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[Eagles1181]

If I was trying to photograph a camp fire, what shutter speed would I need to use the freeze the individual tongues ofvthe flame?

Eagle

[Russ]

Ahhh - I thought you were going to put the fire in the freezer...   

[Thumper]

Something like this or something with more detail in the flames?

 

 

1/80s

f/8

ISO 800

 

The sun was starting to set, but it was still fairly light out.  I probably could have gotten a bit more detail with a faster shutter speed, but it gave me a reference for future fire shots.

[Merco_61]

Very much depends on the wind, but somewhere between 1/125 and 1/500 is a starting point.

[TBonz]

The photos below will give you some idea...

 

 

I shot the campfire with my iPhone last month...it was late at night and the exposure was 1/30...edited on the iPhone...

 

The following is from a controlled burn that a local firehouse did on a sunny afternoon...it was shot with a Canon point and shoot several years ago and was at 1/460 if I recall correctly...

 

 

You can definitely see that the faster shutter freezes the flames better, but both worked...

 

[Eagles1181]

Thanks gang.  That was the reference points that I needed.

 

Eagle