I woke up early. I was bored. Break out the candles! 1. Simple flame to get warmed up. 2. These candles are 4 feet apart & I shot this from about 2 feet away from the front one. Layers are your friend! 3. Candle closeup. 4. Echoes of a flame. Okay, it's really a reflection inside the lens, but it looked cool so I posted it. 5. Finis.
I think they're all wonderful... I love the ending! I'd say the layered one is my fav...the black background works so well
Thanks for the nice comments. The black background is a piece of foam board at the far end of the dining room table the candles were sitting on. I hung another piece of foam board from the light fixture above the table to keep the light off the background. I keep meaning to perfect shooting candle flames, but I keep putting it off. One of these days I'll figure it all out. Especially the smoke.