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[Creepin_pyro]

I've been playing with my new camera.

No displays to photograph for a little while, so I've been doing some close-up photos.

With the shutter at 1/4000 sec, I can freeze sparks quite nicely. I'm trying to get a nice photo of BP burning, but for now, here's some NC burning which has been dusted with Fe/Ti.



And some plain NC:

Undusted NC

Anyone else attempted anything like this? Any ideas for other things to photograph?

[Phoenix]

Cool indeed! Great work. A rocket take-off should be pretty impressive, if you catch it about a metre off the ground. Muzzle flashes could be quite interesting too, but probably even more difficult to photograph.

If the picture above is anything to go by, you should be able to capture fountains and wheels very well. In fact whatever you photograph with that camera should look better than average.

Edited by Phoenix, 06 October 2004 - 06:30 PM.

[blueflame]

I've been playing with my new camera. 

No displays to photograph for a little while, so I've been doing some close-up photos.

With the shutter at 1/4000 sec, I can freeze sparks quite nicely.  I'm trying to get a nice photo of BP burning, but for now, here's some NC burning which has been dusted with Fe/Ti.



And some plain NC:

Undusted NC

Anyone else attempted anything like this?  Any ideas for other things to photograph?

my pa was into photography in a big way but i was not so i cant remember too much but what i do know is that he used a system called cibachrome which gave amazing pictures,pin sharp,clear with vibrant colours, do you have your own darkroom?

[Creepin_pyro]

my pa was into photography in a big way but i was not so i cant remember too much but what i do know is that he used a system called cibachrome which gave amazing pictures,pin sharp,clear with vibrant colours, do you have your own darkroom?

Fixed my host - pics should work now.

My darkroom is photoshop

The camera is a digital SLR.

[blueflame]

Fixed my host - pics should work now.

My darkroom is photoshop

The camera is a digital SLR.

nice pic ! how high are those flames?

[Creepin_pyro]

Erm..... Not more than a few inches tall.

[blueflame]

Erm..... Not more than a few inches tall.

ah bless

[Creepin_pyro]

Got a few more pics tonight

Titanium sparks

Red mine

The mine was a bit crazy... I decided to use a short piston/disk mine dropped into a 2" mortar. I had a feeling the red stars weren't primed well enough, and I was right I threw the Ti in to try and aid ignition, but only three lit. They did go incredibly high, though

[Richard H]

I love the pictures, might commission you to do a few for the new website! The titanium sparks and NC look excellent.

[paul]

Reeeespect, creepin_pyro! These pictures are so damn pretty

It would be so nice if you could get a snapshot from a D1 glitter burning....

[Creepin_pyro]

Thanks guys. I'm pretty pleased with the results myself. Lots more on their way.

Paul, glitter stars are right at the top of my "must get round to attempting" list.

Richard. I would be honoured

[alany]

That cloud of sparks is a fantastic picture!

[Phoenix]

Agreed! Just out of interest, what exactly is the cloud of titanium sparks? It looks as if the burst is originating from mid air...

[Creepin_pyro]

Agreed! Just out of interest, what exactly is the cloud of titanium sparks? It looks as if the burst is originating from mid air...

That is a pile of BP sprinkled with Titanium on a fence post....

It's shot in sunlight infront of a fence, but with a very high shutter speed so the background appears black. Part of the post was lit up, but I photoshopped it out. You can see if you look closely

[RegimentalPyro]

Well I think I'll use the Titanium picture as my new Desktop.

Much respect - These shots show great skill and care.

Quick question : How do you activate the shutter at just the right moment? I think I can spot two ways of doing this electronically

1) electronically activating when it sees a sudden bright light
2) cuing it from the firing of the pyro [eg: Activate shutter 250ms after current applied to ematch circuit]