Steel wool photography

So steel wool photography, after loosing one of my whisks (yep high tech equipment) I had to buy another which was not as good as the lost whisk. We set out to Fewston reservoir where I had a location idea in my head. We got to the location and i hoped my wide angle lens would be wide enough to get what I wanted. Just!!! I put the steel wool in to my whisk (already attached a rope to it) set up my camera. Took a few shots to get the correct lighting for the final image. After all was set I let the camera carry on taking long exposures at 20s, I then got in to place, lit the steel wool and started to spin it. I waited till the steel wool had fully burned out till going back and stopping the camera. I did this about 3 times till I had used all my steel wool. The steel wool burns for around a minute, when loading it in to the whisk try spread it out to help burn longer as clumping it all together does not work as well as I found out.

So here are some of my images…

Next time I am looking to be further back and so all the sparks can be seen and a different focal point as the reservoir does not stand out too well (you can just make out the Milky Way tho).

Let me know what you think?

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James (1986) born from Harrogate, England and educated at Harrogate College and Leeds Metropolitan University in Multimedia, he is a visual artist working predominately with Photography and Video after been interested in film and photography since he was at secondary school buying his first video camera at age 16, later going on to buy his first DSLR camera at age 21. After learning techniques and styles in both film and photography he wanted to carry on and produce work at a professional standard. His work is inspired by natural surroundings, capturing the atmospheric, romance and drama of the nature around him. Inspired by travel after visiting exotic places around the world and in his home County of North Yorkshire, also passionately working with the night sky has brought about his first commercially available collection of two sets of ten limited edition pieces. If you are wanting a print that is unique and different from other photographers have a flick through and order yours today. For more information and contact about these Collections please see contact details below.

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