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(October 19, 2013)
music: "Kiko"by Dead Can Dance
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"Fire" — Close-up Campfire/Fireplace
A pure texture and element study — fire as abstract subject.
- Subject: Extreme close-up of burning logs, flames filling the entire frame. No context, no horizon — just fire, charred wood, and glowing embers.
- Composition: Fills the frame completely — no background, no surroundings. The logs provide diagonal structure across the lower half while the flames surge upward. The charred log end in the upper-centre acts as the only fixed reference point amid the fluid flame movement.
- Exposure: Well-judged for a technically challenging subject. The flames retain detail and gradation from deep red at the base through orange to bright yellow at the tips — no blown highlights despite the extreme brightness. The dark charred wood provides necessary contrast anchors.
- Colour: Intense and rich — the full fire spectrum from near-black ember through deep crimson, burnt orange, to luminous yellow-white. Deeply saturated and warm, following naturally from the "Iron Row" rust palette in the portfolio.
- Shutter speed: Fast enough to freeze the flame shapes while retaining their fluid, organic quality — the tongues of fire have defined edges without feeling frozen or unnatural.
- Mood: Elemental, primal, hypnotic. Fire as pure visual texture — the kind of image you could stare at for minutes.
- Strengths: The exposure control is excellent. The colour richness is immersive. The framing is bold — no hedging, fully committed to abstraction.
- Weaknesses: As a standalone it's strong, but compositionally it's relatively simple — the subject does all the work. A slightly wider shot including some context (hearth edge, surrounding darkness) might give it more grounding.
- Overall: A confident, immersive texture study. Pairs visually with "Iron Row" — both are studies in oxidation and heat, rust and flame. Shows the portfolio's consistent interest in texture and elemental surfaces.
another low light Lomo LCA / Agfa Precisa xpro.
Somewhere near Market Place, off Oxford Street, London.
As the camera was playing nicely yesterday I thought I would post a close up just so as you know how unperfect the old complexion is although considering age lifestyle and all its not too bad :-)
so enjoying this look because it feels so real but then it is I suppose. so where will the tumble down the rabbit take me next? only time knows the answer but you are welcome to hazard a guess.
EOS 5D Mark II © 2013 Klaus Ficker. Photos are copyrighted. All rights reserved. Pictures can not be used without explicit permission by the creator.
The close up serie has been made with a 17mm, so it means i had to be on the papu nose...some laughed about this, others not! Papua New Guinea
Huli wigman from Tari in the Southern Highlands
Papua New Guinea , Highlands, Mount Hagen festival singsing
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© Eric Lafforgue
I don't have a proper macro lens, so the honeycombed structures in the eyes are not visible, but otherwise this is pretty much up close & personal with Mr. Brown Hawker.
Bruine Glazenmaker (Aeshna grandis)
A close up look of a night heron resting in a central park in the middle of Taipei city. There was a small pond with 20 at least. Some were trying to hide but other didn’t care at all as they felt super confident resting there.
For me it was super interesting as I could do a close up photo of them. In a normal environment in the wild that would have been impossible.