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Canon EOS 6D Mark II
24-70mm
ƒ/7.1 24.0 mm 195" ISO 100
Mis primeros pasos con la fantástica herramienta de Denis Smith "Ball of light"
Snowdrops in drizzle. There must have been a tiny drop of rain on the lens to produce the ball of light here, I think. I was kneeling on the ground on a small foam mat and my elbows using the 6D's optical viewfinder - much easier with a more modern rotating screen! The breeze also meant I had to keep the shutter higher and up the ISO.
Snowdrops are such a delightful sign of spring, but tricky to photograph with a shallow depth of field, as they have such a deep shape when close up. This is my favourite of the 30 or so shots I tried. I framed the flowers against a darker background to help them stand out. Thanks for looking!
The world has made one more revolution around the ball of light we call the sun and it's time to again fasten ourselves into machines that fling us around at high speeds and make us feel fear and joy at the same time. Is that some sort of messed up addiction?
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Had fun trying some orb spinning on location at the coast on Scilly. Tricky moving around on the rocks in the dark! Great orb tool from @the_ball_of_light
www.balloflight.com.au is coming soon!
Ahhh the Ball of Light. As you can see it was hanging around a bit the other night. I suppose I was lucky that it decided to come quite close.
I love the Ball of Light. I am thinking that it deserves its own website, so we are building it over Christmas. I think that it will be making a lot more appearances in even more crazy places......... at least I hope so.
Seen at Salt Farm at Salisbury Adelaide South Australia
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(There is no photoshop manipulation of the image at all, it is take in n a single exposure with adjustments to levels, sharpness etc only)
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Ever since moving to Australia I have been fascinated with Canola fields. They dont exist in NZ. I have been wanting to get amongst them for the past 2 years, but never got around to it, or missed the timing, and it was over my head.
Last night I managed to find a field that was just right. I didn't want a flat horizon, and didn't want trees or houses. BIG ask, but managed to find this amazing location.
What a night. The moon was different. Or was it the location? The richness of the colours was amazing. I have not touched this photo at all apart from white balance. It was like the moon was raining colour all over me.
Sometimes I love simplicity. So does the Ball of Light.
Peace, Denis
Well the moon came out and the Ball of Light went CRAZY! It was getting into all sorts of tight spots. And loving every minute!
This tree was amazing, and fun to work with for sure.
There is some VERY exciting Ball of Light news coming up! Keep tuned.
Peace
Den
Steelwool photography at Pantai Meragang also known as the Crocodile Beach among the locals. A mashup of steelwool with mirror reflection and LED Wand for the ball of light. I guess in need of a prior planning and sketching is needed. Swinger is @Airbiscuit. The location is beatiful location and the last time i was here was before the pier was even built. Half way the photoshoot i dropped my mirror, (its gonna be a seven generation of bad luck for me hahaha) but somehow a horseshe bend stagnant stream of river towards the beach makes a good reflection alternative
THE BALL OF LIGHT MOVIE IS HERE! : www.denissmith.com.au/about/ball-of-light-movie/
One of the things I love about photography is the encouragement it gives us to explore. I just don't know if I would have gone wandering through the blossom trees if I wasn't searching for the Ball of Light.
But I did, and I love looking at these photos. The Ball of Light was a striking green and yellow this night. So soft and nice.
Full moon is early here, make the most of it. Go Hard, and have fun.
(The only adjustments to this image are minor brightness and saturation tweaks. NO PIXELS ARE ADDED OR REMOVED. It is taken in a SINGLE EXPOSURE, with no use of "mechanical devices".
Been eyeing this spot for a year for the inspiration provided by the Australian Ball of Light® by Denis Smith. Last night presented the best opportunity with the full moon coming up over the Grand Tetons. This is on the Idaho Side. The American cousin to the Ball of Light really enjoyed the moment basking in the moonlight in such a beautiful place. The high clouds did not permit a detailed shot of the moon, but we were all happy just the same.
