Guess what this is a picture of:
Right! It's a campfire!
So, this weekend I went camping in Yosemite with my family. The first night we were there, we hosted dinner, and I built a campfire. I started taking pictures, and was startled to see an amazing color that I never thought to see in a campfire: purple. To my eyes, the coals looked red, but when I took the picture without flash, they turned purple. I love this color purple, and it made me think about our color theory class- how warmer things are actually cooler. I love how you can see the difference between the flame and the coals, and I just love the purple color that came out in the picture. This is what the fire looked like with flash:
Not nearly as pretty to me. You can almost see the purple in these embers, but it still looks more red with the flash on. It makes me wonder why the flash does that... usually it makes things brighter, but in this case it conflicts with the purple color and washes it out. Anyway, I had fun taking these pictures, and my family had fun watching me take pictures of a fire.
Amazing photos!
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