Three Long Exposures Of A Night Fire

A three-frame night sequence built entirely around a single fire, moving from a wide view of the full pit and its upright log to close, long-exposure studies of flame streaked over crossed logs and rising sparks.

night fire pit / long exposure flames / crossed logs / rising sparks / glowing embers

The sequence opens on a wide view of a fire pit at night, tall orange flames rising around a dark upright shape at the center, with the pit's low edging glowing along its curve.

A close, long-exposure frame follows, smearing the flames into sideways streaks over a pair of crossed logs whose edges are lit copper where the fire has not yet reached them.

The final frame stays close on the crossed-log fire, with thin curling sparks trailing upward and a dark, unidentifiable angled shape visible at the upper right against the black background.

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Images

Tall orange flames rise from a circular fire pit at night, with a dark upright shape standing at the center of the blaze.
Faint sparks trail upward into the darkness above the flames, and the pit's low edging catches an orange glow at its rim.
Long-exposure motion blur smears flames sideways over crossed logs, their edges lit copper where the fire has not yet reached.
No pit edging or other structure is visible in this tightly framed shot, leaving only fire and wood against total black.
Thin curling sparks rise above a fire built over crossed logs, with a dark angled shape visible at the upper right.
The embers glow at the base of the flames, and the surrounding scene otherwise fades into total black.