Cup of Warmth

I like to participate in photography sites' weekly contests. Most of the the time, the subject matter is out of my comfort range, so it's really quite a challenge.

This week, 500px.com had Cup of Warmth as their contest. I knew everybody would do coffee or hot chocolate, so I wanted to do something different. I figured I try some fire in a cup.

I went to Goodwill for a little tea cup. Got out my newspaper and lighter and went outside. It's been rather overcast and yukky, so I had to make do with what I had.

I tried in the leaves that I had in my backyard.

Not bad, but a little dead looking. So I walked down the block and picked up some super red leaves. Came back to my yard and sat in the wet leaves and tried again.

Here's what it looks like from inside the cup.

And just in case you think this is easy. One newspaper section burned up, wet dirty pants, and 450 pictures later, I have a picture that I'm mostly happy with.