08-19-2013, 05:23 PM
Yeah, so I'm not sure if that study you did was of an actual image, but here are some refs I would use to study from or use to do a desert campfire at night.
![[Image: 22409671.jpg]](https://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/22409671.jpg)
![[Image: desert_fire_madam2.jpg]](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MjJKN39K-d4/TSkUdogOUUI/AAAAAAAAA5Q/FTivS_L988o/s400/desert_fire_madam2.jpg)
The main issue with choosing a night scene in a desert with no other light source but stars and a camp fire is that you really won't find much useful reference because most images taken would have to be overexposed to catch anything and while cool they tend to make things totally unrealistic, or would be mostly just dark with a bright hotspot somewhere. It would be far better to try and learn from doing studies and paintings of things that are realistically depicted in the first instance because all you have to do is try and understand and replicate how they work.
The main issue with choosing a night scene in a desert with no other light source but stars and a camp fire is that you really won't find much useful reference because most images taken would have to be overexposed to catch anything and while cool they tend to make things totally unrealistic, or would be mostly just dark with a bright hotspot somewhere. It would be far better to try and learn from doing studies and paintings of things that are realistically depicted in the first instance because all you have to do is try and understand and replicate how they work.