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ABC's This Week Easter Show: Gays Are Going to Hell, Civilization Is Doomed

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goddamnedfrank4/20/2014 4:39:19 pm PDT

re: #62 Political Atheist

Little debate here at the 3 lizard lair. Does fire photography translate to black & white or at least very subdued tones?

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Black and White

The thing that strikes me about most of these images is that they’re kind of inherently missing some context. They’re not contrasty, you’ve got good tones on the the exposed bits, the flames, crucibles, gold, etc but the backgrounds are all necessarily very dark to black to expose for the radiant subject matter. The result is very isolating.

Maybe that’s what you want, maybe it’s even for the best. But since I assume you’re using a tripod anyway for all these shots I’d like to see what a little bit of HDR does. Try taking some before shots of the setup at various exposures and build up a composite image by blending layers.