In the Fire

[PixelRabbit]

After I built a fire today I grabbed my camera
Here are my favourites.
Would love to hear your thoughts!
Thanks for taking a look


These first two stood out, the last one is much more subtle but cool if you let your mind wander!

Fire Cat










Fire Nymph








Lifetime of Pain

 

[Gadfly]

Cool!

 

[timor]

All are wonderful. I don't know why, but your best pictures are always on the border of abstract.

 

[Fred Berg]

What were you burning? You certainly seem to have set a spirit free in #2. Very interesting.

 

[pgriz]

Fire shots are tough to critique. There's a huge element of chance. And yet, we all know the enchantment that comes while staring into the flames of a campfire. So ephemeral, and delicate, and yet so eye-catching. Each is a little different. A grass fire has a different look, smell, feel than a branch fire, which is again different from a log fire. The burst of light at the beginning is so different from the tranquil glow at the end. You've caught the everchanging essence.

 

[Derrel]

I see a fierce, snarling cougar in the first shot! Abstract, of course. These appear to have just the right exposure for the flames. My experience is that when one over-exposes fire, it tends to shift to an ugly yellowish-hued mess...these maintain the right orange-ish color! In the second one, I see an evil seprent's eyes and snout. The third one I do not like much. Still, these are kinda' neat.

 

[PixelRabbit]

Cool!

Thanks!

All are wonderful. I don't know why, but your best pictures are always on the border of abstract.

Thanks Timor, I love playing with that border

What were you burning? You certainly seem to have set a spirit free in #2. Very interesting.

Thanks Fred Just wood in the woodstove, this stuff is pretty dry though and burns fast but pretty, I played with the flue until I got a nice "flow".

Fire shots are tough to critique. There's a huge element of chance. And yet, we all know the enchantment that comes while staring into the flames of a campfire. So ephemeral, and delicate, and yet so eye-catching. Each is a little different. A grass fire has a different look, smell, feel than a branch fire, which is again different from a log fire. The burst of light at the beginning is so different from the tranquil glow at the end. You've caught the everchanging essence.

Thanks Paul So true, it isn't much of a surprise that fire fascinates us.

I see a fierce, snarling cougar in the first shot! Abstract, of course. These appear to have just the right exposure for the flames. My experience is that when one over-exposes fire, it tends to shift to an ugly yellowish-hued mess...these maintain the right orange-ish color! In the second one, I see an evil seprent's eyes and snout. The third one I do not like much. Still, these are kinda' neat.

Thanks Derrel May I ask did you find the faces in #3?

 

[Frequency]

I never thought fire can be so beautiful :thumbsup:

 

[PixelRabbit]

Thanks Nandakumar

 

[snowbear123 55]

:thumbup:

 

[PixelRabbit]

Thanks Charlie