Doom and Gloom !

Plenty of doom and gloom in the crypto markets this past week! I have been out camping in the wilderness so missed most of the action. I thought this shot might sum up how people are feeling ! It is a close up shot of an eruption taken from the crater rim of Mt Yasur volcano on Tanna Island, Vanuatu. I purposely wobbled the camera on this shot to create some motion blur to give the magma more of a molten look. What do you think? It is a 6 second exposure at 19mm using a Canon 50D. It's quite the unnerving experience shooting erupting volcanoes as each of those blocks of magma is about the size of a refrigerator!

I have also reposted a shot below which you may have seen which gives you a wide angle view so you can appreciate how close we were to the action here. It is a 4 second exposure with a super wide 10mm lens. Imagine watching an explosion while experiencing an earthquake and listening to a sonic boom. Then as you stare numbly into space your trance is broken by the whistling noise of the magma falling from the sky with the hope it falls short of where you are standing.

I somehow left my tripod in my car at the airport before flying to Tanna island in Vanuatu. As a result both of these shots were taken using a improvised base made out of some volcanic rock and just sitting my camera on top of the rock pile at the crater rim.

If you would like to learn a little bit more about my background in photography you can read the interview @photofeed did with me here

Robert Downie
Love Life, Love Photography

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