Light painting...

Megahurtz400 · 3 May 2008 at 02:11

Just read about this on another forum, and thought it was cool so had a quick go in my room:

I thought it looked cool, thought id share

Neoni · 3 May 2008 at 02:13

Megahurtz400 said:
Just read about this on another forum, and thought it was cool so had a quick go in my room:

I thought it looked cool, thought id share

ERM?

33L · 3 May 2008 at 07:44

the idea is great but try light painting an object or at least try something that has a focal point. all im doing with that image is look at the light trails and wonder off round the image

GeX · 3 May 2008 at 09:21

aye, that isn't light painting - that's just light trails. Light painting would be using a long(ish) exposure and then use a light source to 'paint in' bits of the scene you want exposed.

Megahurtz400 · 3 May 2008 at 09:54

Ah kk.

Didnt understand the concept anyway, will have another go tonight

BusError · 3 May 2008 at 10:27

This is light painting. 30s exposure in perfect darkness, and a small LED torch.

BusError · 3 May 2008 at 10:32

And this is the contrary of light painting. Light "dodging"; I don't know if anyone did that before or if it's just me. You take a large (Cokin P) ND/Grad filter and wave it in front of the lens in strategic places to 'tone down' the light from the floodlight.
You need to be rather precise and use the filter just in front of the highlights, and not anywhere else.
If you don't 'light dodge', you end up with massively burned highlights.