Fire circles
Low light, slow shutter.
Low light, slow shutter.
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Feb, 2016Views
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Location
It was taken in South Africa in my parents back garden.Time
It was around 10pmLighting
No additional lighting used. Just had a long exposure of about 15 seconds.Equipment
I placed the camera on a table with the timer set for 10seconds.Inspiration
I have seen these photos before and always wanted to try it myself.Editing
No post-processing done at all.In my camera bag
Canon D1000 Camera, two Canon lenses, cleaning stuff and tri-pod. Oh and extra batteries.Feedback
As you are using fire, always use a big open space. Buy some sweet wool, a hand egg mixer/ beater and a long piece of rope. Tie the rope to the end of the beater, insert the steel wool inside the beater. Pull the wool so it's about to break, just to make it bit bigger. Then use a lighter and burn the steel wool till it all starts to glow. Then gently, but reasonably fast, start swinging the whole thing in a circle. Be vary careful as glowing hot amber fly out and if they land on you, they will burn you. Wear a hard or cap to stop amber falling in your hair and a long sleeve top to stop your arms from burning. Good luck.
