Light painting is not something I've done much before but I decided to have a bash this weekend.
Comments and questions welcomed.
Comments and questions welcomed.
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Painting with Light
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I like the picture - I'd happily have it on my wall - but I'm not familiar with 'painting with light' - is it a particular photography technique or am I just being thick?
This was taken at Magpie Lead Mine two nights ago in almost full moonlight coming from the left.
There is an old story that the place was cursed by the widows of three miners that died in a fire started deliberately underground during disputes about mining rights.
Painting with light involves using artificial light to supplement any existing light to make an image.
There are four exposures used to make this picture of 2 minutes each. One captures the sky and the foreground detail with natural illumination.
The second captures the front of the building which was shaded from the moonlight but illuminated with a flash unit fired manually from behind the chimney.
A third exposure captures the chimney illuminated with the same flash fired from outside the frame on the left hand side to bring the "moonlight" further round the side.
Lastly there is an exposure to capture the red light which is my head torch illuminating the inside of the building for a doorway on the other side of the building. While the torch was doing that I also popped off the flash to light up the shed to right of the engine house and the inside of the out building on the left.
These frames were then combined as layers in Photoline using masks and various blending modes as required.
There is an old story that the place was cursed by the widows of three miners that died in a fire started deliberately underground during disputes about mining rights.
Painting with light involves using artificial light to supplement any existing light to make an image.
There are four exposures used to make this picture of 2 minutes each. One captures the sky and the foreground detail with natural illumination.
The second captures the front of the building which was shaded from the moonlight but illuminated with a flash unit fired manually from behind the chimney.
A third exposure captures the chimney illuminated with the same flash fired from outside the frame on the left hand side to bring the "moonlight" further round the side.
Lastly there is an exposure to capture the red light which is my head torch illuminating the inside of the building for a doorway on the other side of the building. While the torch was doing that I also popped off the flash to light up the shed to right of the engine house and the inside of the out building on the left.
These frames were then combined as layers in Photoline using masks and various blending modes as required.
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He he...
I think it would be pushing the description of "sunlight" a bit if I entered this one Alf.
I think it would be pushing the description of "sunlight" a bit if I entered this one Alf.
Very interesting. Got me thinking where does photography end and painting begin or is there no boundary?
It depends whether you consider photography an art or a science I guess.
I struggle with a paint brush but take my photography just a seriously as any artist.
Taking a picture is often the easiest part of a long thought out plan that might have involved months of research, travelling for many miles and hours of post processing on the computer.
I struggle with a paint brush but take my photography just a seriously as any artist.
Taking a picture is often the easiest part of a long thought out plan that might have involved months of research, travelling for many miles and hours of post processing on the computer.
Perrari
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Fantastic result & clever process. Never heard of it before. The more I look at the picture the better it gets. Thanks for sharing. Have you got any more examples we could see ?
Elen Sentier
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
I was wondering about that but if you burned the building wall to silhouette you'd lose the stonework which you still have nicely.
For me, photography is an art form. Mixing paint or working with light-values and exposure are both "scientific" actions and whether it's a painting or a photo it takes a lot of planning and research to get the kind of effect you have here. I love it
Here is another example of light painting (I think).Nowhere near as sophisticated as Wayland's.
I think it just involved a dark room, a bit of side lighting (with a reflector on the opposite side) plus a mini torch and bit of string in one hand being pointed downwards and waved about a bit. I think the exposure was about 10 seconds - but it's a bit hit and miss rather than involving proper planning.
I think it just involved a dark room, a bit of side lighting (with a reflector on the opposite side) plus a mini torch and bit of string in one hand being pointed downwards and waved about a bit. I think the exposure was about 10 seconds - but it's a bit hit and miss rather than involving proper planning.
As you know the natural light in the shot is sunlight at night from the big reflector in the sky
Aye, but I'm not sure it would be considered "in the spirit" of the competition if you know what I mean.
Having said that I'd better sort something out to enter with...
Having said that I'd better sort something out to enter with...
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RonaldDavis
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As you know the natural light in the shot is sunlight at night from the big reflector in the sky
I am not sure but I have read an article stating artificial light is much better than natural light for painting. Is it correct?
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