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Attracted by Fire
Attracted by Fire
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Challenge: Free Study 2007-02 (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
Location: Ardenes, Belgium
Date: Feb 23, 2007
Aperture: 6.7
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/20
Galleries: Landscape, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Feb 27, 2007

 I first submited it to the low key challenge
but then noticed that it's a basic editing one and that here I cloned out 2 spots of lamps in the background

So entered another one in the Low key
And kept this one for the free study

It's not my best picture of the month but I like it
This was a 8m high fire and the atmosphere was kind of a magical

Statistics
Place: 415 out of 624
Avg (all users): 5.3025
Avg (commenters): 5.6667
Avg (participants): 5.2640
Avg (non-participants): 5.4324
Views since voting: 661
Views during voting: 231
Votes: 162
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 04/01/2010 10:03:08 PM
I like the silhouette and this has such an evil feel to it. Nice job.
 03/08/2007 01:49:49 PM
Positives:
There are emotional aspects of this image that are appealing. The boy in front of the fire begs the viewer to speculate what the child is experiencing and thinking. Placing the subject between the brightest flame and photographer works well.

Technicals:
Sharpness is not bad, but could be better.

A problem with low light situations is that the image tends to be overly yellow(as is likely in your case) or red(as common with people images) because of white balance issues under those conditions. If you have to overcome those issue then you may already have lost the battle for a great photograph regardless of content.

You did the best you could under those conditions but really stood no change to overcome that.

In its own way the use of yellow is fine, but the lack of other color detail gives it a superficial, overprocessed appearance.

The challenge:
Again, the assumption of voters for a free study is images of the highest technical quality. When disappointed they punish the images with a low score. That is not to say the image deserves the lower score, it is just the way DPC voters think.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/07/2007 04:50:52 AM
Nice feel to this.
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 03/05/2007 10:22:15 PM
Fantastic
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 03/05/2007 08:17:46 PM
wonderful photo. his arms at the same angles as the firewood makes him a creature of fire. The processing gives this a horror-movie feel. Lots of mood and attitude in this photo. 8
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 03/04/2007 08:44:09 AM
I'm not sure if I'm fond of the processing loss of the color in this. The attractiveness of fire is better seen with the reds, yellows...and blacks of the fire.
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 03/04/2007 07:27:23 AM
Nice I like the silhouette
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 03/01/2007 11:34:32 AM
interesting. i like the dark look.
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 03/01/2007 09:41:13 AM
Sweet almost abstract feel.
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