As the snow begins melts....

It was time to pull out one of my quad's to (dream) about warmer temps and the day I will head to the bush to take some pictures.
Sorry I have not been around of late. But it seems that time is short and work is long.
This image was taken with a 1.75 minute exposure @f-16 with a 17-35mm lens.

 

Hi David and Steve....
Yes I painted the light into the scene with a flashlight. The lens was set at the wide end so I could create some interesting light around the bike.
The painting process takes a little practice. But basically you paint with a flashlight very close to the bike (12" - 24") so you control the light from spilling.
The camera was set on "bulb" and a timer controlled how long the shutter was left open.
I'm scheduled to do some portrait work tomorrow using the same process so it will be fun to see how it works out.

 

I some how cannot see one running one of these in downtown LA.... Mind you I guess in a place like LA, anything is possible...lol
Thanks for looking in and its good to see your images again.

 

Thanks Chris and Frank....
Sorry Chris, don't have any sand. but I still have 2-3 ft. of snow.... does that count.
Frank, this process has a lot of potential if one can take the time to do it right. I've been playing with this quit a bit of late and the more I do it the better I like it.
I'm scheduled to do portraits tomorrow and on the weekend I'm going "big time" and will try to paint an old farm yard. with the yard I plan on painting parts at a time and then merging the different images together to get the final product.
Should be fun!!

Thanks again for your kind words...

 

Re: Another way of doing this light feature

Hi:
I'm not 100% sure what this action is that you speak of but I’m assuming that it will have something to do with changing lightness or darkness of a given image area by painting on either a color dodge or burn layer. If I'm right, this process will take a given image and basically allow the user to burn or dodge different areas. A process like this only works to (enhance) existing light.
The painting I'm doing it quit frustrating to deal with but it allows you to add light into a scene that starts with non. Yes the room or are you are shooting in is completely dark. So then you "paint" light onto the subject as you think it should be. The down side is one cannot see what you have done as you go. So that is what makes it hit and miss. You just need to try and remember were you have painted and what you have not.
Hope this shed's a little light on the topic....
lol