Not just light painting... anyone tried Parabolas?

SexyBetty · 18 Sep 2009 at 22:33

As per:

http://digital-photography-school.com/forum/how-i-took/73173-parabolas.html

Had so much fun doing these

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asim18 · 18 Sep 2009 at 23:05

Awesome! Will try this in a bit.

famas · 18 Sep 2009 at 23:17

very cool, my kind of thing. must give it a go some time.

1 and 7 stand out best for me.

Phate · 19 Sep 2009 at 00:07

So gonna try this! :eek:

GSXRMovistar · 19 Sep 2009 at 00:43

Now that looks fun. /adds to favourites.

NvidiaDan · 20 Sep 2009 at 02:43

A good technique for this months photo competition as well surely?

Jeff Lynne · 20 Sep 2009 at 06:06

Very nice. It would be nicer if you told us how to do it.

BloodyL · 20 Sep 2009 at 06:35

Jeff Lynne said:
Very nice. It would be nicer if you told us how to do it.

Clean the sleep out of your eyes and re-read the first few lines of the original post.

Back on topic - Great idea that, will have to give it a bash when I'm next off work, cheers!

SexyBetty · 20 Sep 2009 at 21:25

BloodyL said:
Clean the sleep out of your eyes and re-read the first few lines of the original post.

What a butt munch

No not you BloodyL

More!

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BloodyL · 20 Sep 2009 at 21:54

I like the broken lines, i presume you had the torch on blink mode?

NvidiaDan · 20 Sep 2009 at 22:43

My Roscolux filters came in handy for sticking over the flashlight.

Not the best but they came out ok

Paul11 · 20 Sep 2009 at 23:08

awesome, i need to give this a try

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 21 Sep 2009 at 00:24

Ah this again. I think this was one of the first things I tried when I got my EOS 20D.

I thought I'd give a go n see what I can do with the only light I have knocking around!
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Inquisitor · 21 Sep 2009 at 00:32

Fstop11, those toroidal patterns are incredible :eek:

syke · 21 Sep 2009 at 00:32

6th one is awesome, Johnny.

Mark A · 21 Sep 2009 at 00:33

What sort of torch do you need for this? I'm guessing a very low powered keyring type?

SexyBetty · 21 Sep 2009 at 08:55

BloodyL said:
I like the broken lines, i presume you had the torch on blink mode?

Light was on constant, I just kept moving a piece of card over the lens

Mark A said:
What sort of torch do you need for this? I'm guessing a very low powered keyring type?

I used a little LED keyring!

And the new images in the thread put mine to shame

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 21 Sep 2009 at 11:12

Got a couple more

Phate · 21 Sep 2009 at 12:37

Been thinking about this and just told Johnny my idea which is similar to this and his words were

Jonathan says:
thats actually a very clever idea my young friend

Stay tuned....

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 21 Sep 2009 at 14:01

Phate said:
Been thinking about this and just told Johnny my idea which is similar to this and his words were

Stay tuned....

It could also be a very expensive mistake

stay tuned