(I couldn't find a group for this, so creating one...)
Pictures of things sparking... Electric sparks, fire sparks... welding, sparklers... what have you, as long as some sort of sparks are involved... or, in some cases, images which strongly resemble sparks, or evoke the idea of them, will also be accepted.
Please note, however, that non-sparkler fireworks probably generally belong elsewhere. There may be exceptions, but the idea is to capture those little itty bitty things we call sparks, track the paths they move in, the way they break apart, etc. If you believe your fireworks image captures that essense, then you may certainly post here, but realize that the general bursts of most fireworks don't really count in my mind. :-)
Long exposures generally preferred, but not required.
The usual don't-spam-the-group-pool guideline applies, but I'll leave the definition of that vague for now.
The rules, by example:
Yes:
* welding sparks
* sparklers, close enough to see the sparks (can still be pretty far away, so long as you see individual sparks)
* bonfires showing lots of sparks
* electrical sparks
* hot metal sparks (e.g. from a grinder on steel, or some sort of pyrotechnics)
* hot wood sparks (e.g. from a crackling fire)
* anything where sparks are truly a significant part of the image, or are otherwise emphasized.
No:
* Fire, without sparks
* pictures of the sun, without sparks
* regular old fireworks shots -- there are sparks, sure, but there are also other groups for those. If there's something particularly sparkful about it, then point that out in the title, description, or tags before posting.
* a shot where so many sparks are all together that you can no longer discern any sparks individually, and it just looks like flame. (e.g. a rocket engine, perhaps)
Images which do not meet the above guidelines will be silently removed from the pool, or cause me to add new guidelines, or both. posters with a lot of photos, none of which match those guidelines will be removed. You can re-add yourself, but please check these rules before doing so, and then heed them.
I'm human, so if you believe I've removed a photo of yours in error, feel free to re-post it (but perhaps add something to make it more obvious why it's in the pool -- and/or think twice about whether it belongs), and/or contact me directly.
