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our wait for an aurora on an impossible night led us to find ways to amuse ourselves. A fine performance from Steve
Very first outing with the Ball of Light Tool, made and designed by Denis Smith which arrived from Australia last week. The tool comes with interchangeable heads for a variety of colours and textures.
Still got lots of learning to do and practising to make the perfect orb rather than some of the ones I did last night which had flat tops, or were elongated in other ways, but looking forward to perfecting my technique and creating orbs in various lcations around Dorset and beyond.
... watching the Big Dipper over Munich. Or vice versa. ;-)
This picture has been taken in a single exposure during the EJC 2011 . No pixels have been added or removed.
Hmm. In response to Narco Polo's reference to a light spider, I sort of thought this one from a while back might have been a bit like a spider, but looking at it again, not really. More like a T4 Bacteriophage.
30s exposure, Straight from RAW, a bit of lowering of the contrast and warming up the WB.
Sussing out the possibilities of Newcastle quayside. There's potential here. I reckon a bit of spirographing would do the job nicely on those pillars and overhead beams. Have to be a collaborative effort though, lest longer exposure made the light pollution too unbearable.
ODC = Bright
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I did a few light orbs while we were at Usery Regional Park the past couple of days. Just got back and will catch up to your photos as soon as I can. I used a small LED flashlight to create this one on road in front of our campsite.
Have a good day!
Very first outing with the Ball of Light Tool, made and designed by Denis Smith which arrived from Australia last week. The tool comes with interchangeable heads for a variety of colours and textures.
Still got lots of learning to do and practising to make the perfect orb rather than some of the ones I did last night which had flat tops, or were elongated in other ways, but looking forward to perfecting my technique and creating orbs in various lcations around Dorset and beyond.
Theres nowt like failing at the last hurdle and this was getting pretty close. Still had half hour in the bag though, but I was in a bit of a panic as about 20mins before this it was peeing it down and I didn't have all my camera gear with me, just a few orb strings and a tripod (oh yes the actual camera too - edit after Mikes comment)!! Oh well it all worked out OK in the end.
As a lot of people and friends ask me to go out to do orbs, I thought I would mix it up a bit. I didn't want to use wire wool as I knew the location where I was going to was a bit cramped and I didn't feel comfortable using wire wool in the confined area. So I decided to substitute with some sparklers.
This was a test in my back garden, (which I often do) to get the weight of my cable with the sparklers attached. A little more weight is required, as in this shot you can see that it starts to wander at the top of the spin. Nothing a few fishing weights or a few nuts from my DIY box won't fix. Worked well and a lot safer than wire wool for the uninitiated.
Thanks to all visitors of my flickr stream! Thanks to YOU! 50.000 clicks have been counted within the last 33 months since I have started publishing pictures here. For me, this is really great and unexpected! I had a lot of fun taking all these (and much more) pictures but when I started, I never thought, so many people would ever watch my pictures. And so, I want to thank you again. Go on like that! ;-) I hope I will find the time for new pictures. And - for watching and commenting on more of your wonderful pictures as well.
And as there's always room for improvement, here's a different version of my "jubilee picture". Another five light orbs, also realized together with David Kracht.
Which one do you like more? Or are you missing colours in both? I really would like to hear your opinion.
CWB, cropped straight off the RAW. Clarting about seeing what my new extra cheapo LED glo-stick would produce.
Back to some light painting after too much time away... A trip down the beach in the full moon for a bit of what I really love. Had about an hour down there... Took about 8 shots and had at least 5 keepers, which after so much time away was a a bonus.... Oh yeah thanks Denis for the motivation to get of my fat arse too!!!!
My third shot after some weeks of abstinence in photography and light painting. Also taken at the water tower in Neu-Ulm.
As usual this picture has been taken in one shot. Only colours have been adjusted with GIMP. No pixels have been added or removed.
Looking for a new location around Durham city for some LP scenes & remembered this spot high up overlooking the Cathedral & City ;-)
How do I start a new series in a new city? Well this is my 'spin' on it. Paris has many nicknames, but its most famous is "La Ville-Lumière" ("The City of Light" or "The Illuminated City"), a name it owes first to its fame as a centre of education and ideas during the Age of Enlightenment, and later to its early adoption of street lighting. Well I was in the city with my students so there is the link with education and secondly I made a light, led devise that I could put a bit of light on the city myself with a bit of light painting. Having read about these light orbs I thought that it would make an apt start to my Paris series. My ever first attempt! Something I might try to perfect later. Also for once no photoshop, except for straightening, oh this is the Sacre Coeur.
For those of you interested in making your own I used this excellent tutorial by Digi cord
Press L to be illuminated!
Tonight some orbs met at the Blaubeurer Tor in Ulm. :-)
This is one of my very first multi orb captures! Just a try.
