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Posted: **Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:05 pm**

Was playing with my old manual lens, and saw smoke..... on private property belonging to a gun club. Well, what could I do? Went and had a look :oops:

Found this lovely old gum burning away and started taking some shots. Short story- caretaker turned up, I shouldn't have been there, the gun club are 'hunting ferals' (foxes) tonight, so standing around in the dark near a burning tree wasn't the smartest thing I could do.... But have made friends with the caretaker, am allowed back anytime (so long as I ring and let him know), AND I got a half decent shot of the tree

Rel

Posted: **Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:11 pm**

Glad you got back in one piece Rel!
nice image, contrasting aspects and something a little different.
What shutter speed did u use here?

Posted: **Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:13 pm**

Thanks Geoff - manual lens f16 (17' wide angle Tokina) and 10 second exposure with IR remote iso 200

rel

Posted: **Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:14 pm**

beautiful effect and image Rel

Posted: **Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:16 pm**

love it... great effect with the slower shutter.

cheers

Posted: **Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:31 pm**

Thanks guys

Was pretty pleased with it. I realise know that if I had half a brain, I should have painted the tree with torchlight during the exposure to bring out more detail ..... but at least I know for next time

Rel

Posted: **Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:31 pm**

Not an easy shot to capture so well - well done

Posted: **Sun Jul 02, 2006 12:17 am**

Thanks Chris

Felt even harder seeing the caretaker came back for a smoke (of the cigarette kind), and waited for me to take the shot and join him and his other half. I'm a shocker taking photos at the best of times, but if someone is watching me do it, even worse !!!

Posted: **Sun Jul 02, 2006 12:23 am**

blacknstormy wrote:.. I should have painted the tree with torchlight during the exposure to bring out more detail ..... but at least I know for next time
Rel

There's probably a ton of the tree detail in the RAW image, Rel. Open another copy of it in PS and push the exposure, then do a composite of the two images.

Fantastic shot and a great story behind it!

Posted: **Sun Jul 02, 2006 1:33 am**

Thanks for your comments Simon

And you're right, there would be more details in the RAW file .... but I had fun playing with animated gifs instead

Rough (very very rough), but fun for me nonetheless LOL And now, I'm off to sleep :lol:

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Posted: **Sun Jul 02, 2006 4:37 am**

Very nice Rel

You are going to bed and I am getting up :lol:

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