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Kemal - 30 Jul 2005 10:08 GMT

I took a few pictures while hiking with my Canon G5
tell me what you think. I used the night time shooting
mode.

http://www.kemal.ca/g5/fire/fire1.jpg
http://www.kemal.ca/g5/fire/fire2.jpg
http://www.kemal.ca/g5/fire/fire3.jpg

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grolschie - 30 Jul 2005 10:22 GMT

>I took a few pictures while hiking with my Canon G5
> tell me what you think. I used the night time shooting
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> http://www.kemal.ca/g5/fire/fire2.jpg
> http://www.kemal.ca/g5/fire/fire3.jpg

Hey that's a cool effect. Was the wood extremely sparky or something?
How many seconds was the shutter open?
grol

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Kemal - 30 Jul 2005 10:39 GMT

It was open for one second, the aperture was 2.0
Do you know how big I can make prints if my camera
produces a 2592x1944 photo? My camera is the 5 mp
Canon G5.

>>I took a few pictures while hiking with my Canon G5
>>tell me what you think. I used the night time shooting
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> How many seconds was the shutter open?
> grol

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grolschie - 30 Jul 2005 11:51 GMT

> It was open for one second, the aperture was 2.0

Did you use a tripod or hand held?

> Do you know how big I can make prints if my camera
> produces a 2592x1944 photo? My camera is the 5 mp
> Canon G5.

Opinions vary. Some say that a 4MP (2272 x 1704) can do A4 - so you'd
be pretty safe at A4 with a good 5MP camera. It really depends on the
photo. If the photo is not that sharp, smaller prints might hide that
better.

grol

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Kemal - 31 Jul 2005 00:38 GMT

I used a tripod, thanks guys, for the responses.

>>It was open for one second, the aperture was 2.0
>
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> grol

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Rob Novak - 30 Jul 2005 14:16 GMT

>I took a few pictures while hiking with my Canon G5
>tell me what you think. I used the night time shooting

Interesting idea, but the final images don't do much for me. There's
a whole lot of empty, black space in those frames. The fire by itself
is the only visual interest, and everything but the spark trails is
blurred because of camera shake.

I recommend using a backpack, hiking pole, or something to steady the
camera, and using the fire not just as the sole subject, but as a
source of illumination for other visual elements in the frame.

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b.ingraham@shaw.ca - 30 Jul 2005 18:25 GMT

I agree with Rob Novak. These fire images are interesting from the
point of view of abstraction and perhaps from physics (those are quite
the spark trails!), but I personally would quickly grow tired of having
such images on my wall. I too prefer to use fire as a source of light.
Here's my contribution, taken on the beach at Kamakura, Japan, ca.
1964, probably with a Nikon F, perhaps a Nikon SP:

http://www.ingraham.ca/bob/kamakurabeachweb.jpg

Bob

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photo35744 - 31 Jul 2005 03:07 GMT

Looks like hot stuff !

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