Although I like the new possibilities I hate my new "orb tool" with the switch. This cable is real rubbish - as you can see! The location was great but I was a litllte bit afraid of disturbing some people in their sleep... Don't think I will go there alone at night for painting again...
My ride to Las Vegas and back! ;-) Of course, one can NEVER be sure if they are "The First" at anything, but up until now, I have not seen or heard of anyone having any type of Light Painting Photos mounted on their vehicle or a trailer... up until now! ;-) Ha!
With 5000+ Miles (8000+ kilometers for the normal part of the world!) ahead of me, I think that my business and LP in general will get some visibility out of this! ;-) And that is NOTHING compared to the main reason I am heading to Vegas in the first place! ;-)
MANY MANY MANY THANKS TO jah~ for graciously granting me permission to use the outstanding photo that he created using the PCP (Programmed Color Phaser) for advertising purposes!!
I still have one more big project to finish up tonight and tomorrow and then hopefully I can get everything packed and ready to Rock-N-Roll and do some LP!!! (Can you tell I am excited!?! Ha!) Stay tuned! More to come! :-)
With a rather large nod of thanks in the direction of Poole-Shooter Cindi's find your place in the sun for the inspiration.
This was taken with the camera stood on top of the camper!! I took it so I could see where I was going wrong. I think I need to concetrate more on the top than the bottom now!! Although I do like this different perspective.
Have you ever tried to creat a fisheye lightpainting in the rain? I have. Don't do it!
Sometimes things go not the way you want...
It all began with more vitsitors of my flickr stream than expected. Within 9 months I've got another 50.000 clicks, what took about 3 years first time. Some of you may laugh about a sum of 100.000 visits, but for me, that's quite a lot and I am really happy about all these people watching my photographs. And I really want to say thank you - with this picture!
I knew that moment would come but couldn't find time to create a "jubilee" picture. Or I completely forgot about it when I would have had the time and possibility (e.g. after the E-M1 event in Stuttgart). So, when the counter reached about 99.500 yesterday evening, I decided it was time to go and create something. Unforeseeable satisfied with the shots I have made in front of the Wagenhallen in Stuttgart, I decided to try something similar at the ROXY in Ulm. I took the car, went there, searched for a good location, spoiled some shots by wanting to use new tools and adding too many colours. And when I finally had found a nice setting in front of the "Akademie für Kommunikation" and had decided to use my fisheye lens... it started to rain! Argh!
Anyway I have finished my painting somehow, without a second try. And now it's the way it is! The raindrops have added some special effect. Hope you like it. For sure it's not my best but also not my worst shot and lightpainting ever. Probably. I like the blue "100.000" and windows. Although it's not a FHDR, it completes quite well the Stuttgart series.
As usual this picture has been taken in a single shot. No pixels have been added or removed. In this case I have only optimised colours during postprocessing with GIMP.
Have fun!
So sue me Mazda I'm going to work and plan to fall into bed when I get home because I'm on an early tomorrow, then going to a family gathering after work. Still not feeling too good, woke up at 4am to get paracetemol then settled back off to sleep. Waking up halfway through sleeping because your throat hurts isn't very nice. Feel sorry for me.
This is a crop of a larger shot which I'll probably post at a later date. The original is nice, but I was looking at cropping it up and found this square which I particularly liked. It's a bit psychedelic; wierd. Hope you like it; sort of a blue light orb going through too.
The long exposure makes the water look quite tranquil. In actuality, it was great white foamy breakers crashing just below the steps. It was loud :)
Portland has zillions of parks, and I'm starting to become more acquainted with my neighborhood park at night. The light from my orb tool attracted some friendly local spirits, which threw my concentration off a bit, but it was still very nice to meet them. I don't usually have an audience, and it was kind of fun to share.
The light pollution helped me get an exposure that works, but if I'd been on my game I wouldn't have included so much of the overcast sky. I believe it's a step in the right direction for me, anyway.
Well thats in now for me until well after Christmas. It was going to be it earlier but everyone headed of to bed at around 10 so I headed out for a hour down the beach.
Best viewed on black!!
Merry Christmas everyone. I hope you all have healthy one, and a prosperous new year.
Green light orbs visiting "Berblinger's Traum", Andreas Hauslaibs light installation in the Friedrichsau Ulm, both celebrating the 200th anniversary of Albrecht Berblinger’s historic gliding flight attempt across the Danube.
This picture has been taken in a single exposure. No pixels have been added or removed.
Nothing special, just another test of my newest orb tool.
After some weeks of abstinence in photography and light painting I am back with three shots from the water tower in Neu-Ulm I took this night.
This picture is the result of stacking three single orb pictures and adjusting colours with GIMP. No additional pixels have been added or removed. I have done the stacking because of the 30s limit of my Fujifilm S100s that makes it impossble for one person to create such picture in one shot.