D to do a 2nd curtain sync with an external flash, using cactus triggers?

 

[Taylor510ce]

I don't think so with cactus triggers. I could be wrong though.