http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2015/08/terra-flamma-california-wildfire-photos/
After viewing the photos contained in the link above, answer the following questions using complete sentences.
How can you tell these images are long exposures? How would these photos look if they weren’t long exposures? What sorts of moods are present in these images? How could you incorporate any of these ideas into your own slow shutter photography?
These are long exposure because the things that were moving in the image almost look ghosted. For example, the smoke from the fire is not sharp, and looks more like a cloud. Also, in one image there is a helicopter that was circling one area, but since it was a long exposure image, it created a ghosted circle effect. Also, the color seems a bit more saturated because the photo was exposed for so long. If these photos were not long exposure, they’d probably be really underexposed, but all the moving parts of the image would look like they were stopped in time. I can sense some sort of panic due to all the fire, but it’s strangely pretty because of how the wood is burning. Also the smoke seems to have changed different colors due to lighting, and it gives the images a dream-like appearance. I would use this to capture a image of traffic, because the traffic lights would look really pretty. With slow shutter speed, there is a better chance of high color saturation.
How can you tell these images are long exposures? The fire just looks like clouds of orange than actual flames.
How would these photos look if they weren’t long exposures? Like a normal fire. Just massive flames and make the image look more graphic and sad.
What sorts of moods are present in these images? Darkness and sadness because of what these flames can do to forests and people living around them.
How could you incorporate any of these ideas into your own slow shutter photography? I like taking pictures of campfires so I could do that.