Feel The Flame
by Rucl1124

Comment by Rankles:
Hi Rucl1124!

Good job on hitting the nail on the head for the contest again, with an out of the box idea. Fire is notoriously difficult to photograph, and as in your last image the camera is struggling with the lack of light at the edges and perhaps too much zoom.

I would have preferred the two people on the right to be more centred, or not there at all. In the former case it could have been cool if they were watching the fire as spectators. Is this a controlled bonfire for a festival or similar?

Good luck on the next contest!

Sibling cats
by Rucl1124

Comment by Rankles:
Hi Rucl1124!

Good job on nailing the challenge topic, this is often the trickiest part.

I'm not sure what camera you're using but it looks like it was struggling for light. For cats especially they look much better than people do when the sun is relatively strong, this will help with the noise/grain on your image.

And if possible, try for a composition where they are far from their background, to enable it to be blurred out and isolate them in frame.

Good luck and welcome to DPC!