Thanks to Denis Smith! www.flickr.com/photos/biskitboy/
Ball of Light - Portal
I have visited the Flinders Ranges numerous times, and often found the Ball of Light lurking around the stunning ruins that litter the landscape.
This location is so remote, I have often wondered why the Ball of Light is so often present. Could these be the locations where the Ball of Light enters our time, our space?
After a long wait, an intense beam of light (and I mean intense) entered from the heavens and and energy inconceivable filled the air. The night that followed will stick with me forever.
Is this the portal?
Peace, Denis
Present were the: LED LENSER X21r.2 and also the LED LENSER P7QC! Amazing
Peace, Denis
NEW WEBSITE www.balloflight.com.au
"El Endemoniau" made me think in his comment on "HEY COME BACK" that the Ball of Light needs to swim. This reminded me of this night on the beach.
I remember going out after this sighting and noticed the water was about 3 feet deep. Holey Maloley, this must be the swimming Ball of Light.
I have been looking over your stream "El Endemoniau". It rocks. you are super talented, and this ones for you.
Those sharp eyed of you will notice this has been uploaded before, I suppose that is a bit cheeky, oh well.
(There is no photoshop manipulation of this image at all. It is taken in a single exposure, with no use of "mechanical devices". Only adjustments are to level, brightness sat etc)
Check out the Kangaroo Island Video Log of the trip www.flickr.com/photos/biskitboy/sets/72157626996298313/
Ok, so this is the first Ball of Light shot from the first night out. I have just realised there is something wonky going on with the horizon there, but it is late and I need sleep. I just wanted to get something up.
This little cave (one of many) felt like a Ball of Light portal!
The whole place was pretty stunning. The variety of conditions I got while there was both challenging and rewarding. The 24mm 1.4 Canon lens I took this with is just insanely good. I have only used it for 2 nights and know I will own one!
Anyway. I will be trying to get these up this week. I really hope you enjoy the videos. I hope they add to the Ball of Light experience in some way.
This image is so so close to SOOC it is not funny, but for the perfectionists out there (and I truly admire and respect you all) here it is.
(The only adjustments to this image are minor brightness and saturation tweaks. NO PIXELS ARE ADDED OR REMOVED. It is taken in a SINGLE EXPOSURE, with no use of "mechanical devices".
This image is a single exposure with no editing at all apart form crop. It was about 3am.
Sometimes I get to sit in the most beautiful locations and contemplate love, life and...pretty much everything really.
This place was surreal and incredibly calming, even though there was a blinder of a storm hanging around. From here there is nothing until Antarctica, which is a long way.
I truly hope everyone is well!
Oh by the way the latest issue of the Ball of Light magazine is available at www.balloflight.com.au
Peace
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This is the place I dreamed of so long ago. Months of planning, days of pressure. The access was incredibly hard to organise, the emotions I feel now I am here are overwhelming, but adrenaline is in full swing keeping me going.
This place is so massive. The scale makes me giddy. Rain has passed, the heat has not. Bright sky, no moon.
This fantastic place of wonder, where millions have walked and paid respect. Now it is the Ball of LIght who does the same.
Out in the open and free to play. Time is tight. Water is gone, concentrate.
Peace
BRAND NEW SITE www.balloflight.com.au
This was quite a rare sighting of the Ball of Light. I have not often seen this ice blue one. Although the night I saw this one was pretty special. It is not often the tide is out this much at the Grange Jetty.
I am off out tonight to have a crack at spotting the Ball of Light around the city. Been a while since i've done that.
Have an awesome weekend.
Go Hard!
(There is no photoshop manipulation of this image at all. It is taken in a single exposure, with no use of "mechanical devices". Only adjustments are to level, brightness sat etc)
THE BALL OF LIGHT MOVIE IS HERE! : www.denissmith.com.au/about/ball-of-light-movie/
Kyrie and I are working furiously on the Ball of Light shop on the website. I once again had to trawl through the archives looking for stuff.
This Ball of Light shot was a perfect example of it reflecting my mood. I was so happy and feeling so warm this night.
