Sunday, January 30, 2011

Fire


I've wanted to learn to photograph a candle --- so off to the Internet.  The dining table set-ups - five of them - 200 clicks, and this is the one I like best.  Simple and sharp.  1/20s, f/4.8, 60 mm, ISO 160, tripod, auto balance, no flash.   The key to the many candle soft glow effect is to many use tea lites bunched together,  photographed close-up with spot focus.  Messy because they burn too fast and the house could go up in smoke.  I DID burn my sweater.

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