2002

Burning Man

Time Exposed Photo's

One of the nights I was at Burning Man, I decided to try a little time exposure photography on the Esplande (the main "street" that run around the inner surface of the giant "C"). I walked out, set my tripod and camera, clicked the shutter open, and then stood there to make sure no one ran into the thing. When I wrote up my first essay I had not developed these pictures yet. It had been a long time since I had done any time exposed photos, and I'd forgotten everything I ever knew about exposure times, etc. My previous photo's had been of the stars moving against moutains.

Anyway, I finally got these developed and some of them looked pretty interesting. The one thing that these photo's do, better than others I took at night, is to show the colors of Burning Man. In the normal photo's you can see lights, but the color's are washed out. In these you get a sense of the amount of color that is happening at Burning Man. I hope you enjoy these.

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Looking toward the E-ville Pyramid. I stood in front of the camera for a bit	Flame and Lights	Lighes on the Esplande	Flame and lights
The E-ville Pyramid - The tallest structure in Burning Man with the Flame thrower at the top alight	The E-ville Pyramid base - Note the stars in the sky.	The UV Forest	The UV Forest
A world of night time light !!!!	Something Blinky Blue goes by	Looking toward the Man (blue), someone rode by on an illuminated bike.	Looking toward the Man
The colors	Fire Dancers	A Fire Dancer - Ball of Flame	My Favorite Flame Car
Why it was easy to find my way back to camp. I was next to E-ville and you could see it from everywhere	Traffic on the Esplande