On 9/4/05, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A wildfire started yesterday not too far from home (about 20 miles). This > shot is about a 50% crop, taken with the *istD and the FA 31mm f/1.8 LTD. > ISO 400, at f/2.8, 13 seconds in bulb mode. > > Comments welcome. > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3697717 > > Tom C.
GREAT photo, Tom. I mean, everything is there. The silhouette of the hill/trees, the brightly lit orange smoke, and those brilliant stars! It's the stars that make it, actually. As a city slicker, I'm not used to seeing so many stars in the sky on a clear night, let alone when there's a forest fire over the hill. Did you do anything in PS to enhance the stars, or is that a relatively "straight" shot? Terrific! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
