Sparks Will Fly
January 11, 2010 | Category: Photography
This was a failed first attempt at attracting the authorities with flying sparks (some reaching heights taller than the freeway above us). More seriously, the sparks were made combing very fine grade steel wool, metal cabling and a 9V battery. All exposures were made using a Nikon D3 and a 17-35mm 2.8 lens. Exposure lengths vary, but most were around 8 seconds.
Things to work on:
- Better location
- Cleaner looking Orbs
- Nicer cabling job (my hand was seriously bloody by the end of the night)
- Wear all black next time
Tags: Dan Newton, flames, long exposure, nevada, night, Nikon 17-35mm 2.8, Nikon D3, orbs, photographer, Photography, Reno, sparks, steel wool
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DPC
on January 13th, 2010Insanely cool! Can you please elaborate on the “sparking apparatus”
Craig Moore
on January 13th, 2010Dan<
I think your on to something here. Very cool! I like your shots, especially the middle one with the hands out-stretched.
Fresh, different, a new idea.
Very Cool!
Mindy
on January 13th, 2010Nice! I love long exposure shots and these are very creative.
Chris Driscoll
on January 20th, 2010Great concept and execution.
Sina
on February 19th, 2010I like these shots. I don’t think you needed to work on location with the last two. I think the street kind of added to the impact.
I would have to agree that the middle one looks very good. I’ll be very interested to see what you’ll come up with next.
Brad Thompson
on June 18th, 2010Dan,
Awesome idea. It inspired me to try it in an old abandoned train tunnel but unfortunately I had a failed attempt. After all my setup, I couldn’t get the steel wool lite! I was trying with a lighter, I missed you had a 9 volt battery. Any tricks to getting it going like you did? Is the battery just to start it or does it always have to be connected to keep it going?
Brad
Dan Newton
on June 18th, 2010The 9 volt will ignite the wool when it touches. It is VERY important that you use a very fine steel wool (#0000) otherwise it won’t burn. I hope that helps. Don’t start any fires,
-Dan