It was cold but clear last night as I ventured out to the bonfire on the Buttlands at Wells-Next-The-Sea. It was a lovely traditional setup with just a fire and a few small stalls scattered around the green. Families huddled round the edges of the bonfire slowly moved away as the heat became more intense, the flames being whipped into a frenzy by the wind which had strengthened throughout the afternoon.
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| The fire really gets going. |
It was a great time to use the Fuji X100 which is perfectly suited to these type of candid situations, being so small it's fairly unobtrusive. The only way to successfully capture the evening as the eye was seeing it was to shoot in full manual mode, something that is great fun with the X100. The dials are metal and beautifully made so fiddling and changing settings on a regular basis is something of a joy, it has a really tactile feel. The new firmware version 2.0 worked very well, the focus locking on really quickly and allowing me to capture pretty much every image I was after.
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| One of the small stalls selling hot drinks. |
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| A warm glow on the faces. |
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| Good photo opportunities. |
The Fuji X100 is such a great little camera to have, simply because it takes fantastic images, has good high ISO capabilities and it's tiny in comparison to most DSLRs. Stick it in your pocket or rucksack and you're away, no big lenses or accessories to lug around with you. It's always refreshing when I decide to shoot solely with this camera and leave the bigger gear behind, I don't get backache for a start.
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| Sparks leap from the fire, dancing in the tree's branches. |
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