I found sparklers in the road last night on the way to get liquor.

[YoungPhotoGirl]

Awesome photos and cool story with it too!!!

 

[Forkie]

the first round was good. Second round were outstanding. Even though in isolation, I have no idea it's a sparkler in #1 from round 2, it's still an amazing job. Gives me an idea for the next time I shoot someone with a distinctive silhouette to let them hold the speedlight with the radio trigger attached.

I think in photo 1 from post 2 he was trying to light the sparkler at that point, so it was just the AB800 firing at his back. I just liked the long shadow, and detail on the pavement. It's really fun to light smoke from behind. Lots of cool effects you can get.

I also kind of like this one as well

I thought the shots in the first post were a bit boring. There wasn't much going on, you could've had more interesting photos using longer exposures, but the shot in the above post is superb! Where was your backlight coming from, a street light?

 

[FireDiva]

It will forever facinate me which shots resinate for whom.....it's all so subjective.....the shot with the least lighting, that just touches slightly the outline of the body is like a passing mysterious light....like I said, it's very subjective.

 

[o hey tyler]

I thought the shots in the first post were a bit boring. There wasn't much going on, you could've had more interesting photos using longer exposures, but the shot in the above post is superb! Where was your backlight coming from, a street light?

I wasn't really interested in getting long exposures of the sparklers. That would have required that I setup a tripod and sacrifice mobility, which was too much work and not enough fun. I was already dragging the shutter as much as I could in that situation at 35mm. The second batch was lit with an AB800 at either 1/16 power at f/6.3 @ 1/200, or at f/2ish at 1/100s.

 

[Forkie]

...too much work and not enough fun...

I hear ya!

 

[o hey tyler]

I hear ya!

I wasn't trying to negate or minimize your c&c, Forkie. I do appreciate your thoughts. It just wasn't in the cards to bring out a tripod with all the drinking and whatnot that was occurring.