Pirouette
by MAK

Comment:
Very difficult lighting and you've done so well to freeze frame each position without any blur. Difficult setup requiring the live active and so overall a very high technical merit. I've been playing around with HDR recently since the rule change and the background looks possibly like you used this technique but obviously this would be impossible for the guy on the bike. So I reckon you may have had 3+ captures for the background plus another 5 for the action so I fully understand the amound of effort thats gone into this. Well done all round

The school under the (New) rule
by HighNooner

Comment:
Thought about doing something very similar myself. Lovely colours and non-distracting background, although a bit of a glow around the outside of the bowl - can't be helped I suppose

Fire in the Sky
by Pooba

Comment:
Composition is a bit strange, the thin band of what appears to be ground at the bottom might have been better if it was a third up from the bottom of the frame. Also could have done with a ccw rotation to square up the horizon. Lovely colours though

Fire In The Sky
by Judi

Comment:
Lovely complementary colours going on. Well composed (position of the sun a third in from the right) but could have done with moving the horizon down a touch to follow suit. Good foreground detail but might have been worth taking the shot from ground level to increase the effect.

Incendie jongleur
by Venom

Comment:
Let down by the background and clothing, both of which take the eye away from the flames. For instance, plain black clothes would have said to me "the choice of clothing has been considered and was a deliberate attempt at keeping the shot simple" whereas this is saying "its what the model happened to have on at the time" and doesn't complement the image or concept

Fire Flowers
by LadyK

Comment:
Just lacking a sharp focal point for me. Interesting patterns but is let down by the composition. Perhaps a much tighter crop around the sharpest area would have created a bold abstract.

Blue Hot
by dwainasaurus

Comment:
Nice to see something shape in an image to complement the blurryness of the fire element - so many other entries are just low lit blurred efforts. There is quite a strong yellow colour cast on the entire image other than the flame itself which is actually quite effective.

Raging Inferno
by L2

Comment:
Very dramatic and I'm guessing not staged, which must be the first I've voted on in this challenge so thats nice to see. Could perhaps have pushed the constrast higher still with levels or curves to deepen the blacks as there is hardly any detail there anyway on my display and a building silhouette would have been stunning. The tree in the background is a shame.

On Fire
by nikolaos

Comment:
Almost got the match sharp which is what I've been crying out for when commenting on other low lit flame images that dont contain a sharp focal point. Perhaps this just needed a touch much USM after resizing to make it spot on.

Candlelight
by girlis1

Comment:
As with a lot of low lit firey entries this week, there is a common theme of sharpness, or lack of it. If oly the wick was a lot sharper then it would complement the blurry fire well and give an added focal point for the eye