elephantine shapes
In drifts of darkness
Go over to Compasses now, if you haven't already, and gaze awhile with him.
( I find it quite hard to refrain from looking into the fire myself, and thence to photographing it, but, as I have observed elsewhere, it always comes out a strange mauvish colour, which is nothing like its reality. This time I used the 'candlelight' special setting on the camera, and then the 'warmify' effect on Picasa, which went some way to rendering it more lifelike...)
3 comments:
As always, I love the give and take on Compasses!
Great photo, Lucy! You once mentioned that mauvish colour in fire photos on my blog. I really need to check if there is a candlelight setting on our camera, which is older than yours. I suppose I should have tried to Photoshop it out.
Thanks ML. The candlelight setting deepened the orange somewhat, lessened thatwhite glare and generally warmed it a bit, but it's still purplish! It just seems to be the way the firelight is registered. It's not unattractive though. The camera has a ridiculous and unnecessary array of settings, including not one but two baby ones so that you can label and date each of your two infants separately - and one for pets!
Nice, I find myself staring at flames for hours when I am in front of a fire place. I think you did a great attempt and it gives me a challenge with my camera.
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