Having the shop up is quite exciting. But oh boy what a massive amount of work! My wife is a genius, and is so passionate.
Be Strong
(The only adjustments to this image are minor brightness and saturation tweaks. NO PIXELS ARE ADDED OR REMOVED. It is taken in a SINGLE EXPOSURE, with no use of "mechanical devices".
Didnt take long for the Ball of Light to make an appearance to give approval. He seemed quite pleased!
More madness to come!
Peace
This Ball of Light image was taken in August 2012. It is, and will always remain a special image to me. Why?
This is taken in the middle of the night. It is pretty much straight from the camera, a single exposure with some minor tweaks.
Almond blossoms are only out for a small amount of time, and then they disappear. I had driven this road earlier in the day and decided to head back at night. The moon was bright for sure, all of the light here is from the moon. There was literally zero wind. Printed big, the leaves are perfectly frozen in time. The orange glow from the Ball of Light falls beautifully on the white leaves, and the there are just enough star trails to let you know it is at night.
I drove past again the following weekend and all of the leaves had gone. I had simply nailed the timing to get all of the things I love in one shoot. Bright moon, no wind, stunning location and a clear sky. Awesome.
I have returned to this and similar locations maybe 3-4 times, and have never achieved anything even close. I am not planning a return. I think this one will do.
I hope you get something from it too.
Peace, Denis
In the madness that is my photography trips away, I often fantasise about different scenarios.
Seeing the meteorite in Russia this week made me think about how sometimes star trails will look like meteorites. Imagine the Ball of Light is a time portal into a distant time and the star in the top right corner is a courier ship re-entering the atmosphere delivering water to the fragile few remaining on the planets surface.
I love how long exposure captures time in an image. I loved this trip so much. This is up at the Yourambulla Caves up in the Flinders Ranges. A place close to my heart.
Peace, Denis
Glacial Globe - January 12, 2017
This Photo was taken on Sheridan Glacier, In Cordova, Alaska. On a near full moon lit evening I was able to hide behind the moons rays and create this Ball Of Light. The piece of ice in the background is bout 50 feet thick at the base and 20 at the top. The way the moonlight shines thru was really something spectacular.
The Ball Of Light is a great product a friend and fellow Light Painter, Denis Smith - Photographer has made to make exposing photographs simpler in different lighting conditions. This Image is a 30 seconds exposure at f~6.3, iso800 Using a Canon Rebel T5.
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I was down the beach, back in summer, just trying a new lens (50 1.8) and the Ball of Light seemed to notice I was trying something new. It was so soft with me. Letting me try things. It is above about a foot of water here, which I know the ball of light struggles with, yet it just sat there, still as a sleeping baby (what you old fool) for me to experiment with.
Its amazing how you re-look at images you have from a while ago. Stuff that I thought was going to gather dust on my hard drive, is now going to be the biggest sellers. I used to look for massive bright colours. But people want to put softer stuff on their walls in big print (although I am sure the bright out there stuff will be popular.
Anyway, I have grown quite close to the ball of light. My wife suggests that it often reflects the moods I am in. I know this night at the beach was such a wonderful time. Warm, cool breeze, the 50 1.8 was great.
Have fun kids!
(There is no photoshop manipulation of this image at all. It is taken in a single exposure, with no use of "mechanical devices". Only adjustments are to level, brightness sat etc)
The rock you see here is in the Brachina Gorge in the Flinders Ranges, South Australia. It is renowned as some of the oldest exposed rock on the planet. The astonishingly clear layers (images to come) belong to the Ediacaran period (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ediacaran) which is around 600+ Million Years ago.
I spent two full days in the gorge, looking, touching and feeling the ancient rock and stone. It almost hurt trying to comprehend just how long ago 600 million years is. There were only soft spongy living cells on the planet. The thought of intelligent life was so incredibly far in the future.
I sat in the small cave you see here for some time imagining the infinitesimally small amount of time human beings have been here in comparison. And what a tiny dot we are in this picture. I felt somehow tiny, like the ants walking around me. I left the valley with an incredible sense of humility and realisation, once again, that the earth is and will always be so much more powerful than we. And that indifference will allow it to recover, grow and simply be for another 600 million years, when we are long gone.
