wire wool
Nov 21, 2013 16:31:50 #
billozz
Loc: Birmingham, England
has anyone trried a long exposure of glowing or burning wire wool. i am having some difficulty getting the wire wool to light, any ideas or pointers please
thanks
Bill
thanks
Bill
Nov 21, 2013 16:35:05 #
There are quite a few threads on this subject:
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/search.jsp?q=wire+wool&u=&s=0
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/search.jsp?q=wire+wool&u=&s=0
Nov 21, 2013 16:39:48 #
Hey bliiozz, Evan from The Photoextremist has a website and book about this http://photoextremist.com
Steel Wool Photography Tutorial http://photoextremist.com/steel-wool-photography-tutorial
Steel Wool Photography Tutorial http://photoextremist.com/steel-wool-photography-tutorial
Nov 21, 2013 17:05:36 #
What are you using to light the wool? Gunpowder or a torch works great. Probably safer to use torch, but then again...I always live dangerously.
Nov 21, 2013 17:06:28 #
busted_shutter wrote:
What are you using to light the wool? Gunpowder or a torch works great. Probably safer to use torch, but then again...I always live dangerously.
Short a 9V Battery
Nov 21, 2013 17:10:59 #
billozz
Loc: Birmingham, England
yes thatnks both for the answers, i have seen videos etc abot the technique involved but i am having difficulty in lighting the steel wool and im not sure why, just wondered if someone has had a go and might have an idea what im doing wrong
Nov 21, 2013 17:17:32 #
billozz
Loc: Birmingham, England
busted_shutter wrote:
gunpowder???What are you using to light the wool? Gunpowder or a torch works great. Probably safer to use torch, but then again...I always live dangerously.
no im not using that, by torch do you mean a blowtorch?
Nov 21, 2013 17:27:37 #
billozz wrote:
gunpowder???
no im not using that, by torch do you mean a blowtorch?
no im not using that, by torch do you mean a blowtorch?
Yes he does.
He does not mean a 'flameless torch' which us Yanks call a flashlight.
Have you considered sprinkling a little powdered aluminum in it?
And I *DO* mean a little.
Nov 21, 2013 17:38:50 #
Nov 21, 2013 17:59:29 #
billozz wrote:
has anyone trried a long exposure of glowing or burning wire wool. i am having some difficulty getting the wire wool to light, any ideas or pointers please
thanks
Bill
thanks
Bill
I just use a lighter....never had any problem and the 9v battery works also
Nov 21, 2013 19:27:18 #
Maybe you're trying too course a grade? Steel wool over here comes in about 8 grades, with 0000 being the finest (smallest wires). Goes up like a torch with a cigarette lighter.
Nov 21, 2013 19:56:01 #
billozz wrote:
has anyone trried a long exposure of glowing or burning wire wool. i am having some difficulty getting the wire wool to light, any ideas or pointers please
thanks
Bill
thanks
Bill
Check this out:
http://digital-photography-school.com/playing-fire-steel-wool-spinning-landscape
Nov 22, 2013 00:01:28 #
billozz wrote:
gunpowder???
no im not using that, by torch do you mean a blowtorch?
no im not using that, by torch do you mean a blowtorch?
So I live dangerously sometimes...lol...yes, I mean a blowtorch.
Nov 22, 2013 00:03:56 #
Wall-E wrote:
Yes he does.
He does not mean a 'flameless torch' which us Yanks call a flashlight.
Have you considered sprinkling a little powdered aluminum in it?
And I *DO* mean a little.
He does not mean a 'flameless torch' which us Yanks call a flashlight.
Have you considered sprinkling a little powdered aluminum in it?
And I *DO* mean a little.
You could also use the magnesium from an old flashbulb.
Did I ever mention my Dad kicking my ass decades ago, when I created mustard gas in my basement chem lab?...lol
Nov 22, 2013 02:12:20 #
busted_shutter wrote:
Did I ever mention my Dad kicking my ass decades ago, when I created mustard gas in my basement chem lab?...lol
LOL. Did I even mention that when I was doing tech support for a local theater group and needed an explosion and smoke coming out of a doorway? It went so well with a gunpowder gadget I kept adding more powder every night until I finally damn near blew away the local district attorney and sent a smoke circle to the back of the auditorium. Not really the effect I wanted but the audience loved it, and he didn't sue me. :shock: :D
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