Recently, a friend of mine was performing at a collective art thingamajig with her folk band. One of the other performing acts was a troupe of fire-dancers. (The range of performances was very wide, and exciting.) The fire-dancers were already impressive with their belly dancing and then amazed us all when they busted out really cool fire tricks.
In this image, the fire is in motion and illuminating arcs around the dancer. The natural brightness attracts instant attention and is the source of our awe. There was of course the thrill of danger when a fire-dancer threw flames around her head, but honestly it was more amusing to see the way the light could be thrown into shapes such as in the image. My eye is drawn directly to it the way a moth will fly straight into a light. The light from the fire arch illuminates all around it and even gives character to the dancer manipulating it.
Nice observations and a great subject matter
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