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willskith
   
location:
Boston, MA
Gender: Male
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< on 10/29/2008 5:12 PM >
|  | | | In the past I've dreaded lightpainting, but there are a few locations I have in mind that will absolutely require it. So I started fooling around with it more and here is what I have come up with. I'm finally getting the hang of it.
These were all shot using a handheld flash at ISO 100. It took between 20 and 80 flashes for each picture. They are all straight from the camera, no post processing besides white balance correction.
1. shot at f/22
2. shot at f/22
3. shot at f/9
4. shot at f/9
5. shot at f/22
6. shot at f/16
[last edit 10/29/2008 5:16 PM by willskith - edited 1 times]
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sYnOnYx
  
location:
Las Vegas , NV
Gender: Male
what happens here, doesnt stay here.
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<Reply # 2 on 10/29/2008 5:55 PM >
| | | | Posted by heinrick
Good work. Very natural-looking.
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Agreed.
I liked 3 the best.
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RenegadeOfFunk
location:
Boston, MA
Gender: Male
| | | Re: learning to lightpaint
<Reply # 3 on 10/29/2008 7:14 PM >
|  | | | The first two turned out awesome. You should post up the other version of the second so I can see what it looks like. The third looks like it would be a pain to light up. But good work. On the third I can see where you were popping the flash, I'm not sure if there is some way to hide the flash when you fire it off so that it doesn't show up in the photo.
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willskith
location:
Boston, MA
Gender: Male
| | | | Re: learning to lightpaint
<Reply # 4 on 10/29/2008 7:35 PM >
| | | | Thanks guys
Posted by RenegadeOfFunk
The first two turned out awesome. You should post up the other version of the second so I can see what it looks like. The third looks like it would be a pain to light up. But good work. On the third I can see where you were popping the flash, I'm not sure if there is some way to hide the flash when you fire it off so that it doesn't show up in the photo.
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The third shot took about ten minutes to do, it was a pain. When I post process these I am going to use the clone tool to try to hide those flashes
Here is the other chair pic, I don't like it as much. Its too well lit, it doesn't emphasize the subject as well, and the feel is kinda lost...
grit your teeth in the face of fear. self repression is the true sign of a coward, toss your inhibitions to the wind. |
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RenegadeOfFunk
location:
Boston, MA
Gender: Male
| | | Re: learning to lightpaint
<Reply # 5 on 10/29/2008 8:35 PM >
| | | | Wow, that turned out really nice too. However I am with you on preferring the one originally posted.
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kts
location:
Laurel, MD
Gender: Male
LOL WAT?
| | | | Re: learning to lightpaint
<Reply # 7 on 10/29/2008 9:16 PM >
| | | | i'm damn impressed. the 1st 2 look perfect.
the latter ones you can spot a few spots where the flash went off, but like you said you could process them out. still even if you left them as-is they are nice shots and pretty sweet that you pulled them off with as little light as there is in those places.
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Seventh Stage
location:
Boston, MA
Gender: Male
| | Re: learning to lightpaint
<Reply # 8 on 10/30/2008 1:44 AM >
| | | | I am impressed to see that third one. That area is so much larger than it looks in the picture. I figured one would need one of those million candle power spotlights, but walking along with a hand held flash is an innovative solution.
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rob.i.am
 
Gender: Male
Carpe noctum
| | | Re: learning to lightpaint
<Reply # 9 on 10/30/2008 1:47 AM >
| | | | Very nice. Makes me think I should pick up a used cheapass flash for just these occasions.
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seanblaze
location:
philadelaware
Gender: Male
| | Re: learning to lightpaint
<Reply # 10 on 10/30/2008 8:26 PM >
| | | | awesome photos.
once you process out the flash spots, they'll look really good.
I wish I was as good at light painting as you are.
I just don't have the patience
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yaggy
location:
Tunnel #8
Gender: Male
| | Re: learning to lightpaint
<Reply # 11 on 10/30/2008 8:32 PM >
| | | | wonderful theatre wide shot.
light painting opens many doors
and gives you more creative expression.
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Shockwave
Gender: Male
| | Re: learning to lightpaint
<Reply # 12 on 11/4/2008 10:39 PM >
| | | | superb light painting friend. 3 and 6 are my favorite. wonderful work.
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shuzzi
location:
New Hampshire
Gender: Male
| | | Re: learning to lightpaint
<Reply # 13 on 11/5/2008 2:00 AM >
| | | | 1 and 6 are great man, very sick pictures
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willskith
location:
Boston, MA
Gender: Male
| | | | Re: learning to lightpaint
<Reply # 14 on 11/19/2008 2:10 AM >
| | | | I finally got around to post processing the theatre shots, here are the final pictures in case anyones interested.
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grit your teeth in the face of fear. self repression is the true sign of a coward, toss your inhibitions to the wind. |
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amy atomic
location:
Baltimore
Gender: Female
top banana of the baltimore bunch.
| | | Re: learning to lightpaint
<Reply # 15 on 11/19/2008 2:35 AM >
| | | | #2 is fantastic.
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Live-Bait
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<Reply # 16 on 11/19/2008 3:58 AM >
| | | | think you gots a handle on lightpainting. i dig 1 and 2.
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LauraL42
location:
Knoxville, TN
Gender: Female
| | Re: learning to lightpaint
<Reply # 17 on 12/28/2008 10:05 PM >
| | | | I love the colors in #1 and in #2 I like how the lighting made the subject more interesting.
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Quarantine
location:
Denver
Gender: Female
retired former old-school UE'er
| | Re: learning to lightpaint
<Reply # 18 on 12/29/2008 12:10 AM >
| | | | Gorgeous shots. ^_^ I admire the patience it takes to do that! The lighting looks very natural, something that's missing from most lightpainted rooms.
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samsam_rawr
location:
satx
Gender: Female
| | | Re: learning to lightpaint
<Reply # 19 on 1/3/2009 10:54 PM >
| | | | Absolutely stunning. I love the one of the chair.
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