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Post by Lightning » Wed. Dec. 16, 2015 11:44 am

I went hunting around for a thread dedicated to coal fire pictures but didn't find one. So how bout we start one! We can post the coolest pics of our obsession and talk about tips and tricks to get that perfect shot.

Please feel free to add your prized picture of your coal fire with a description of the conditions about how it was taken. This isn't to be restricted to hand fed stoves, you stoker fellas have some fantastic pics as well.

I take mine in a dark room with the flash off. Usually the automatic settings of the camera or smart phone do a pretty good job of gathering light. Sometimes I'll do some manual camera settings to brighten it up. Then I'll use some post picture editing to sharpen and enhance contrast and adjust saturation. Here's a few of my favorites.

Lets see some fires!! :D

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Post by SWPaDon » Wed. Dec. 16, 2015 12:03 pm

Pics of the baby blues with bituminous coal. Pics were taken with my cell phone, about 3/4 of the way thru the burn cycle of the coal. No editing was done to the photos.

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Post by Ky Speedracer » Wed. Dec. 16, 2015 1:21 pm

here's a couple that I like...

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Bit and anthracite burning together

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Anthracite in the Hotblast

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Post by VigIIPeaBurner » Wed. Dec. 16, 2015 8:15 pm

Just a few. I'm not obsessed or anything like that :roll:

 
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Post by Lightning » Wed. Dec. 16, 2015 8:44 pm

Very nice fellas!
Here's one I just snapped a few minutes ago.

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Post by BunkerdCaddis » Wed. Dec. 16, 2015 10:49 pm

Didn't really fool around with this too much but it is what it is. 70-300 lens at 210mm f/5 @1/160, 3 shot hdr post process in LR. 8-)

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Post by Razzler » Thu. Dec. 17, 2015 10:05 am

:| :arrow:

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Post by ElCamMan515 » Thu. Dec. 17, 2015 10:31 am

I'll add one from when I had the Surdiac running in October.

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Post by Rob R. » Thu. Dec. 17, 2015 12:39 pm

BunkerdCaddis wrote:Didn't really fool around with this too much but it is what it is. 70-300 lens at 210mm f/5 @1/160, 3 shot hdr post process in LR. 8-)
I think that is my favorite photo of an anthracite fire. Nice work.

 
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Post by northernmainecoal » Thu. Dec. 17, 2015 12:57 pm

Rob R. wrote:
BunkerdCaddis wrote:Didn't really fool around with this too much but it is what it is. 70-300 lens at 210mm f/5 @1/160, 3 shot hdr post process in LR. 8-)
I think that is my favorite photo of an anthracite fire. Nice work.
Exactly what I was thinking.

 
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Post by coalnewbie » Thu. Dec. 17, 2015 1:10 pm

Ditto ... and my favorite video is from ashcat.

 
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Post by nortcan » Thu. Dec. 17, 2015 4:33 pm

Lot of nice photos here. Good idea :idea: Lightning.
Here are mine, one for the Sunnyside (vintage effect) and one for the Golden Bride, both burning anthracite.

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Post by BunkerdCaddis » Thu. Dec. 17, 2015 4:54 pm

Rob R. wrote:I think that is my favorite photo of an anthracite fire. Nice work.
northernmainecoal wrote:Exactly what I was thinking.
coalnewbie wrote:Ditto ...
Thank you for the kind words, I shot that for an avatar when I first joined the forum. :cheers:

 
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Post by Lightning » Sat. Dec. 19, 2015 3:51 pm

Awesome! Keep em comin!

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Post by northernmainecoal » Sat. Dec. 19, 2015 5:54 pm

cellphone pic taken about an hr after reload

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