Funnily enough the Ball of Light didn't hang around much n this trip. But the few shots I did get mean a lot to me. They remind me of the incredible feelings I felt whilst there.
Peace. Be strong.
Denis
This going to be a long one, but I need to get it off my chest.
Flickr is a place where you can just come and be. Learn, be inspired (as I am daily) and grow as a photographer. For some people that take longer than others.
Unfortunately there are haters who will tell you that your work is boring. That you copy from others and that you are shit at taking photos. (i think those poeple know who they are). Ignore them!
I dont think many would disagree that light painting is a cutting edge form of photography. It takes just as much skill as any other form, and sometimes more as we are up late, often tired and it simply, by the nature of what we do, takes longer.
I am contacted daily from all over the world by people looking for advice and tips. I direct them straight here to the amazing light painting groups on Flickr. And often follow them up and see them creating some incredible works.
What I am getting to is this. I passionately believe that if you have a play with light painting, and it tickles your fancy than work hard at it. Look at what others are doing, and try the same. The haters will tell you that you are shit because all you re doing is copying others. I say DO IT, look at what others are doing, whether that is orbs, or wool or just poking a torch at a building.
Look at every other style of photography on Flickr, and there are literally millions of similar images. Do not be afraid to look at the composition of any shot, mine included and try and cop it if you must. If it allows you to Focus on getting better exposure then do that. Your own style will come from it.
When I started to get heaps of exposure for the Ball of Light, people would see other Orbs and suggest to me that people were copying what I was doing. This could be further from reality, I learned the technique by seeing some of the early pioneers of light painting doing them. It introduced me to Light Painting, and it helped me develop a style.
OK, so I am ranting now, but my point is this. Do not listen to people who tell you that what you are doing is no good. That you are trying something new (light painting) is incredible. That you are even having a go at anything is incredible. There are millions of photographers taking photos of sunsets, bugs and doorways.. By picking up a torch, or trying to figure out how to spin an orb, you are at the cutting edge of photography. Keep doing it.
This photo above is an example of where I am at. Some would look at what I was doing 12 months ago, and struggle to see the difference. But for me I am trying to perfect a technique. I am looking at the tiny details, the subtle overtones of the image. But mainly for me I am still getting out and trying.
I am shooting more and more video now, I think that, and other forms of photography will become my mainstay. Light painting will remain my passion. It will be the place I go to escape and refine it , and I go there to refine myself and my soul.
So all power to you Light Painters. You are pushing the limit, just because you are doing it. All power to you Light Painters. You are pushing yourself. Dont listen to the haters. They just be hatin, and those people are generally the ones who are insecure with there own work, and are just searching.
Be Strong, and sorry for the rant.
Peace
""Find your thing and do that thing better than anybody else does that thing even if you think that thing has no value because I promise you that it does. And I promise you that other people will see this value too."
I have a theory!
I mean we all know that the Ball of Light is often seen in pairs, and on the odd occasion 3. But where do they go when they are not exploring!
I happened across these three, just hanging out. Chillin and soaking it all up. They were so still. And bright!. It was an absolutely pitch black night. I saw them from ages away.
I stayed here for hours this night, just watching, and enjoying. My Brother in law lives close. I got him, his kids and my daughter over to have a look. It was their first time. They live in Nuriootpa in the Barossa Valley, South Australia.
I think it changed them?
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www.balloflight.com.au is coming soon!
(THERE IS NO PHOTOSHOP MANIPULATION OF THIS IMAGE AT ALL. IT IS TAKEN IN A SINGLE EXPOSURE. ONLY ADJUSTMENTS ARE TO LEVEL, BRIGHTNESS SAT ETC)
With all my ❤️ I thank you for your ⭐ or 💬 or just for 👀 it.
