Steel wool experiments

So my friend comes up to me and says that there's this technique he's been dying to try out, using ignited steel wool and long exposures... I look up the technique and say *Neat let's try this one out!*

So we took our cams and woolly steel along to Buskett woodland (not the safest location for fire right?) and set about whizzing the smoldering steel wool around. Here are some results!

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really like 1 and 2, great job

Good stuff. DO be careful though, this stuff can cause serious damage really quick and as you saw, can start fires just as quick as well.

I'd hate to become the first person on record to have caused a large fire by spinning steel wool.

I have been wanting to try this out for forever but have never got around to it. Looks like a blast

Before my first attempt I ran a sprinkler in my back yard all day moving it to different spots to saturate the whole yard with water. That night, my second attempt resulted in a large piece of flaming steel wool landing on top of the house and rolling off onto the wet ground. If I do this again in the back yard I will have a ladder and a garden hose ready to go as well.

Todd Lambert wrote in post #15594249
Good stuff. DO be careful though, this stuff can cause serious damage really quick and as you saw, can start fires just as quick as well.

I'd hate to become the first person on record to have caused a large fire by spinning steel wool.

Right you are! Thankfully being Winter and all, the area was pretty damp so the risk was comparably low. But you can't be too careful so we were well aware of the possible risks!

This is a surprisingly easy and highly rewarding thing to do! I highly recommend

Thanks all.
Chris.

Great shots. Will have to give this a try.

There are some great instructional to do's and not to do's here.

https://photography-on-the.net …/showthread.php​?t=1117621

First one's awesome!

are those leaves the ciders are ricocheting off of?
nice pics. Smokey the Bear would not approve.

CameraMan wrote in post #15599845
There are some great instructional to do's and not to do's here.

https://photography-on-the.net …/showthread.php​?t=1117621

Great thread thanks!

machinez wrote in post #15600502
are those leaves the ciders are ricocheting off of?
nice pics. Smokey the Bear would not approve.

if you are referring to the area over the archway then yes those are leaves from a creeper. Being a woodland there were trees and leaves scattered everywhere

Glad to see so many positive responses!

Chris.

these are all cool. I'm going to have to try something like this.