drawn to a flame

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.

 

#3 and the last one

im a dude but I have to say im a sucker for candles

 

I like the last one best. Nice whiffs of smoke.

 

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.

 

#5 is quite awesome.