I truly want to thank everyone for the votes and comments on my first challenge entry. Being new with the camera the comments have been a big help.
I will have to give credit to the camera, Coolpix 775. All I did was use a tripod and time the shot with the fuse, which was not easy. Because we were in darkness and I had the focus set on infinity the camera automatically slowed the shutter speed and it did not react timely enough and picked up the long tail. I did not plan the effect, and was shocked and amazed with the outcome.
Very cool. Maybe would been neat to have the bottle a little to the right (1/3rds rule), and have been able to see more of the trail. Of course, this would have meant losing a bit of the arm, but I think you coulda kept enough to have gotten the point across.
Fun use of a long shutter speed. Great sense of energy. The weird thing is, for me, it looks like all the sparks are getting sucked into the bottle. If I'm gonna be picky, I wish the arm wasn't blurred -- maybe propping it on something to reduce that a little? Great shot.
This is a great capture! In a perfect world I would have liked to see it cropped just above finger on bottle in hopes of seeing more of the rocket trail. The arm and shirt sleeve are distracting. Great job! 8 cthenk
Maybe crop out the shirt sleeve???? Actually, I like this. It's a great action shot, good contrast and the clarity of the sparks through the bottle is super. Was this painful???? =7
Nice long exposure and an interesting idea. I don't care much for having the arm in the shot, but that is my personal preference. The light trails turned out really good.
Very cool, did anyone get burned? Your camera has two burned out pixels, I think, they show up on either side of your subject's wrists, there could be more. (Absolutely no downscore!!!!) In fact, you get a 10 from me. Swash There was a forum discussion about this pixel burnout thing last week. If you weren't involved, you should check it out.
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