Great shot Pureheart! It doesn't matter how it happened as long as it happened.
Lovely image...I've been planning on taking some night shots for the first time and wonder if using the ( night scenery ) setting on my NON-SLR camera would be enough ..?
Just Beautiful! Nice job.
Another great photo with terrific lighting.
What an amazing image!!! WOW!! Many times it's being at the right spot at the right time, but it also takes the skill to capture that on the spot image... you are showing your talent here!! Wonderful job!!
'...not sure how this happened."
It was dark and the camera opened up all the way, and probably extended the shutter speed as well. It would pick up all the light there was, even if you didn't necessarily see it.
Awsome shot and lucky timing!
Thanks everyone, I really appreciate your comments.
My husband had come home from work, had scoped it out for me before and told me I'd better hurry, which I did. (He did this knowing his dinner would be late:))
While I was intently focusing on the best shot (imagine me alone with camera and tripod in a quite large lot), when I became dimly aware of a car idling next to me. Turned out to be The Pastor and his wife, and so I had to be polite and talk to them.....turns out the 'flame' had been donated by a woman in honor of her diseased husband, and she herself is presently experiencing kidney failure. I promised I'd bring a photo copy to the church for her which I will do tomorrow.
East2westgal: As everyone who's been on this site for awhile knows, I'm pretty new at this so can't advise you (hope someone can); I'd say try it and take a lot of shots. I took at least 100 shots from different angles and settings before I settled on this.
TJ: Thanks for the possible (probable?) explanation. I just checked the photo on Flickr and looked at the settings: AE, f/5, 100mm, ISO 800, 1.6 Exposure, metering: multi-segment.
Anyone who'd like to check it out sure is welcome to click on the image, and it will take you right to Flickr where it's stored. I always like to learn more......
As you see, I'm a story teller.....;-0
F/5 is wide open, possibly the widest your lens will go. If that 1.6 means one-point-six seconds, that is a very long time for the shutter to be open. ISO 800? I'm amazed that picture isn't all noise...in any case, there is very little light that would have escaped an exposure like that one.
