Welcome back Ron. It’s a bonzer photo of the fire and your exposure is spot on. I can almost see the flames dancing around and hear the hissing and popping as the timber burns. It’s summer here so I might save this for a winter wallpaper.
I agree - a very warming shot. I'm going to suggest something slightly different from trisbert though. I think that it might benefit from a lower exposure. It's not easy to get these ones right with such contrasts. The other very minor suggestion is to level it out so that the two vertical lines are vertical.
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Good capture Ron. May I suggest that you crop this image to the area around the fire. The grey fire place walls don't add anything to this image. Good exposure on the fire.
Russ
Anything that excites me for any reason, I will photograph; not searching for unusual subject matter, but making the commonplace unusual.
Edward Weston
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