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From back left to right:
MTE H6-1
LumaPower MRV Sidekick IV
Crelant 7G5-V2
Niteye EYE-30
Dereelight DBS-T
Crelant V9-T6
Spark SL5-220cw
Solarforce L2M "Vinz"
Lummi Short Orb
Sunwayman V11R
Spark SL6S-800cw
Niteye B20
Nextorch K3
Maxtoch ED2R-5
ThruNite Ti
Lummi Raw NS 40/250
Lummi Wee NS 100
Spark SK3
Spark SK7
The collection has grown. It's a sickness...
The only reason I have the archaic blue Maglite in the line-up is that I converted it to Lithium-Ion cell phone batteries. Really light weight, it fells like its missing its normal batteries but runs at full power for 80 minutes.
Inspired by this post to the technique group.
I tried a bunch of these without checking the f-stop (which defaulted to 2.8) and couldn't figure out why I could see the entire room. I fixed that and this the best one I got.
I honestly could have spent hours just playing with this; unfortunately, the mirror I'm working with is kinda small and I got a bit frustrated.
A wonderful melding of the work of the greats; Jeff Hanko and Steve Ku. The JHanko Reverse 3D V10R features the Veleno kit parts; 6x Tritium/Titanium electronic switch, 12x Tritium Fins and the very rare 18500 and 18650 bodies which have been reshaped by Jeff with permission from Steve.
The GTLS (Gaseous Tritium Light Source) vials in the tail have been cleverly drilled in the rear and along with a raised switch bevel create a JHanko signature 'Reverse 3D' effect never before seen!
These very decorative and functional lights take any battery chemistry from NiMh (1.2v) through LiMN (4.2V High C) in sizes from 14500, 16340, 18350, 18500, 18650. Two of these have been modified with Nichia 219 LEDs, the other two with 4000K XML LEDs. Their output ranges from dim enough to see the traces in the LEDs with your bare, night accustomed eyes through nearly 500 OTF Lumens
Regular Flash forces the camera to work as fast as possible. Flashlight (pocket Flashlight) lets it take the time and absorb the colors. This work is a postcard - so I assume if it were the original oil painting it could have produced even better results.
See the same picture in day light:
Our grandson is in the group on the left, I think. The kids were dancing around and doing fancy things with the flashlights. I kind of lost track of where he was in the dark.
For this shot I wandered around the scene and randomly fired off the flashgun at the engine house - the flash from inside gave me lens flare! In the pitch dark! What are the chances...
Exposure: 240 secs
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 10 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Flashlights* like this are becoming obsolete. LED lights are better and batteries last longer. Collectors will be looking for these in a few years.
* They're called flashlights in America, but is some countries they are a " torch."
Not quite what I intended today, but I got distracted by a tutorial by one of my contacts, Alex Koloskov.
In it he explained how to use a slow shutter speed along with flash to allow a less bright light to be shown in a shot, so I just had to try it.
Not quite as glamorous as the light he demonstrated with :) but good enough to try the idea.
You will find the link to his video tutorial on his pic here : www.flickr.com/photos/koloskov/4792342330/
Thanks Alex if you see this.
Setup was the same as I used for the blue bottle yesterday and this is almost straight from camera, just a few dust spots removed.
Shot on an acrylic sheet painted black on the underside, with a sheet of blue Fun Foam placed to the rear for the reflected backdrop.
A Vivitar 2800 with a blue filter mounted above and to the rear, directed at the backdrop.
A diffusion panel of white printer paper was placed each side, with a Neewer SF-01 Mini Slave flash behind each.
All flashes were fixed output and were activated by Blazzeo SLT-4 (PT-04TM) radio triggers.
At 100 feet on a vertical wall at night, my buddy and I turned off our dive lights and scanned the millions of bioluminescent lights for pairs that moved in unison... that would be a flashlight fish! Approaching with lights still off until I was very close I suddenly stunned the light sensitive fish with my lights, caught it in my left hand as it made for a hole in the reef and shot with right hand. It cuddled into my hand as if it found some sense of safety there. This image was made just after I released the fish and as it was turning to enter a hole in the reef. The kidney bean shaped bioluminescent organ under each eye has a lid which closed while the fish made it's dark getaway. Flashlight fish are very rarely seen by divers due to their nocturnal behavior and habitat. Not many divers want to turn off their flashlights at 100 feet, on a vertical wall that drops to 6,000 feet, in the middle of the night. It's kinda spooky.
Using my new Vello wireless remote control, I made a few long exposures of my kids playing with flashlights. This was Rebecca, solo. Notice the accidental "4" in the middle, which is her favorite number, and the (almost) "H" around it, which is the only letter she can write on paper.
Exposure: 6 seconds