Shot with Nikon D3S, Nikon 24-70 Lens, f 2.8, ISO 360.
Shyam Natarajan
I thought a mix of tech and candlelight would make an interesting contrast, something old fashioned and something futuristic.
Camera: Canon EOS 450D
Lens: Tamron Di 70-300mm 1:4-5.6 Tele-Macro
ISO: 200
Aperture: f/5.6
Exp. Time: 1/2 Sec
The camera was on a tripod and I used the infrared remote for Canon cameras to take the photo as to reduce vibrations as much as possible, the camera was set to manual focus to avoid changing the focus. I wanted the candle in the shot but not as the main focus, so I used a shallow depth of field.
– Oliver Clark
Used a Canon SD1100 point and shoot with 1/8th shutter and ISO 200. I set the camera on the coffee table to prevent getting a blurry photo.
– Craig Lloyd
The picture was shot using a canon A650 camera. I didn’t use any lens or attachment, the only photoshop use was to resize the picture (no cropping)
ISO 80
1/40 second
F 2.8
Automatic white balance
-Benoit Garneau
Camera was a D5000 w/ 18-55mm lens on Manual Mode, resting on the counter propped up with the lens cap. ISO 800, 1″ shutter, f3.5. Wedding photo and granite counter reflect the candle quite nicely.
– Chris Ness
Camera: Canon Rebel XSi
Lens: 18-55 Stock Lens
ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/60
Technique: I used a Christmas ornament, a little stain-glass angel, with a 1/60th exposure time. It took a few tries to get the lighting just right so that the figure could be the right color and not washed out.
-Tyler Sebastian
The shot was taken with my Canon S90 @ F8, ISO 400 and with a 15sec exposure on a tripod. To achieve the blur, I adjusted the head of the tripod downward and back to it’s starting position quickly at the start of the exposure.
-Jesse Oliveri
Canon 5D Mark II
24-105 lens
1600 iso
tripod mount
Aperture f4/5
73mm focal length
-Ron Krutsch
Shot handheld using a Nikon D700 with a Nikkor 14mm prime 2.8 lens. Settings: 1/15th of a second, f/2.8, 14mm, ISO 6400, white balance on Tungsten to cool it off, and +2.0 exposure ’cause this lens is a little dark.
-Adam Hilliker
The photo is taken with a Nikon D60, Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8.
Exposure: 1/500 at f 2.8
Focal length: 26mm
ISO: 800
Flash did not fire
Was taken without tripod.
-Rong Shun Tan
Sony Alpha 200
Minolta 50mm f1.7
Aperture 1.7
ISO 100
Light source: Sandalwood Votive Candle
-Brad McElroy
Sony Alpha A900
Minolta 50mm f1.7
F3.2
ISO 200
-Simon Carrasco
I shot this handheld in my basement in Canada. I hope you like it.
Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
Lens: 15-55mm @ 55mm
ISO: 800
Aperture: f/5.6
Shutter: 1/60 s
-Alexander Gaipo
Panasonic GF1
Konica Hexanon 57mm f/1.2 lens at f/1.2, manual focus
1/30 second
ISO 200
Candle flame glare on the Chile earthquake epicenter on a globe.
– David Lee
I shot this with my Canon 7D with Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 @ ISO 800 0.8s
Shot in my apartment with one candle. Had to use thick audio cables wrapped around my ears. The iPod headphone cables were not pronounced enough.
– Beau Blochlinger
I have a point and click digital, a Polaroid i835 so nothing fancy happening here. I upped the exposure to +2, set it in macro mode and started shooting. I put a giant Ball jar on it’s side and shot down the inside of it.
-Jen Davis
I took this with a Nikon D70s and 18-70 f3.5-4.5 nikkor lens at 2/5 sec with an ISO of 800 with a wide open aperture.
-Cameron Nash
This picture was taken with:
A Cannon G10 digital camera
ISO 800
Auto aperture
14 second exposure
-Joshua Mason
Take of my great friend Andy at 2am. Shot with my Nikon D60 and my AF-S DX 18-55mm lens.
