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Published: 2011-07-19 13:33:55 +0000 UTC; Views: 1393; Favourites: 63; Downloads: 0
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motion of fire.Related content
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This image has been featured at weekly newspaper --> [link]
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thank you very much! it's nice to be in the awesome company of the other photos you have featured
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Just please teach me...are you moving the cam or you draw with hand? I tried to draw with my cam a lightsource but the outcome wasn't very good since the background was extremely blury and all speedy.
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first, the camera needs to be steady - using a tripod would be best (i didn't have one, so i tried to steady the camera by resting my hand against my knee, while sitting on the ground). this will eliminate the blurry background. then, the light in this picture is made by a fire twirler (you can google "fire-dancing" for that) 
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Sure did help...but one more thing..is it possible to capture this with the person whos doing this without being him blury?
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hardly, because for that, the person who's doing this will have to stand perfectly still, which is not really possible when he's rotating sticks that are on fire
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But how is this done then? [link]
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well, this is something quite different. what you linked is an example of light painting; in it, the singer probably stood still, while the "flasher" outlined the light painting job around his body. what i shot instead is a long exposure shot of the so-called "fire-dancing", where the man in the picture is also the man, who's making figures with the fire. i hope this is making sense
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Yeah but why isn't the flasher all blury???
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i would guess that the flasher did the flashing, and in the end stood still for several seconds in the position, in which you see her in the photo. if you take a look at the EXIF information for that capture, the shutter speed was 23 seconds, so that gives enough time for painting the light outline, and then "freezing" in a position for several seconds, which would be the only position recorded in the photo.
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I thought about that too, but how come then the cam didn't capture her "ghost" frames?
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not really sure about that :/ maybe the artist could tell?
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Hehe forget to think about that one ^^
But one guess is maybe its 2 same pictures compiled with layers...? Just saying my mind
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probably not, because the file has exif information, which means it's most likely an original file from the camera
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bummer :\ Ok I'll try to contact then the artist to make my life easier
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good luck, then! hope he's able to make this more clear
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Well, looks like I aint gonna an answer from him. I sent him a dozen of msgs till now, but no response. :\ I'll try googling, maybe I'll get lucky who knows. But anyways, thanx for the info and this great pic. Keep up the good work and peace to you.
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thanks, man, same to you and good luck
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sorry about that - i hoped it would be as inconspicuous as possible.
glad you like it, though
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this is so epic!^^ i love this kind of art!^^ Cool work!^^
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