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By the Fire Under the Sky
By the Fire Under the Sky
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Challenge: 30 Seconds or More (Basic Editing III*)
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
Location: Limantour Beach, California
Date: Jun 18, 2006
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1111.9 s
Galleries: Sky, Astrophotography
Date Uploaded: Jun 19, 2006

Taken at Limantour Beach, California while on vacation with my girlfriend. We moved the log around to get the flames to make shadows for abit then put it out and never thought about the sparks. Also really had to work the magentas because for some reason I had two flares right under the log that I had to try and blend in, hopefully they aren't too annoying. Really wished I could have used clone stamp!
Post Challenge:Thanks everyone for your comments and critiques. For those I who wished I had lightened the foreground with a flash or light I used shadow/highlight to bring out the shadows and it worked wonders.


Statistics
Place: 14 out of 170
Avg (all users): 6.5908
Avg (commenters): 7.5517
Avg (participants): 6.3333
Avg (non-participants): 6.6489
Views since voting: 1852
Views during voting: 548
Votes: 391
Comments: 34
Favorites: 4 (view)


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11/17/2006 04:58:36 PM
Id like to try this soon , how long can you keep the shutter open with your D50 ? Great shot.
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06/29/2006 03:18:00 PM
Congratulations on your top 20 finish. Very good shot!
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06/28/2006 12:18:58 AM
Awesome picture Joe! Congrats on your top 20!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/27/2006 11:56:32 PM
cool shot 9
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06/27/2006 06:28:46 PM
Very smart. What point in the sky is this pointing at? North Star or something? I know nothing.
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06/27/2006 12:39:34 AM
Like the fact that it is not just a dark foreground.
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06/27/2006 12:15:05 AM
Interesting shot
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06/26/2006 09:24:58 PM
amazing...I have always wanted to get a shot like this...love the blue and red
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06/26/2006 12:39:03 PM
very nice star trails, but the rest of the image isn't very interesting. 7.
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06/26/2006 09:55:41 AM
well done beautiful pic
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06/25/2006 06:11:39 PM
Pretty cool, I've always wanted to do is but it hard to find a good dark place in our crowded little overexposed country. :(
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06/25/2006 01:56:02 PM
good job the sparks from the fire add to this image.
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06/25/2006 01:17:34 PM
this was my idea as well but i ended up not doing it. cool shot. good luck. Hope it does well.
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06/25/2006 02:49:18 AM
Composition: 6 - Technical: 5 - Creativity: 6 - Appeal: 6 - Challenge: 6 - Overall Calculated Average Score: 6

Great job!
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06/24/2006 04:54:46 PM
I like the effect of the stars and the embers from the fire.
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06/24/2006 02:00:48 PM
A nice foreground for the star trail. Nice and clear circular pattern. Well done!
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06/24/2006 02:35:01 AM
nice star trailer good color
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06/23/2006 10:14:33 PM
awesome. makes me a tad dizzy but awesome :)
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06/23/2006 12:50:46 PM
Meets Challenge:2
Aesthetics:1
Technical: 1
Wow: 0
Originality:1
Total Score: 5
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06/23/2006 10:45:11 AM
Like a dream
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06/23/2006 10:34:53 AM
Beautiful range of colours and captured the night sky well.
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06/23/2006 02:51:29 AM
DIZZY...well done
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06/23/2006 02:35:43 AM
that must be a Looooooooooong exposure? Cool
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06/22/2006 08:55:34 AM
Great star trails.
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06/21/2006 11:51:01 PM
Warm-whole has arrived :) Very cool :)
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06/21/2006 11:42:18 PM
Dizzying ...
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06/21/2006 08:01:49 PM
Beautiful sky a bit distracting in the foreground though
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06/21/2006 07:44:53 PM
You deserve a high score for patience :) I'm not sure about the foreground though but you probably didn't want to try it again, right?
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06/21/2006 01:18:38 PM
I love that type of photos.
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06/21/2006 11:44:48 AM
awesome. way to go. I've been wanting to try a shot like this. well done.
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06/21/2006 08:07:40 AM
Pretty cool shot, I threw a 6 on it, needs a more interesting or spectacular foreground to win me over (remember, I live in the northern hemisphere and have seen TONS of similar shots) but nice work.
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06/21/2006 06:37:56 AM
Good image. I like the opposing focal points of the fire in the bottom left versus the concentric circles drawing the eye to the upper right. Adding a little more (but not too much!) lighting of the grass etc. in the central band of the photo would have enhanced I think... with an exposure as long as yours, this would have been possible with a handheld light or even a controlled off-camera flash. But overall well conceived and executed.
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06/21/2006 03:34:51 AM
My guess is exposure time around 15 minutes on this one? In the foregound, are these lights from eye reflections of animals? look forward to details :-)
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06/21/2006 12:22:32 AM
beautiful star trail photo. i love the color on the horizon, the interesting treeline silhouette and the red illuminated of the foreground
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