Choose your color scheme:
The Vette Barn  
 
Go Back   The Vette Barn > Off Topic/Babes/Other > Picture Perfect

Picture Perfect Share your photography tips, techniques and prize captures here.

User Tag List

Reply
 
Share Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 03-20-2017, 7:32pm   #1
TripleBlack
Barn Raising I
Points: 17,077, Level: 90
Activity: 2.5%
 
TripleBlack's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: I know you are but what am I
Posts: 4,478
Thanks: 2,657
Thanked 2,046 Times in 872 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $308343
Default Skyline photo with a little pyro added

Was invited to a photography meetup over the weekend to shoot the Dallas skyline from a location I'd not done yet. Not the best location and wasn't too pleased with shots I was getting. Then a guy brought out a "steel wool spinner" and while the photo isn't great it was a lot of fun.

There's been some deservedly bad press about careless folk setting fires with these things... wet and muddy here - guy's hair caught on fire a little once but that was all.

TripleBlack is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 6 Users Say Thank You to TripleBlack For This Useful Post:
Old 03-25-2017, 8:32am   #2
78SA
A Real Barner
Points: 55,374, Level: 100
Activity: 0.7%
 
78SA's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: So. IN
Posts: 43,773
Thanks: 29,186
Thanked 3,199 Times in 2,014 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $3632152
Default

78SA is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to 78SA For This Useful Post:
Old 03-25-2017, 7:08pm   #3
Giraffe (He/Him)
Goldilocks
Barn Stall Owner #905

Bantayan Kids '13,'15
Points: 110,529, Level: 100
Activity: 0%
 
Giraffe (He/Him)'s Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: My butt's been wiped.
Posts: 30,980
Thanks: 5,226
Thanked 16,607 Times in 7,133 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $1009320
Default

I've heard about these spinner things before and wondered how they work.
How do they work?

Quote:
guy's hair caught on fire a little once
I shouldn't laugh but,,,,
Giraffe (He/Him) is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-25-2017, 10:15pm   #4
TripleBlack
Barn Raising I
Points: 17,077, Level: 90
Activity: 2.5%
 
TripleBlack's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: I know you are but what am I
Posts: 4,478
Thanks: 2,657
Thanked 2,046 Times in 872 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $308343
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Thomas View Post
I've heard about these spinner things before and wondered how they work.
How do they work?


I shouldn't laugh but,,,,
The most common method and the one the hair on fire guy used is to attach a chain or cord to a wire whisk and stuff it with fine steel wool. You can easily light the steel wool with a lighter or even better with a crack pipe torch which of course we used. Once lit, you just spin the whisk on the end of the chain. The extra oxygen flow from the spinning is like adding gasoline... the sparks go crazy.

I was shooting 25-30 second exposures which worked well - the whisk would burn out in a few seconds less than that.

There was another guy there with an amazing device called a Pixelstick. Google it and check some of the amazing things it does. This is a 30 second exposure where the guy used a simple color changing pattern to "paint". The device is a computer controlled array of LEDs. It can be programmed to display almost anything, including fairly realistic representations of jpgs, etc.

Oh, hair actually on fire may be a alight exaggeration but he did catch a few live sparks in his hair. Fortunately he uses water based styling products so damage was minimal.

TripleBlack is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to TripleBlack For This Useful Post:
Old 03-26-2017, 12:28am   #5
Chuck A
A Real Barner
Points: 39,964, Level: 100
Activity: 3.6%
 
Chuck A's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Long Island NY
Posts: 12,075
Thanks: 93
Thanked 3,050 Times in 2,235 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $2601174
Default

very cool, indeed
Chuck A is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Chuck A For This Useful Post:
Old 03-26-2017, 10:45am   #6
Giraffe (He/Him)
Goldilocks
Barn Stall Owner #905

Bantayan Kids '13,'15
Points: 110,529, Level: 100
Activity: 0%
 
Giraffe (He/Him)'s Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: My butt's been wiped.
Posts: 30,980
Thanks: 5,226
Thanked 16,607 Times in 7,133 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $1009320
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by TripleBlack View Post

LOVE this one.
Giraffe (He/Him) is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Giraffe (He/Him) For This Useful Post:
Old 03-26-2017, 6:44pm   #7
TripleBlack
Barn Raising I
Points: 17,077, Level: 90
Activity: 2.5%
 
TripleBlack's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: I know you are but what am I
Posts: 4,478
Thanks: 2,657
Thanked 2,046 Times in 872 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $308343
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Thomas View Post
LOVE this one.
Definitely something different. I'm probably going to do a DIY version of the pixelstick, either with a Raspberry Pi or Aurdino controller. They are between three and four hundred bux... Don't want one that bad. May cheap out even more and just do a very simple version.

Check this guy's page. These were done (I think) with just a colored plastic protector tube used for florescent lights with a cheap LED flashlight stuck in each end. You can make one for less than $20.

Signs Of Light shows the awesome photos you can create with just a light and a tube - DIY Photography
TripleBlack is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

The Vette Barn > Off Topic/Babes/Other > Picture Perfect


Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 11:12am.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
User Alert System provided by Advanced User Tagging (Pro) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.
Copyright © 2009 - 2024 The Vette Barn


Support the Barn:
 
Download the Mobile App;
 
Follow us on Facebook:

Become a Stall Owner

 

Apple iOS App        Google Android App

 

Visit our Facebook page