Wire Wool shots

[whipspeed]

Some shots from a shoot in March, my first time shooting wire wool and it was great fun.


Wire Wool 3 by Sarah Brooke, on Flickr


Sparky Orb by Sarah Brooke, on Flickr


The-Time-Traveller by Sarah Brooke, on Flickr

 

[stument]

Wow looks amazing! might have to try this

 

[MWHCVT]

You've done really well on these though in the first I would suggest that you need a little more wool if I'm honest the only thing letting these down is the location and the amount of clutter around them so you need to find a better location

Matt
MWHCVT

 

[whipspeed]

Thanks Tom, we are going to try a different location in the summer, this was just a go to see how we all did. The chap spinning is an engineer and is working on different cages & different types of wool.

 

[Aran77]

Great first shots.
I like the location I the first shot. I find that choosing locations with some confined space in them works well as the sparks will illuminate the shapes around you.

When we spin we tend to use a whisk, or a spherical bird feeder (from b&Q)

The finest grade of wire wool burns faster and gives off more sparks.
The thicker stuff is harder to ignite, burns slower with less sparks.