POTN G-Series Speed Challenge #93 Light Painting

[Action_Man]

Title: POTN G-series Speed Challenge #93 - Light Painting
Challenge #93 - Light Painting

How about trying Light Painting - some of the best images i have seen have been done with this method - you can choose any subject.
In the link below there is an brief explanation how to achieve this method - good luck and i hope to see many images posted in this competition ...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_Painting


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To submit, click "Post Reply" and put your Photo Name in the Subject Line. Don't forget your Camera Model.

Post until Monday noon GMT, 20th Nov. 2006.


Photo Submissions

1. Camera -- Canon G-Series Camera (G1,G2,G3,G5,G6) or Pro 1 only.

2. Time -- any on-topic photo taken at any time is eligible, although photos that have won other competitions should NOT be entered.

3. Size -- photo must be EXACTLY 640 pixels on the longest side, with NO BORDERS.

4. Post-Processing -- do whatever you like and the host will decide if it works.

5. Posting --
* One photo per photographer in each challenge.
* Photo Title in the message subject line.
* Camera model.
* EXIF data, if you like.

6. Commenting -- No commenting on photos by anyone, including the photographer. Once the winners are declared, photographers can add comments to their images and everyone is invited to discuss.

7. Photo Display -- Photos must appear in this thread to be eligible.

Time

One challenge every week, on the following schedule:
New Topic ... As soon as possible after winning.
Posting Starts ... Right after topic is announced.
Posting Stops ... Monday noon GMT
Winners Announcement ... Tuesday noon GMT.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Click this sentence for Discussion of Rules thread. (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=59640)

[an33sh]

G2.
F2.2
15sec. exposure
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v637/m1g/MA%20PICS/IMG_4966.jpg

[GPete]

Northern Fire Dance
G6 -1s - 2.0

[gewb]

Pro1 Tv mode / 2 second

[Boutty]

G6 - Tv mode, 10 sec, f/2, ISO 50

[MegaTrixel]

http://www.pbase.com/image/70472857.jpg
G3

[rpolitsr]

http://sites.google.com/site/rpolitsr/r_polit_2/pictures/potnentries/93_casitasLR_8598.jpg

powershot Pro1 Shooting Mode: Manual, 10 sec. f5.0, ISO 50, RAW
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[marie]

f/7 1/6

http://www.pbase.com/image/70496949/original.jpg

[Action_Man]

Thank you everyone that entered the competition - all six of you :D (one had to be disqualified).

(1) The Curse Of The Goddess:lol: by an33sh (3rd)

(2) Northern Fire Dance by GPete (1st)

(3) Traffic Jam by gewb (2nd)

(4) The Great Escape by Boutty

(5) Star Bright by Mega Trixel

(6) town abduction by rpolisr

(7) Disqualified (dimensions incorrect)

Very nice entries by everyone and it was difficult to pick a winner but overall i liked The Fire Dance the best - so the winner this week is GPete :) ...

[marie]

Congratulations to the winner and placings

(2) Northern Fire Dance by GPete (1st)

(3) Traffic Jam by gewb (2nd)


(1) The Curse Of The Goddess:lol: by an33sh (3rd)

thank you for the judging Action Man :)

I never meant for the picture which I put on to be considered
I was just supporting the challenge as I took the picture with the 300D by mistake this week and never realised until I was resizing it today
(and then I go and resized it wrong )
:rolleyes:
:lol:


really sorry about that
until you mentioned it I never thought about the size as I did not look in at the picture on the forum after I posted
(maybe would have noticed if I had)

:cool:
thanks again
& congratulations all
~ enjoyed the entries

[gewb]

Hello Action Man -

Thanks for the second place honor and congratulations to GPete for a great photo!

Regards,
gewb

[Action_Man]

Sorry Marie _ very nice image though :D ...

[marie]

Sorry Marie _ very nice image though :D ...

it was as I was looking up the exif when resizing that the shock waves happened ...wrong camera :shock:

never hit me until then:lol:

( must have got such a shock that the resizing properly went right out the window)
:rolleyes:

thank you very much for the kind words regardless

:cool:

[marie]

Hello Action Man -

Thanks for the second place honor and congratulations to GPete for a great photo

I agree, its terrific

( & all are)
:)

[MegaTrixel]

Congratulations to the winners. Excellent shots and well-deserving of top honors. Rpolitsr's shot reminds me of a northern lights display.

[rpolitsr]

Congratulations to the winners. Excellent shots and well-deserving of top honors. Rpolitsr's shot reminds me of a northern lights display.

RafaPolit suggested ’Aurora Boreal’ for the title :) :)

[rpolitsr]

Congratulations GPete well done in your very first post. Now you are the next host, we are waiting your theme for challenge #94 .

