My Light Painting Evolving

A few more I had a look at last night.


Orb in an Orb by M+M Morrison, on Flickr

Had a go trying an Orb inside an Orb, not bad but not what I wanted, the colours seem very faint for what I was aiming for, a re-shoot I think :)


Fire on the Beach by M+M Morrison, on Flickr

Big wool burn, and spun an Orb with it while it was finishing off. New wool (thicker) and a new tool, whisk :) made a much bigger burn!

Cropped version, I couldn't decide which I preferred??


Fire on the Beach (Cropped) by M+M Morrison, on Flickr
 
ManCuBuS said:
Superb stuff here, I'm really going to have to try this at some point.

What are you using to house the battery & wool?
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Thanks for asking, I you look at the orb tool in post 35 and at the beginning of the thread when making the tool, the battery's are kept in the battery box on the end of the wire along with the switch.

I was using a mesh cage for my wire wool, but for the most recent ones above ivused a whisk on a bi of string. As said above a 9v battery to light. If you give the thread a read or check out 'light junkies' group on Flickr there is stacks of awesome info about light painting.

Anything else just ask :)

I now use an LED torch for my orbs, taken the switch out soldered a cable on, switch on the end and a plastic surround stuck on the end to house the gels. You. An see the difference, first shot with it was 'Under the Bridge'
 
maximusmi2 said:
Love this stuff!
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Thanks :)

Well haven't made it out in a wee while now, was hoping for last night but the sky got all clouded and started to rain. So here is something I haven't tried in this thread yet... a self portrait.


A Lenser Portrait by M+M Morrison, on Flickr

This was a quick 5 min job, set camera up, set 10 second timer, roughly set focus, lights off, click and switch V24 on. Shame I didn't think of this on May the 4th :(
 
Managed a quick hour out last night, it was more twilight than anything, sun was down but still a bit of daylight left, gave a bit of a challenge as when shooting toward the bright sky made it very easy to blow. Here's the first of the night, an old shack/Airidh (Gaelic) on the Pentland Road I had spotted a while ago on a trip for work.


Pentland Orb by M+M Morrison, on Flickr

Lighting on this was the new Orb Tool, with a few yellow and an orange gel in the end. YN-467 popped 3-4 times in the enclosed section with 2 purples over it. Shack lit up slightly with Lenser P5 from above camera and also what was left of the twilight from camera right.

Lighting wise it was quite challenging trying to calculate what exposure was needed, a bit of rough work and setting changes to get what I wanted. Also the light was changing constantly as the light was reducing quite fast. A good chunk of experience gained, practice, practice and more practice!
 
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Hope you guys aren't getting bored of me churning out these shots?! Anyway on with the show!

Another 2 from the Pentland Road outing (maybe a bit of background to the road, its a single track road that cuts through nearly straight through the Island, there are main roads that are newer and more substantial. This is where in the old days people came to cut peats and stay in these small houses through the summer) There are loads of these small huts/shacks dotted along this road, this one sticks out due its its ruined shape and structure.

Similar angle to the first but with slightly different lighting, Orange and yellow gels in the Orb and purple gels over a popped flash in the hut, making up my favorite colours just now.


Shacked Up by M+M Morrison, on Flickr

From the front, this was slightly harder to light as the bright sky in the background was very easy to blow out. So I think I went with lower ISO and slightly higher Aperture to balance the sky out, a bit more lighting from the Lenser P5 to highlight the edges of the building as well as other bits of detail. The V24 was used to light the inside.

Up Close and Personal by M+M Morrison, on Flickr
 
Another hour out last night, returned to the 'Orb Shacklocation. Went inside with the camera this time, had my wellies at hand though!

Had this idea for a while now so thought it might work out quite nice in here. V24 and a Red Gelled flash popped.


Beauty and the Beast by M+M Morrison, on Flickr

An Orb in the shack, very wet and muddy in there so not so perfect...


