Bonfire Night

Have ummed and ahhed about posting these, as I thought Gareth's fireworks shots of Barry Island were superb and pretty definitive. But I thought these were probably differentiated enough... so... I took my camera out in the local park with the family on Bonfire night, with a view to seeing what might happen on the ICM/In Camera Multiple Exposure front... I've tried ICM/ICME with fire before, and thought there was some potential worth exploring... all handheld, K1, DFA 24-70... the in camera multiple exposures are between 3 and 20 shots each, mostly using the bright blend engine on the K1, and with a fair bit of ICM thrown into the mix too...

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All thoughts, observations etc welcome as ever...

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No.s 8 and 12 for me,

I'm always going to enjoy work like this, very interesting and enjoyable set.
On a technical note No.8. Would I be right in guessing there is an out of focus shot included in the stack? I quite often enjoy the in camera multi exposure, often playing with the zoom within a stack and I quite often take out of focus photographs but, I'd never thought to combine focused an unfocused shots in a stack. I might be having a play with this, thank you for the idea.
I've gone through again to pick my favourites but have to say, I enjoy them as a set.

Fabulous images really dipicts the atmosphere of Bonfire night..

Thanks Michael, Nigel and Stuart for faves and kind words... much appreciated my end...

Nigel, yes, well spotted... there are a couple of defocussed frames in 8... about 9 frames in the shot in all... I often include a couple of defocussed frames to soften the background (or foreground), but in this particular case it had the opposite effect due to the point light source (which was a welcome surprise at the time)...

Stuart... thanks for your thoughts... yes, it was the atmosphere I was after... specifically a way to photographically represent the flickering light...

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I love it when people try something new, it makes little light bulbs go off in your head,
I do like these,
1, 8 and 11 for me, love the sinister feel to no1, really suits the Halloween / bonfire night theme a perfect match.
Great shooting.
Derek

1, 8 and especially 12 it has a magical quality of times gone by, well done, i wouldn't know where to start!

Thanks Derek and Maria... yes, very pleased with the experiment all in all... there will be more...

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Nos 1 - the shadowy people lit by the fire, no 8 and something I just love about no 9 as well, but couldn't say why!

Thanks Andy...

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1, 8, and 11 for me. The set as a whole is strong that works well together.

Is it me, but does anyone else see human forms in the opening image?

7. and 8. for me. Great Clicks!

Thanks Gareth and Raza... Gareth, yes, well spotted, there are a number of humans in no. 1...

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I can't even decide which one to choose... 2,5,8,12... They are great! And great job!