-Isaac Hattem
Canon EOS 40D / Lens: 50 mm 1.8 / Tripod / Remote
1 Candle light in complete Dark
Aperture: 2.0
Shutter Speed: 8″
Iso: 100
Subject : HR GiGer Statue Female Torso Rust
-Samuel Fajner
I used a Nikon D300s on a tripod, my lens is a 50mm. Shutter speed was 100/10sec. aperture f/22, with a ISO of 200.
-Richard DiBuo
I used a Canon 500D with an old M42 Mount Carl Zeiss Flektogon 2.4/35 prime @ f22 1 second exposure. I used a Manfrotto CF tripod along with a 2 second timer which enabled me to use a long exposure and still get a nice sharp image. The candle was sat on a chair with a plate in front which contained balanced slices of raw jelly cubes, I wanted something that would interact with the candle light and saw some jelly
in the cupboard which is nicely translucent.
-Liam Welford
used a nikon s210, i was experimenting with the black and white mode at a party during the summer and i took this photo of a tiki torch
-James Maha
Shot with Canon T1i ISO 100 at f/29 for 60 seconds. Exposure of 60 seconds was the most detail with the least noise. Still cleaned up some noise in Photoshop and smoothed it a little.
-George Washburn
This photo was taken in my bedroom. I figured that the best way would be to have something else in the photo highlight the candle light.
I used a Sony DSC W-55 point & shoot camera.
Focal length: 6mm.
Sleeping Angel
Shot with a Leica M8 with a 35mm Summarit Lens. One candle was used as a backlight with a foil reflector to bring the light forward.
The image was shot at an exposure of 1/3 Sec at f2.5 at an ISO of 640
Exposure time: 1/10sec.
ISO speed 320.
-Tabassum A. Khan
This was “shot” using my Canon 7D with the 50mm f1.8 prime. Tripod, ISO 800, 1/6 shutter, f2.8. The only light in the image is from a taper candle inserted into a disassembled MAG-Lite. To keep the flame
from melting the reflective lens of the flashlight, the setup was aimed up and the final image rotated.
-Christian Shaffer
Picture of sphere candle on a transparent stand taken with a remote.
Model : PENTAX K-x
ISO Speed Ratings : 3200
FNumber : F4
Exposure Time : 1/15 s
Lens : PENTAX-DA L 18-55mm AL
Settings : SCN – Candlelight
– Petri Damstén
This photo was taken with a Nikon D60 with a 18-55 lens @ 33mm. The f-stop was 4.8 and the ISO was 100. The shutter was open for 15 seconds.
-Charlie Howell
Taken with Nikon D60 with Nikkor DX af-s 18-55mm on shutter mode iso 100 shutter 1/6 aperture F4
-Jake Meegan
Camera: Canon SX10IS
Shot in super macro, ISO 80, 3/5s exposure, auto white balance. It’s an old Halloween pumpkin candle in front of an obsidian statue I got several years ago in Mexico.
-Gilson Siegel
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: 50mm F1.8D
ISO: 3200
WB: Sunny
Aperture: F8
Exposure Time: 8 seconds
Waited for candle to be burning fully and then took picture with a tripod.
-Nestor David Armas
Canon 50D on a tripod with a Canon Macro EF 100mm lens
ISO 1600
f/7.1
1/50 sec
-Cody Andrews
The Thinker
OLYMPUS U DIGITAL 600
standard point and shoot digital camera.
nitelight placed at the base of a ceramic statuette.
-Ronan Murphy
I shot this with my Nikon D90 with a Nikkor 50mm lens. I used the following settings:
f22 for 8 seconds and iso set at 800.
I was in my room and used a black t-shirt as the backdrop, I place a small candle on a raised surface and leaned the light bulb against it and tried to line up the light of the candle with where it come come from the bulb.
The 800px image you see is straight off the camera, no photoshop what so ever.
-André Westhelle
This picture is taken with my canon 500D with EF-S 18-55 IS Kit
In the background I have a lcd screen to get those cool details
ISO speed: 3200
Focal lenght: 35 mm
Exposure time: 2sec.
-Zuhaib Zafar
Nikon D3000
50mm 1.4D
ISO 100
Exp 25 sec
f/4.5
Tripod
The source is a 30″x36″ painting is mounted on the wall. With the shutter open for 25 seconds I used the candle to slowly trace certain elements with the candle. This not only creates streams of lights following my trace, but it also delicately lights the painting.
