Cheyskyy

Ignis

Cold nights by warm fires

Cold nights by warm fires
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Canon EOS REBEL T3i

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Aperture 16/1 ISO 800 Shutter 16/10 Focal Length 25/1

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May, 2016

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Behind The Lens

Location

Being a Florida Native, it's rare the nights are cool enough to warrant lighting the fire pit. But who could say no to smores with friends. And being a self-taught photographer I look for every opportunity to practice long exposure shots.

Time

You would think Super Bowl Sunday requires being parked in front of a TV. But on this day we instead found ourselves outback under a beautiful moon, with a chill in the air.

Lighting

I really wanted to capture the life of the fire. How it moves, and how the ember float high above the flames.

Equipment

This was shot with a Canon T3i Rebel and one of my close range lenses or "short nose lens" as I like to call it.

Inspiration

I am truly obsessed with long exposure photos especially in dark settings. I love the unexpected trails the lights make. So as I was gazing in to the

Editing

As for post editing I try to keep things as close to "as-shot" as possible. So all that was really done to this photo was darkening the blacks, upping the highlights, and raising the contrast to make the colors pop.

In my camera bag

My equipment back is small compared to most photographers. It consists of the canon camera body, my short nose lens, and my long nose lens. The tripod I do own has been collecting dust for ages now.

Feedback

I've learned that long exposures are tricky. I tend to spend the first 20 shots getting my setting right. Then I snap at least 25 pictures from each angle I choose. I easily change positions and angles a good 5 times minimum. So that all tends to add up quickly. In post productions I go in stages. Weed out the no's. Sift through the maybe's. Then I usually end up with 5 photos I cannot choose between. I edit each of my Top Photos as if it's my favorite. By this point I have a good idea which one is going to be the one.

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Ignis

Cold nights by warm fires

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