Fire starter.... (C&C please)

mikeanywhere

When I saw this guy on Charles Bridge all I could hum along was that song "Fire Starter." I cant remember who the song is by but I am sure you will know.

Ruu_Old

by the Prodigy.

The second shot is excellent, looks stunning.

mikeanywhere

Ruu - you're slacking, it took you 5 mins after the original post to let me know HAHAHAHAHA

Cheers

sineadw

Wow - loving the 2nd one too.

Roen

Second one is :eek: Congrats!

Fenster

Number 2 is awesome.

mloc

Very good shots, great preservation of detail in the second shot, love the way you can see the individual strands of fire. Pity about the top being missing, but doesn't take away from the shot too much.

mikeanywhere

mloc wrote:

Pity about the top being missing, but doesn't take away from the shot too much.

The guy was moving around to quick to get it in full shot but as you said it doesnt take too much away from the picture.

Scubadevils

Really excellent pictures! Only getting in to DSLR photography and seeing shots like this really inspires me I have to say!

mikeanywhere

Thank you for that Felix, thats made my day

I only started in June myself and sometimes is frustrating but these two are from a batch of 20 maybe that I honestly like out of the 625 I took over the long weekend.

I have also been asked to provide exif data, so here goes:

Shot data as follows:

Pic 1:

Shutter: 1/5 sec
Lens: f10
Focal: 50mm
ISO-200

Pic 2:

Shutter: 1/2 sec
Lens: f8
Focal: 50mm
ISO-200

Tarakiwa

Yep - Number 2 is "WOW"!

elven

I remember watching a show like that before and wondering just how decent a picture one might manage to get of it... looks like you've answered my question

The first one is indeed rather good - but put next to the second one it just can't steal the attention. Jolly good stuff. Were they handheld?

mikeanywhere

elven wrote:

The first one is indeed rather good - but put next to the second one it just can't steal the attention. Jolly good stuff. Were they handheld?

Yeah I kow I shoud have done the not quite so good one by itself and then followed up with the better one - never mind, we learn by our mistakes

And to answer your question, every photo that is in the series was taken handheld as I didnt have a tripod with me.

Rest are here

DeVore

2nd = awesome.

DeV.

paudie

What exactly was he using long sticks on fire or poi's?

Wicked shots btw

mikeanywhere

paudie wrote:

What exactly was he using long sticks on fire or poi's?

He was using ropes that were weighted at the ends and doused in paraffin.

Fajitas!

Poi!

Poi is great! Really nice shots Mike!