Aug 14, 2015 11:25 PM

How....how do you do this?

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TIL opening portals to alternate dimensions creates a pretty sparking effect.

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You light my fire.

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Do you have to worry about the sparks damaging the cars' paint jobs?

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are you a wizard?

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Oh good lord that zoom is glorious!

11 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Thanks for pointing that out! I totally forget that good zooms do indeed come along once in a while.

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That's sparktacularly good

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Let's play! I spin poi, and love long exposure photography. Steel wool is awesome, just gotta keep it moving! SCIENCE! These = stunning.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJkBLMhXvcQ this video explains how to do this effect pretty well

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I appreciated this video more than i expected. Thank you @Supseattle

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^ Very cool! How did you achieve this effect?

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maybe this helps too

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put steel wool into a wire whisk, attach whisk to a rope/leash, light steel wool on fire and spin it in circles to send sparks flying

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you got a pic of pre-lighting? how long does it last? what was your shutter speed? 2nd to last is my favorite.

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sparks fly for maybe 8 seconds, I try to have a 10-15 sec shutter speed. I don't have any before pics but if you google it theres a bunch

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Thanks! i'll have to play with this a little later

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What aperture and ISO? I'm afraid to have overexposed "flames" when doing this

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pretty much do a low ISO and aperture. You may have to play around with it.

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