Campfire

The recent warm weather (although it's snowing outside right now) urged the family to get together for dinner over the fire, dutch oven desert and a night under the stars. Adjusting my camera to a large aperture and a fairly rapid shutter speed, I was able to hand-hold my camera and get fairly crisp flames with no blur. Here they are.

Keeping the shutter open for a fraction of a second longer for this second shot showed trails of glowing ashes after poking the fire with a stick.