beansbaxter

Chahar-Shanbeh Soori is the Iranian New Years Eve, and the tradition is to setup rows of fires for people to run and jump over each fire. I tried to not use a flash, wanted to capture the essence of the evening. Bottom line is my pictures did not turn out as good as I wanted. It was also difficult capturing so much movement with such low lighting.

Here are some pics from this cold evening on West Seattle:











And this one was my favorite of the night:

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jezterr

so much for 3200 iso, huh?

hehe.

nice pictures. most interesting set i've seen you take. fireworks shot is kinda weak.

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beansbaxter

Yeah, I shot all of those at ISO 3200.

Fireworks caught me off guard, and I didnt have my camera settings right.

Here, you can see how much noise at ISO 3200, but still it faired better than what my D200 would have done:

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eric

noise ninja that, see how it turns out.

mazyare

These are shot at ISO-200. My camera only goes up to 400 and is pretty grainy at 400.











Will be happy to hear feedback on them.

mazyare

BTW, some background info on Chahrshanbe Souri:

It is celebrated on the evening of the last Tue of the year. Last year the new year was on a Wed, so it was like a new years eve. It is not always like that though. Let's say if the new year is on a Mon, then Chaharshanbe Souri would be the preceding Tue, 6 days before the new year.

My camera still smells smoky from that night!

kungfu jesus

i work in a burn unit and this thread pretty much freaked the ever loving hell out of all the patients on the floor. thanks.