Lightpainting

[waltny]

Here are the best of the group of my first lightpainting attempts. I choose my old marine corp dress blues and my current army class A jacket. I should have used a black backdrop but dont have access to one right now and was just playing around.
These were shot with 8 sec shutter speed, 0.0 exposure comp, ISO80 and the camera chose the apature.


http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u25/waltny/armydress.jpg

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u25/waltny/marineblue.jpg

[Alex]

Did you just open the shutter in the dark and flashed a flash light on it?

Looks pretty neato

[waltny]

Yes. I used a closet so I had some lighting on the back wall. I wish I had some black sheets and a room that I could get dark enough and longer shutter speed(the 8 second limit is killing me) they would come out better. I am also playing with regular white light bulbs with fliters and LED light.

I plan on taking this experiment to the outdoors in the next few days and have the pics up.

[R]

I showed my students how to paint with light this summer, not so much because it's a commonly-used technique, but because it showed them how image sensors work at long shutter speeds. There were lots of ooos and aaahs when we did it. That's me seated in the middle, by the way. :nod:

http://myweb.cableone.net/abbysm/pix/paintingwithlight02.jpg

[waltny]

Yes there usually is that normal "Oh Wow!" effect. If I had a longer shutter speed(more than 8 secs) I think I would have had some stellar shots last night. I went out on a hunch and think I might have better luck with a flash light or two. Ill show my work here when I finally get it right.

[CarpeyBiggs]

Lightpainting is a great technique, and can yield some awesome images, especially on still life subjects. Try varying the location of your light during the exposure, and it can make a very soft light source that is very pleasing.

One of my favorites things is long exposures with a couple speedlights, gelled with different colors. In this example I strobed 12 times from one side with a red gel, and 8 from the other with a blue gel, to match the sky colors and fill in the foreground. Lots of cool possibilities.

http://www.danransom.com/blog/images/20061010100358_lincolnbeachwithrocks.jpg

[rockgremlin]

This is from Dan's most recent Trip Report...pretty cool stuff yet again.

http://www.danransom.com/TripReports/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/img_5621.jpg

[CarpeyBiggs]

And if you really want some inspiring work, check this out.

http://www.lostamerica.com/

[JP]

Those are neat :2thumbs:

[Johnlithon]

This guy is a SLC local and has some very impresive images using this technique :hail2thechief:

http://www.vanhemert.com/

[jowchie]

here's my take on playing with light:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/166/375177633_8e729618eb.jpg

settings: camera on bulb mode (8mm fisheye @ 1.6 crop)... single frame shot. strobe is handheld 1/16th power fired @ 12hz (fired approximately 11 times)... this is not a composite shot btw...

[CarpeyBiggs]

here's my take on playing with light:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/166/375177633_8e729618eb.jpg

settings: camera on bulb mode (8mm fisheye @ 1.6 crop)... single frame shot. strobe is handheld 1/16th power fired @ 12hz (fired approximately 11 times)... this is not a composite shot btw...

Very cool. I like that you can see the stars as well... Good idea.

[asdf]

Nothing cool yet ... just testing out my new toys.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3579/3320032105_c3f09c57db.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3662/3320860930_53c840d1d8.jpg

[Trailmix]

And if you really want some inspiring work, check this out.

http://www.lostamerica.com/

Thanks for the link, that's a great site. The Gost Ship and Cold War Relic albums are really cool.

[Trailmix]

And if you really want some inspiring work, check this out.

http://www.lostamerica.com/

Thanks for the link, that's a great site. The Gost Ship and Cold War Relic albums are really cool.

[asdf]

Last week group of us went out to paint this abandoned farm house near Utah Lake.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3468/3361027756_2962964318.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3472/3361028346_20d20aa0fd.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3591/3350152281_fbb7207b1e.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3624/3351602778_172fe60c52.jpg

[Scott Card]

Those are really cool! :2thumbs:

[Cirrus2000]

Those are amazing! That last one in particular - wow!

[DiscGo]

Way cool Summit!

[asdf]

Painting the House with CarpeyBiggs

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3587/3405527325_6e2ee28467_b.jpg

[DiscGo]

I know I have told you before Bill, but I love how you choose to spend your time! Way cool.

[asdf]

Star Trails in Capitol Reef ... second try.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3639/3490684228_a2651f9996_b.jpg

[DiscGo]

Good work Summit!

[Redpb]

[quote="Summit42"]Star Trails in Capitol Reef ... second try.
How long was your exposure?

[asdf]

How long was your exposure?


6 images stacked, 10min each.

[tmartenst]

Agreed with the last photo of the light painting. Awesome. Of course, the rest are great too!

T

[asdf]

I have been playing a bit with the Fractalius plug-in (http://www.redfieldplugins.com/filterFractalius.htm) for photoshop - this filter has some pretty cool effect on some lightpainting images.


Carpeybiggs triggered the shutter on this image of me painting the kitchen.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3658/3655539599_0f776da71e_b.jpg