Here's 2 questions for you :-)

[Futurelight]

For this shot I used an Olympus OM10 and a kodak 400asa. I ran a 6 second manual exposure at f.22. Did I deserve to have this shot, along with the rest of the fire portfolio, in the Museum of Modern art Wales and Italy? And, being as I recieved some quite bad burns to my face, how far are you willing to go to get the shot you want?

This isn't ego, this is my own curiosity. Nothing more.

 

[photo guy]

Should have been more careful. Fire is nothing to monkey with. Using zoom is safer than getting burned. I shoot fire scenes and have relatives who are either retired firefighters or are current firefighters. I have experience at shooting from a safe distance. Be safe next time and use zooom!