Photo editing to the rescue. Tweaking the exposure values in a photo editing program brings out sufficient detail to please the spinners who can now easily recognize themselves. I've used several tools such as Paint Shop Pro and Photoshop as well as things like ACDSee and Nero's tool. Generally speaking, you get what you pay for in terms of ability to bring out details without interfering with other aspects of the photo. Most of the time the cheaper tools work fine -- but not always. As you can see here, we've lost detail in the flames in order to bring out detail on the people. It is possible to keep both the flame detail and bring out the people, but this requires a high level of photo manipulation skills and a lot of time and patience. Better, in my opinion, to find a way to get what you want in the original exposure.

Evolution of technique, a journal about people, fire, lights and camera. How I got into making camera moving designs light and fire paintings.

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Photo editing to the rescue. Tweaking the exposure values in a photo editing program brings out sufficient detail to please the spinners who can now easily recognize themselves.

I've used several tools such as Paint Shop Pro and Photoshop as well as things like ACDSee and Nero's tool. Generally speaking, you get what you pay for in terms of ability to bring out details without interfering with other aspects of the photo. Most of the time the cheaper tools work fine -- but not always.

As you can see here, we've lost detail in the flames in order to bring out detail on the people. It is possible to keep both the flame detail and bring out the people, but this requires a high level of photo manipulation skills and a lot of time and patience. Better, in my opinion, to find a way to get what you want in the original exposure.