Blow Torch Guy

This fellow was drying out the suface of his private scateboard..."thing".

Taken in the middle of "nowhere" in British Columbia, Canada, duirng

this very small town's annual pig roast. Comments appreciated.

interesting POV, dynamic shot, a bit noisy though!

Ranga. Thanks. Yes it is noisy. If you look at the camera used you will see it is a high end point and shoot from around 2006 vintage. Point and shoots didn't come with RAW back then. Anyway, to say the least, I was having fun with the ISO maxed out at 800 and settings at 1/13 and 3.5. There were just a few electric lights scattered around, and it was long after the sun went down. I took a lot of images of boarders that night. Perhaps I will post one or two of those blurred action shots. If I were ever to matt any of these they would have to be no larger than 5x7. I shouldn't have posted the larger image. Thanks again for taking the time to comment.

Especially considering the camera used this is a very interesting image. Without your desription wouldn't know exactly what he was doing. I like the flame and the shadows. Nice work.

Sincerely,

Holger

after a bit of processing using Gimp, still there's scope for improvement!

Hmmm, never heard of Gimp. I'll check it out. Thanks

Actually, I don't need Gimp. Was able to duplicate what you did with a few clicks in PS. Thanks again for your interest and suggestions.