Dan Manlongat
I shot this old Winnie the Pooh bear with one candle that I moved around during the exposure.
I used a Nikon D5000 camera. It was a 20 second exposure at f/5.3, ISO 200, and 46mm focal length.
-Sharon Hardy
Took this with by Nikon D40 18-55m lens with a small tea light candle behind a bottle of ivy my wife is growing. Then lied on the floor for about hour till finally was satisfied with the shot.
-Brian W
I used a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35, with a 27mm wide lens, and a 55mm UV protector. The shot was taken in my garage on the band saw table using the candlelight setting on the camera, i also used a telescope tripod for extra stability.
-Peter Glitsch
When I lit the candle, the shadows on the wall initially caught my eye. I set up the camera on a tripod, turned out the lights and tried several exposures trying to capture the shadow. When I reviewed the shots, the shadow didn’t come out as intended, but I liked the way the golden light reflected off of the statue. I moved the camera in closer and zoomed in tighter to get this shot.
Camera: Olympus E-510
Lens: Zuiko Digital 14-42mm f 1:3.5-5.6 (kit lens)
Exposure: 1.0s, f 6.3, ISO 200
Focal Length: 35mm (70mm 35mm equivalent)
-Mark Clem
Camera: Canon Rebel EOS XSI
Lens: Canon 18-55 is
taken at F8, ISO 100 Bulb exposure for 30 seconds.with tea light candle. no corrections were made to photos. except for sizing and watermark on wallpaper.
-Anthony Dedal
Canon XSi
18-55 lens
Promaster CPL filter
I set the camera up on my tripod with the aperture set to f/32, ISO 200, shutter set to bulb (84 seconds) and I added a circular polarizer filter so I could get a longer exposure without overexposing the photo. I picked up some spiral birthday candles from the store and bent them a little more, then stuck them in a rolled up piece of paper inside a beer bottle in front of my bathroom mirror with the camera looking up. The streaks of light are little balls of flaming wax that melted and dripped off. Post processing consisted of desaturation, slight curve adjustment, and some spot removal via clone tool.
-Bob Sindorf
Nikon D60, tripod
Shutter priority mode
ISO 800
f/13, 10.0s
52mm (AF-S DX VR nikkor 18-55)
Cropped in Aperture 3
-Joseph Rutherford
Springfield, Oregon
Camera: Canon 500D
Lens: 50mm f/1.8
ISO: 100
Exposure: 8 sec.
f-Stop: f/14
-John Sperry
I shot this with my Canon Rebel T1i with a Canon EF 50mm F1.8 lens at iso 1600, the candle is in front of a statue of the Eiffel Tower that casts a shadow on the wall behind it between the two pictures on the wall almost like a face but not really!
-Craig Engle
Panasonic DMC-ZS3
F/3.3
ISO 80
4 Sec Exposure
Minimalist Photo of the $20 bill. Used a candle behind the bill illuminate the front and back side.
-Ivan Capaz
I took this photo in total darkness, at the knight, in my kitchen, illuminated whit a small old candle. The object is a Oldsmobile super 88 American Muscle Ertl Collectables 1:18.
Exposure ¼ sec at f/4.0
Focal length 8.8 mm
ISO speed Rating ISO 1600
Camera Fujifilm FinePix S2000HD
-D.I. Nestor Fernando Maldonado Murillo
Canon 5D Mark II with 24-105mm lens and a 24mm extension tube to get extreme macro. Aperture priority set to f/5.6 and ISO 3200.
Tripod and remote shutter release used to eliminate motion blur while pressing shutter release.
Open book on counter, with single candle above it to provide the light.
-Pat O’Brien
I set the candle on a vase to get it above the book.
Camera: Canon 400D
Lens: Canon 50mm F1.8
Shot at:
f1.8
ISO 100
Shutter 3.2 seconds.
-Jim Cassady
I used my point and shoot SONY DSC-W35. I put the yellow flower on a glass support and the candle behind it to take the picture.
f/2.8
shutter 1/25
ISO 100
-Fernanda Flores
This was taken with a Kodak Easyshare camera using the low light setting. We took the shot in our basement with windows covered and using a hood. I have enclosed pics of my son standing next to the set-up. The modification of the flashlight lettering looks crude, but I think it works well with the joke. I enjoyed a cigar for a haze effect. We were surprised by how much light the tiny birthday cake candle gave off.
