Going back to my first encounter with fire spinners, later that evening, I was thinking about patterns and light designs as I wandered into the dance area where dancers were spinning balls with colored lights. I set up my tripod and tried to capture those, mostly with disappointing results because the dancers were moving so fast and the colored lights are much dimmer than flames. However, while I was doing that, bombarded by very loud techno music, it occurred to me to use the zoom during a long exposure (30 seconds at f8): "Zooming pattern". The disadvantage of such long exposure is that the people who were dancing have disappeared. The advantage is that without a bright fire, the colors become clear and interesting.

Going back to my first encounter with fire spinners, later that evening, I was thinking about patterns and light designs as I wandered into the dance area where dancers were spinning balls with colored lights. I set up my tripod and tried to capture those, mostly with disappointing results because the dancers were moving so fast and the colored lights are much dimmer than flames. However, while I was doing that, bombarded by very loud techno music, it occurred to me to use the zoom during a long exposure (30 seconds at f8): "Zooming pattern". The disadvantage of such long exposure is that the people who were dancing have disappeared. The advantage is that without a bright fire, the colors become clear and interesting.