Not just light painting... anyone tried Parabolas?

Hank_Marvin · 21 Sep 2009 at 14:03

ooo very cool, shall be trying this

Phate · 21 Sep 2009 at 16:17

Fstop11 said:
It could also be a very expensive mistake

stay tuned

This is true :cool:

olv · 21 Sep 2009 at 16:28

Hang the camera from the string instead?

SexyBetty · 21 Sep 2009 at 21:39

Anyone else had a go?

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 21 Sep 2009 at 22:07

SexyBetty said:
Anyone else had a go?

I'm tempted to have another go? lool

Mark A · 21 Sep 2009 at 23:49

Gah i don't possess any small torches. I have a laser sight for a pistol but i doubt that will work. I think I'll have a look on the bay for a cheap led one.

Yarde · 22 Sep 2009 at 08:33

anyone else thinking of getting a load of glowsticks and giving this a go?

D.P. · 22 Sep 2009 at 08:50

Very cool, and some good work posted above.

dekez · 22 Sep 2009 at 08:58

Those pics look great they remind me of spirograph! I need to give this a go

Andy90 · 22 Sep 2009 at 13:33

dekez said:
Those pics look great they remind me of spirograph! I need to give this a go

Took the words right out of my mouth - definately a flashback to the 1970's!

I've had an idea too... what would happen if you set the torch on blink mode AND put a shaped aperture (cut out of a piece of black cardboard) over the lens, I assume you would get shaped bokeh - wonder what it would look like

SexyBetty · 22 Sep 2009 at 13:45

Try it and report back

khimbar · 22 Sep 2009 at 13:48

Mark A said:
Gah i don't possess any small torches. I have a laser sight for a pistol but i doubt that will work. I think I'll have a look on the bay for a cheap led one.

I bought about 100 from Hong Kong for a pittance. Let me have your address (email in trust) and I'll post you a handful.

rpstewart · 22 Sep 2009 at 14:56

olv said:
Hang the camera from the string instead?

Reminds me of that craze a while back to set the self timer then lob the camera into the air and see what you got :eek:

I had a go at this over the weekend but I need to take the hall light down to get a decent hook I think (is that dedication or just a bit too much??). I reckon with a 15mm lens I can use a six or 7 foot string which could be interesting

Mark A · 26 Sep 2009 at 23:18

Had a quick go at this when i got home from work. Need to experiment a bit more i think, the camera must have been out of focus as they're a bit soft.

I bought about 100 from Hong Kong for a pittance. Let me have your address (email in trust) and I'll post you a handful.

Thanks for the kind offer mate but funnily enough i got a small led torch as a free gift when i ordered a Fenix LD20 a few days ago

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EDIT: A couple more, still pretty crap though.

SexyBetty · 27 Sep 2009 at 17:39

Superb!

Mark A · 27 Sep 2009 at 21:40

Ive tried a few different things now but i cant get them any more complex than the last one i posted. Tried different lengths of string and adding weights but it just slows down too fast.

Fstop, how the hell did you do yours?

Great fun though, thanks for posting this SexyBetty, it'll keep me entertained for hours lol.

Mark A · 27 Sep 2009 at 23:44

Amp34 · 28 Sep 2009 at 13:50

Random question, but how do you get them so neat?

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 28 Sep 2009 at 13:54

Amp34 said:
Random question, but how do you get them so neat?

Good focus and make sure your swing is set in a fluid motion

Mark A · 28 Sep 2009 at 18:38

Fstop, please tell me how you did yours, I'm racking my brains trying to figure it out

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Random question, but how do you get them so neat?

My first ones were out of focus and also the torch has a hood around the led which i unscrewed. I also put some masking tape over the front with a hole in it for the led to poke through as there was loads of light bleed coming through the led housing which was making the line too thick.