My Light Painting Evolving

Mp4 · 2 Sep 2012 at 17:24

ishamy said:
In a way it's not too expensive at all! Cheap Ebay remote (for shots over 30seconds) £10-£15 and some battery powered Christmas lights £1.50 max or you can get double packs for about £2.50... at least that's what I started off with. Once you start looking into bigger and better alternatives... I use an LED Lenser P5 for my Orb tool now and a P7 as my flash-light for lighting things along with a Yongnuo 467 as a strobe and then there are the Lenser V-24's ouch haha

Nice one... glad you like hopefully more to come soon with a wee one due in less than two weeks my timetable has been filled with other stuff

Thanks for that will try some orbs at some point & using the packs as you say i guess you have to play with the lights to bundle them together?

ishamy · 2 Sep 2012 at 17:38

Yea once I got the fairly lights I cut the cable between the switch and lights, added a 3core power cable (3rd core isn't used) wired both ends back and that's it. You can see the difference in orbs from the early fairly lights to the P5. I have gone back and tinkered with the fairly light tool and used it in the two most recent orbs, 'to the point' and 'the big dipper', safe to say I won't be using the P5 tool for a while!

Mp4 · 2 Sep 2012 at 17:49

wicked cheers , i guess its practice to get it a full orb etc do you spin 360?

koolpc · 2 Sep 2012 at 19:40

Some first class shots there guys!

ishamy · 2 Sep 2012 at 20:04

Yea... Loads of practise! I have done stacks of Orbs that aren't here and loads of in the flat ones for practise and experimenting with the tools and different colours.

Thanks Koolpc, I've fairly filled it up! So addictive I just can't stop haha!

ThePirateHulk · 6 Sep 2012 at 01:35

Some great stuff there. Almost makes me miss living in Stornoway...almost.

ishamy · 21 Sep 2012 at 14:06

ThePirateHulk said:
Some great stuff there. Almost makes me miss living in Stornoway...almost.

Ah a fellow islander! Haha yea it ales a good while to get a clear night out

Went out Aurora hunting last night but he was hiding

anyway managed to get some nice shots. I have also forced myself to take non-light painting night shots more, so you will hopefully see more if my stuff elsewhere.

Gimmie Shelter by M+M Morrison, on Flickr

MikeHunt79 · 21 Sep 2012 at 14:15

Nice thread, I'm tempted to give this a go myself as I have a few LED torches and some coloured gels.

Are lower powered torches/light better or does it depend on how much ambient light you have?

ishamy · 21 Sep 2012 at 14:46

Hi, thanks for dropping by. It really depends when and what you are doing and going to light. I have a Lenser P5 rated at 105 lumen's for smaller things and a P7 rated at 200 lumen's for bigger things (buildings/far away subjects) a flash can also be pretty good for lighting up inside ruins and buildings.

ambient light really helps with exposure length, the full moon is the optimum time and can really give you great effects. Best thing is give this thread a read, I have tried to give as much detail in what I do to help, then just get out there!

ishamy · 22 Sep 2012 at 13:36

Another shot from the other night.

Return to the Land Raiders by M+M Morrison, on Flickr

ishamy · 23 Sep 2012 at 15:50

For anyone interested my Lenser V-24 Blue is up for sale in the members market.

ishamy · 25 Sep 2012 at 00:20

Another night out tonight, this time to the Shawbost Norse Mill and Kiln to do a bit more stuff. Here's the first of the bunch

Anybody Home? by M+M Morrison, on Flickr

ishamy · 25 Sep 2012 at 11:11

Heres a few more from last nights trip to the Norse Mill and Kiln.

The Kiln

Iron Age Orbery by M+M Morrison, on Flickr

Inside the Mill

Norse Mill Reworked by M+M Morrison, on Flickr

The Mill looking over Shawbost

Looking Norse by M+M Morrison, on Flickr

ishamy · 26 Sep 2012 at 17:36

Another two from the trip:

Shawbost Kiln Relit by M+M Morrison, on Flickr

My Favoite from the trip, as you can see by the inside shot of the mill, this was a pretty tight Orb to squeeze in! Love it.

Milling Around by M+M Morrison, on Flickr

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ElDude · 26 Sep 2012 at 19:36

ishamy said:
Another two from the trip:

Shawbost Kiln Relit by M+M Morrison, on Flickr

My Favoite from the trip, as you can see by the inside shot of the mill, this was a pretty tight Orb to squeeze in! Love it.

Milling Around by M+M Morrison, on Flickr

I have just created My Facebook Page if you would spend a few minutes to take a look, like and share for me that would be great!

Yay I'm the 100th like. What do I win?

ishamy · 2 Oct 2012 at 04:38

ElDude said:
Yay I'm the 100th like. What do I win?

Thanks for the like, much appreciated! Hmm prizes... How about an Internet cookie

One from my most recent trip. Been wanting to go here for a while, it's a great place... Better than I imagined, will be going back as not 100% happy with what I did with some of the shots so will redo them. Here's a sneak peek though!

A Sneeky Peeky by M+M Morrison, on Flickr

koolpc · 2 Oct 2012 at 13:05

Some great shots.

Maacck · 2 Oct 2012 at 13:20

Some of these are truly amazing, great work.

ishamy · 2 Oct 2012 at 15:32

Thanks!

Another two from the Villa trip!

A Broken Home by M+M Morrison, on Flickr

Sundown Villa by M+M Morrison, on Flickr

ishamy · 3 Oct 2012 at 18:28