-Dennis F. Belanger
Camera Model: Nikon COOLPIX P90
Orientation: Normal
Focal Length: 28.8 mm
35mm equivalent: 162mm
Exposure time: 0.200s (1/5) (manual)
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 64
Exposure bias: 0.00
-Peter DeFazzio
Taken with a tripod mounted Canon XSi with a Canon 50mm f1.8 and an extension tube. Exposure was f/2 @ 1/50s, ISO 320.
-Adam Carlson
The shot has been taken using Pentax K10D camera, lenses 50mm f/1.4 on a tripod.
Exposure: 1.5
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed:100
Exposure Bias: -3/2 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
No artificial light. Just candle light.
-Fortunatas Dirgincius
I always loved the contrast of fire and water. I can almost feel the tension in the air when those two extremes come together.
Anyway…
I shot this floating candle in my sink with my Eos 500D and her 18-55mm lens.
ISO 3200 / 51mm / f 5.6 / 1/400 sec / as usually no photoshop except for resize.
-Roland Renne
-Faust
I’m calling this shot “unwind”. It was shot on March 5, 2010 at 3:30 A.M. I woke up in the middle of the night thinking about this shot. I used the snifter to project the candlelight onto the bottle label.
Camera: Canon EOS 20D
Lens: Canon EF 50 mm f /1.4 USM
ISO: 400
Focal Point: 50 mm
Aperture: f /5.0
Shutter: 2.5 seconds
Exposure Bias: + 0.67
-Dave Zulch
Canon PowerShot A1100IS @ 100 ISO
-Felix Kampfer
Camera: Mamiya RZ67
Lens: Mamiya-Sekor 110mm
Film: Kodak 160VC
Shot at: f2.8 at 1 sec
Reflective metered with a Sekonik L-508
Scanned at a low resolution
-Gabriel Padilla
The picture is taken with a Nikon D80 camera and a 35mm 1:1.8 lens, at ISO 160. It was taken on Saturday 6th of March.
The model is sitting on an exercise bike to look like she is levitating. We tried to make it look like a ghost, but after shooting some pictures it looks more that she has hang herself. It turned out to be a little more burlesque than our intention, but we had fun doing it.
-Johan Wallinder
Canon Rebel. 1/15 shutter speed. f/5 aperture. 37 mm lens. 400 ISO. Basically I had my friend hold a candle nice & close to her face
-Christiane Butler
The equipment used for this image is a Canon EOS 5D Mark II and Canon EF 24-105 mm f/4L IS USM lens.
The photo is a 5 second exposure at f/9.0 and ISO 100. Not sure if it’s considered a rule violation, but the match used for lightting the red candle was circulated a few times before moved out of the frame.. 🙂
Tobias Zetterlund
Titled Death by bear by candlelight
Nikon D300, 18-200mm Nikon AF-S @46mm F4.5 iso 1600 wb 2500K shutter 1/5
-Glenn Gans
Shot with a Nikon D90 — 50mm prime lens, f/1.6, 1/13 sec, ISO 1000
Attached camera on tripod, small red candle in glass holder on a piece of green fleece sitting on a table. Shot from down low, so that I could just see the light fall over the side of the glass.
-David Redick
It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils. With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet. It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs.
Nikon D200, 35mm f/1.4 lens, ISO 200, 1.1s @ f/1.4, Shot 3/4/2010 12:34:16 AM, color correction in Photoshop.
-Steve LaNasa
My wife and I were giving our cat a bath, she had just knocked over the soap and shampoo and left only that bottle of Ralph Lauren Romance sitting in the corner of the bath, so when we finished I grabbed one of our candle holders and a tea light and this is how it turned out. I shot it with my Canon 300D digital rebel. ISO 100, Shot with the stock 18-55mm lens at a focal length of 54mm, 2 second exposure using my tripod. I adjusted the white balance in Photoshop but other than that I left the photo untouched , the candle light was just enough to see the text on the bottle.
-Brian Moyno
