
Themes of fire and light are at the heart of photography, which traditionally has a difficult time representing these visual phenomena as they truly are. Using HDR, some photographers are able to depict everything from sunlight to firelight in ways that are hard to catch in most media. A range of techniques is needed to show the range of visual possibilities of everything from devastating fiery disasters to amazing smoke, sun and light phenomena.

Smoke adds yet another dimension to the theme of light – the naturally occurring byproduct of the brightest-burning of earthly phenomena: fire. As the saying goes, where there is smoke there is fire – or in this case perhaps a volcano or some other heated formation or phenomena. In some cases clever photography can also blur the boundary between smoke and clouds. Click to enlarge:
- Smoke Sun Light HDR Photo
- Tokyo City Sunset HDR Photo
- Dormant Volcano HDR Photo
- Volcano Crater HDR Photo
- Double Rainbow HDR Photo
- Halo Sundog HDR Photo
- Industrial Smoke Exhaust HDR Photo
- Smokey Trees HDR Photo
- Smoke Trees HDR Photo
- Bush Fire Smoke Screen HDR Photo
- Bright Sunlight Sky HDR Photo
- Fire Sun HDR Photo
- Wide Angle Rainbow HDR Photo
- Amazing Full Rainbow HDR Photo
- 4th of July Fireworks HDR Photo
- Fireworks on the Ground HDR Photo
- Lightning and Building HDR Photo
- Lightning Rain HDR Photo
- Smoking City HDR Photo
- Smoke Urban City HDR Photo
- Lightning Clouds HDR Photo
- Lightning Landscape HDR PHoto
- Smoke Clouds HDR Photo
- Daylight Fading HDR Photo
This concludes week three of a four-week four-elements series, including terrifying heat disasters from volcanoes to forest fires and stunning natural fire and smoke phenomena from sun flares to lightning and meteors. Next week WebEcoist will feature three new articles revolving around air, from amazing air and cloud formations to terrible air and wind disasters and compelling air and aerial photography.
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10 Comments
November 12th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
0xr79s9075use4yh
January 3rd, 2009 at 2:16 pm
‘Smoke over Trees?’
How about water vapor. Looks like fog in the Redwoods of California to me, or any other coastal big forest site.
January 3rd, 2009 at 10:17 pm
composite or layered photos are boring…
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