Flickr Forum - October 19th, 2007 - ORANGE

Hi, I'm OPC John with the photo "Dance of the Beast".

This image was captured while on assignment for the Beach-Riverdale Mirror community newspaper covering an open house for Fire Prevention week. This was last Saturday afternoon at the Toronto Fire training academy on Eastern Ave, East of Leslie.

The scenario is a mock-up of a car fire for fire fighters to train with. It's a steel structure with a gas valve inside that can remotely produce all levels of fire simulating a real blaze.

My viewpoint was looking through the fire to see a fire fighter standing by for safety watching others put on a demonstration. The fire was flickering out from the hood so I tried to line him up through the heat & flames. I really got lucky to find such an ominous shape within the flames to look like a serpant of some kind trying to break free.
The "beast" monicker is ironic where some refer to fire as an animal or beast.

I'm accustomed to this kind of scenery while photographing fires for my website (insert shameless plug here) http://www.torontofirephotos.ca

Here's a wider view of them attacking from the back.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ontariophotocollective/1564966723/

Hi all, I'm Angie with the photo "Happy Thanksgiving 2007". I haven't done much food photography - food styling seems so complex! - but it's something I'd like to practice some more.

John, I'm jealous you made it to the fire training academy presentations. They're in my hood but I didn't get time last weekend. Looks like it was cool though.

Angie's turkey looks like it walked through OPC John's fire.

Thanks Angie. Your turkey looks yummy. We skipped it for Thanksgiving this year. DEFINITELY having it for Christmas!

What a great set of images.

Hey thanks for the selection Jerrold. My shot was from a weekend excursion to Elora Ontario, from the Elora Gorge. This collection is nice, short, and sweet - I really like it.

Have a great weekender!

Hello everyone! My photo -- the poorly titled "doggie day afternoon" -- was taken on a walk along the beach at Ashbridges last Saturday. This little charmer seemed really keen to involve me in some doggie activities... mainly a couple of ball throws for him to chase. Oh, he was a rambunctious fella. I shot this "from the hip" as he lay over his prized tennis ball with that expectant gaze.

I tried a couple of different crops with this image. I found the square frame to be the best compositionally, with the tip of his sandy snout anchoring the centre of the frame. Also, the inclusion of both the ball as well as the rear paw in the right measure was important: the rear paw gives his body that "ready to pounce" energy.

The "through the viewfinder" border was added on in Photoshop. (I'm such a faker.) It's something new that I've been playing with -- and, in part, fearing that I'm overdoing it. (Best just let me get it out of my system.) But I think it works here in a number of ways. It justifies the square frame, for one. I also find that it creates an immediacy of sorts, putting the viewer in the shoes of the photographer in the very moment captured.

In simpler terms, it's a photo of a really really cute dog.

Thanks for the feature, Jerrold.

i'm eric. joining a couple boards and looking
forward to participating. hehe unless i get
too distracted!

eric

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