e.rose
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OK I read this wrong... so what are you burning to photograph?
I think you read it right the first time.
Sorry if my reply to your post was offensive or anything (I didn't mean for it to be) - but you have to consider that a mailbox is very small, and very far away from the house (usually). The "risks" are very minimal, IMO.
Not sure what the grass is like in Nashville, but down here in Texas, grass fires are a real concern (everything is very dry here), so I would definitely water the hell out of the lawn prior to any kind of fire. (And of course be prepared to put out a small fire should one arise.)
But really, the worst thing I can see happening is that the mailbox would have to be replaced. Things would have to get very bad very fast for something worse than that to happen.
Except the mailbox lives DIRECTLY under a tree. And when I say directly, I mean I can stand at the mailbox, reach up, and grab some leaves. And I'm short.
ALSO... Keith wants to be able to put his hand IN the mailbox. I'm not trying to give my husband third degree burns, despite his thought that it won't be that bad. :er:
I think it depends on where you live - even controlled burns are not legal inside city limits where I live so you couldn't set your mailbox or anything else on fire in your front yard.
I live IN. Nashville. Pretty sure someone, somewhere, is going to be upset by this.
But since she's just setting a virtual fire by planning to photoshop one into her picture then the question seems to be more about compositing images than whether a mailbox flambe' is a good idea.
YES.
Hey Emily,
Back to your ORIGINAL topic.. Compositing fire. This is the only fire composite I have ever done.... ceramic dragon, and some fire, lol! ( a for a little girl who loves dragons!)
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Not sure exactly what you are going for... but will help if I can.
Thanks. My concern is, since there is going to be someone (Keith) in the image next to the fire... that I know had it been a REAL fire, it would be casting light onto him, and therefore affect the overall "look" of the lighting of the photograph. Since it would be photographed with *no* fire at first... after putting the fire IN... I want to make sure it looks realistic to the point where I'd have to "change the light" in PS after inserting the fire to make it look like it was actually there.