A 📷 taken by me + ps oil
IT'S NOT AI 📀
You can look at the Exif data on your right.➡️
In this image I tried to capture the natural beauty of the beach and the night with an element of mystery thanks to the ball of light that seems to float in the air and its reflection gives it a magical touch.
It's not magic, it's photography.
We live wondering how all kinds of things are done, but especially when it comes to photography, whenever we find a photograph that we like, we wonder how they did it. Perhaps you have ever wondered how these types of photographs that use the light painting technique are made.
What is light painting?
Light painting is a photographic technique that, as its name indicates, consists of “painting with light” directly on the photograph. No photoshop or any photo retouching program is used.
What does it consist of?
Surely at this point, you already know what light painting is, but you are still wondering how it is done. First of all, the shutter that I have told you so much about, is the camera device that serves to regulate the entry of light into the lens, opening it (more light will enter) or closing it (less light will enter).
As it is a long exposure (10, 20, 30 seconds, minutes...), during the time that the shutter is open, everything that happens in front of the camera will be recorded. Above all the movement of bright lights, which are what interest us. You can use any light source, such as flashlights, LEDs, even your cell phone screen can work.
Things to keep in mind
• Most importantly, have a camera that allows us to take long exposures.
• It is advisable to use Bulb mode, it consists of us shooting, the camera opening the diaphragm, and the exposure not ending until we tell it to. But you have to be careful with this, if we open it for too long, the photograph could be burned.
• Use a location with low lighting.
• Take the photograph on a tripod avoiding any type of vibration, since otherwise our photograph would turn out shaky or shaky.
• It is important to use the RAW format, to obtain the greatest amount of information possible in case we later want to edit it in Photoshop.
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Technic: One exposure, no photoshop.
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What is that you're reading Den, not the Tackyshack interview in the latest Ball of Light magazine?
Hell yeah, and its great!
I am so wrapped to have a really sweet interview with Jeremy in the magazine. The pics look stunning as well.
Kyrie will have this issue of the magazine up on the Ball of Light store tomorrow! (yours will be in the post Mr Tackyshack)
Great Fun
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As the storm passed, the gates of the temple became useable. The sentries were there, guarding the ancient ruins. Who would be allowed to enter this night. Who would pass, and who would be banished to the jungle. The Ball of Light knows, it will feel you from the inside out and know if you are right for these hallowed walls.
Peace
Denis
FOR A BIT OF FUN CHECK OUT THE BALL OF LIGHT MOVIE : www.denissmith.com.au/about/ball-of-light-movie/
I have just returned from Queenstown in New Zealand. My home country.
I have been so excited about searching for the Ball of Light in another country. This was my forst opportunity!
I was only there for 2 nights. I had seen photos from the week before we went with snow right down in town (where those lights are) and smothering the hills. I was really disappointed as we flew down the valley to see that the snow level had gone right up.
Before leaving Australia I had a bit of a cold coming on that just got super aggressive as we travelled, and I felt like crap when we arrived in Queenstown. The morning after we arrived we drove up the Remarkables by bus. I was looking for locations where the Ball of Light might be hanging out that night. The snow didnt really start until about where this photo is, it was HIGH! But was really the only location I could see.
The second day we were there I hired a car, and went scouting for locations. Found one on the other side of the valley to where this photo was taken, and this spot seemed ok. So I made a note of the location, then later that night jumped in the car and headed out. I felt like death warmed up!
At this location the temp gauge in the car was reading -4 centigrade on the dash! But when I got out of the car the wind was insane! It was seriously difficult to stand still. I was rugged up and had some pretty serious gloves on, but it hurt all over straight away. My eyes started watering so fast and I could hardly see anything. I quickly set up as best I could, tried to spin as best I could in the wind, then got back in the car.
This was the one shot I got in this location. My biggest concern was that I am meant to be flying to Germany this week, and I didnt want to make a bad cold even worse. Crazy! SO decided not to push it.
Considering there was absolutely no Moon. I was pretty happy I suppose. I only wish there had been some snow lower.
Queenstown is a really beautiful place. Really beautiful.
Peace
D