Orange Delight by M+M Morrison, on Flickr
 
gord said:
Fantastic work.
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alexthecheese said:
The 2nd from last one is excellent.
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AndWhyNot said:
Holy self-promotion, vassman ;)
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Thanks guys

Another from the trip out the other night. This was all my wife's idea and composition so can't take credit for it, we were out for a walk a few weeks ago in our local grounds scoping out some places for light painting (trip still to be made ;)) and she spotted this place from miles away. At the time however where the Orb has been done was dry land... glad I had my wellies! Surroundings are lit by various lamp posts along the path.


Creed River Ball by M+M Morrison, on Flickr
 
Got back out last night for 45mins, very last minute, just wanted to try out this place. As you can tell from the exposure it is still very much bright up here, so easy to get near daylight shots, I'm sure I could have left it a bit longer and got it even brighter!


Hiding in the Woods by M+M Morrison, on Flickr

I have been trying spinning the Orbs doing 3-4 full turns, however I seem to be getting a double Orb if you can see what I mean recently. So will have to work on my technique a bit and test out more, uneven ground is a killer for me too. More practise!
 
It's a long exposure set up in the dark (or near dark in this case, there was light coming in from the windows on each level and the pink is the reflection off the rails).

Then walked down and then back up the stairs wafting the LED Lenser V24, seen here, it's basically a glorified light-saber :)
 
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Met up with a fellow from Talkphotography forums who was up on holiday with his wife on Thursday night. He asked for a wee 'how too'/night out. Went to the ancient Carloway Broch for a few hours and did a spot of good old Light-Painting.


An Ancient Orb by M+M Morrison, on Flickr


Pink and Yellow by M+M Morrison, on Flickr

Our trip ended at about 2.30am and even then was still quite bright, gave for some really nice daylight look shots. Certainly had a good time myself!
 
Thanks guys,

Again looking through old shots last night, I came across this one from the trip to the Broch with Mr Sprout. I wasn't too happy with the result that I got so gave it some Light-Room treatment, better crop, upped the exposure by 1, abit of clarity and contrast and tweaked the white balance to what I thought it should have been.

Heres the result which i am not happier with.


Spinning at the Broch by M+M Morrison, on Flickr
 
slylittlefox said:
This is f'ing unreal! Top work.

If I could be as bold as to make a suggestion, the same scene with just the light rod right across the whole image would be spot on (for my desktop background...) :p
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Haha thanks, that shot has crossed my mind :p I was still figuring out Orbs at this point and what did and didn't work, this orb/egg certainly didn't! Next time I'm there I'll do one just for you :p I will also make the exposure a lot better as well, possibly by that point I may have a 7 colour V-24... Watch this space!

To me this is a good example of how I think I have come on with night exposures anyway, I find this to be very under exposed as to what I would have liked at the time.
 
slylittlefox said:
Haha excellent! :cool: :D

Look forward to seeing more!
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Hopefully get out tonight somewhere, not sure where yet if the weather holds!

Etheco said:
Thank you for these, i have been encouraged to go out get some steel wool! :D seems like fun and be something i wanted to try with my camera for awhile so :)

you have inspired
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Thanks, really nice hearing what people think and also getting people out to try themselves. Also remeber to put your hood up ;)
 
Thanks guys, glad you like. I don't think I would go to that extreme for a shot, I like to try and keep as much in camera as possible. Maybe I might give it a try at some point when I get fed up of this stuff :)

Finally got out again, bright and wet though... New/modified tool and spinning technique as well. The tool started to pack in (loose wire or something) after a few Orbs, gave a neat effect though, will get that shot up later on.


A Monumental Orb by M+M Morrison, on Flickr

Still wide awake after being out, always come home with a buzz!
 
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Thanks guys! Still reassuring that people are enjoying/liking my stuff :cool:

Here's the shot with the malfunctioning Tool, still not looked at the tool yet, seemed as though it was loosing connection on the down swing. Really chuffed with it, was the wife that made me do this, I was pretty annoyed and wanted to call it a night once it played up, so this was great.


Severed Sphere by M+M Morrison, on Flickr
 
Well I woke up this morning to find a few updates from Flickr, all to do with the 'Monumental Orb' shot, seems I hit Explore with it! I know some people think Explore is a load of rubbish etc, and I can see a shed load of rubbish on it however some great stuff does get on. Either way I'm really quite pleased about it :)
 
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