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Published: 2012-12-11 06:58:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 714; Favourites: 21; Downloads: 5
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The colours. Stuffed. Again. CURSE YOU DEVIANTART (jks i love you). Please view hereHmmm... not sure how i feel about this. Kind of interesting shooting though; turns out flowers really aren't very flamable at all. I got this shot with generous amounts of Zippo lighter fluid and two boxes of matches. Nothing does the trick like lighter fluid
I have so many freaking ideas for photos but they all involve overhead views. So they will continue to torment me until i get a new (DECENT) tripod. I'm just gonna pretend i don't wanna smash my piece of crap against a wall until then.
I need to get out and take some more extravagant conceptual photos soon. I'm thinking some levitation, maybe?
14 days till christmas... excited, anyone??
Have a wonderful holiday season, you weird ass deviants
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Fire is a very hard tool to work with with timing and light. Flowers are very hard to burn but maybe next time try to use a fake flower. Fake flowers have a fabric, which burns much more easily and burns slower so you have time to take a few shots with it.
As for this piece, it was a great attempt. However, while working with fire you need to have just a little more depth with your lighting. Try to shoot in a darker area. If you plan to shoot outside, do it RIGHT when the sun does down in a darker forest area and underexpose your image on purpose so that the fire can really pop.
If you plan to shoot indoor, close all the windows and light sources. Under expose you image by just a little, and you will find that your fire will really really pop!
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The idea, the execution, the composition, the subject, the intrigue, I love it! The scene, though, is actually heavily burdened by the background. I would suggest manipulating the lighting during your shoot. If you had, say, one or two lights shining directly onto your hands, and the rest of your body in shadow, it would pull the focus to the flower and take care of some of that seemingly accidental background. I think that's what you actually started to do by wearing black (which really does work.. good job!).
Suggestion for something to play with: you might want to play with the cropping more before deciding on your final image. The way you have it now, you're displaying the foreground and the background. If, for example, you want to portray only the foreground and mid-ground, you might want to pull in the top and bottom edges.
Anyway, your hands and the flower look fabulous and it really is a good photo. I look forward to seeing more.
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crazy i would have figured you had photoshopped that effect on the flower. very cool
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Nah man i don't really agree with adding things into photos that weren't there. Thats were i imagine the boundary between photography and photomanipulation. Like to keep it all in-camera
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