Last series of Burn Off 2023.

[Benoz]

Taken with KP + Sigma 17-70 macro
Location: 50Km North/East of Perth, Western Australia

• RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. - PENTAX KP
• 19.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/320 sec
• Spot
• Auto exposure
• ISO 200

• RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. - PENTAX KP
• 17.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/250 sec
• Spot
• Auto exposure
• ISO 200

• RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. - PENTAX KP
• 17.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/400 sec
• Spot
• Auto exposure
• ISO 200

• RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. - PENTAX KP
• 19.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/500 sec
• Spot
• Auto exposure
• ISO 200

• RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. - PENTAX KP
• 63.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/250 sec
• Spot
• Auto exposure
• ISO 100

 

[RBIV]

Another great series. Complex lighting, and speaking of... I notice you used spot metering. If may ask, where in the frame did you meter? One spot and go with it, or did you measure around several places and then choose an average? Bracket? And are these from RAW files, or did you shoot .JPG?

Asking because I'm impressed with the outcome. Really good.

 

[Ozdean]

Very artistic using the sun's rays Ben.

 

[Benoz]

Another great series. Complex lighting, and speaking of... I notice you used spot metering. If may ask, where in the frame did you meter? One spot and go with it, or did you measure around several places and then choose an average? Bracket? And are these from RAW files, or did you shoot .JPG?

Asking because I'm impressed with the outcome. Really good.

Thank you very much RBIV. In this case I could have used center-weighted metering but my shooting preference is spot focusing and spot metering especially for macro. Here I tried to judge an average lit spot in the image that I wanted to stand out more, like a tree trunk, or foliage, or the flames. Occasionally, of course, I needed to repeat the shot for a better metering. I only shoot JPG and use the basic post processing program PhotoFiltre for minor adjustment of +- gamma correction, sharpness or saturation. Don't like to spend more than 30 seconds per image

 

[Benoz]

Very artistic using the sun's rays Ben.

Thank you Dean. With the breeze created by the fire itself the sun rays used to come and go. just had to wait for the right moment.

 

[Dino26323]

These are superb and unusual scenes captured or at least for me. I have not seen scenes like this captured this way.
Thank you for posting.
Regards Dino26323

 

[Benoz]

These are superb and unusual scenes captured or at least for me. I have not seen scenes like this captured this way.
Thank you for posting.
Regards Dino26323

Thank you Dino. I very much appreciate your comments and I am glad you like these images .
Regards, Ben.

 

[PentUp]

Fantastic Ben! Almost Biblical !

 

[Benoz]

Fantastic Ben! Almost Biblical !

Glad you like them Mike, thank you very much! Yes...Biblical...Apocalyptic...?