Congratulations also to gewb and an33sh for the top places and to all for the clever submissions.

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A short out-of-topic comment: Action_Man I found the host's avatar jumping around far from home. I almost missed the shot!

http://sites.google.com/site/rpolitsr/r_polit_2/pictures/potnresized/93_hostavatar_5684.jpg :) :).

[Action_Man]

I love jumpers Rafael - post some more :D .

And another off-topic note :- i dont own a G-Series anymore as i have swapped it for Nikon D50 :) ...

[GPete]

Thankyou for the 1st place rank Im honored, nice shots everyone
Its great to have a space for all of us to share this wonderful hobby
cheers to all

[rpolitsr]

I love jumpers Rafael - post some more :D .

And another off-topic note :- i dont own a G-Series anymore as i have swapped it for Nikon D50 :) ...

Those spiders are called jumpers? They perform awesome jumps, indeed. Post some more?? he he… it is my best and only shot of them yet. They jump always before I press the shutter. :confused:

Good luck with your Nikon. I hope you will add another small Canon to your collection and return to these challenges after a while.

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I think this was an interesting topic.

I shot the same subject twice, each time with a slightly different approach.

For the first shot (http://sites.google.com/site/rpolitsr/r_polit_2/pictures/potnentries/93_casitasLR_8594.jpg) (not posted) I used a pocket size flashlight with a clear tungsten bulb and a wide soft beam that I swept through the small town with the light itself out of camera.

I liked the result, but as this was my first time at light painting, I made a second shot (my actual entry) more in the style of the photos already posted:

The light source was a mad LED which, at a frantic rate, switches colors in different patterns and nicely lighted the white walls of the ceramic town aligned in the darkened bricks of the chimney.

I swept the LED this time inside of the camera’s field of view but above the small houses.

Below, an animated gif of several shots of the LED:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2484/4023560895_e77b6e7dcf_o.gif

and here, a long exposure shot (http://sites.google.com/site/rpolitsr/r_polit_2/pictures/potnentries/93_multicolorLED_8595.jpg) (10 sec.) of the LED kept still in front of the little ceramic houses.

I liked mainly the golden reflections on the wood of Boutty’s photo and the dramatic shadows of an33sh goddess. Those were my ‘models to follow’, so to speak. I also liked MegaTrixel Star Bright, but a small description of how it was shot would be appreciated.

[an33sh]

thanks guys...

my entry was a bit cheesy but nevertheless, it was inspired by all those old indian movies which could'nt do without a scene showing a lightning bolt/ray coming from a goddess's head to punish the evil doer..hehehe... and mind you, there were a LOT of those low budget films till about 7 years back...

congrats all...wats the next onE???!?!?!?

btw, can anyone tell me,if im taking a time exposure of a highway, and at some spots, there is always a lot of light,then, it comes out too overcooked at that spot...will some filter do the trick?

[marie]

Those spiders are called jumpers? They perform awesome jumps, indeed. Post some more?? he he… it is my best and only shot of them yet. They jump always before I press the shutter. :confused:

Good luck with your Nikon. I hope you will add another small Canon to your collection and return to these challenges after a while.

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I think this was an interesting topic.

I shot the same subject twice, each time with a slightly different approach.

For the first shot (http://www.geocities.com/r_polit_2/pictures/potnentries/93_casitasLR_8594.jpg) (not posted) I used a pocket size flashlight with a clear tungsten bulb and a wide soft beam that I swept through the small town with the light itself out of camera.

I liked the result, but as this was my first time at light painting, I made a second shot (my actual entry) more in the style of the photos already posted:

The light source was a mad LED which, at a frantic rate, switches colors in different patterns and nicely lighted the white walls of the ceramic town aligned in the darkened bricks of the chimney.

I swept the LED this time inside of the camera’s field of view but above the small houses.

Below, an animated gif of several shots of the LED:

http://www.geocities.com/r_polit_2/pictures/potnresized/93_ledsimul_b_160_8609.gif

and here, a long exposure shot (http://www.geocities.com/r_polit_2/pictures/potnentries/93_multicolorLED_8595.jpg) (10 sec.) of the LED kept still in front of the little ceramic houses.

I liked mainly the golden reflections on the wood of Boutty’s photo and the dramatic shadows of an33sh goddess. Those were my ‘models to follow’, so to speak. I also liked MegaTrixel Star Bright, but a small description of how it was shot would be appreciated.
:cool::cool:
haha ha
I really like that

[MegaTrixel]

I also liked MegaTrixel Star Bright, but a small description of how it was shot would be appreciated.

Thanks rpolitsr!

This challenge was a tough one for me. But that's good, I need to be forced out of my comfort zone from time to time. I simply tried to capture lens flare from a laser pointer pointed from off-center toward my lens. The star-effect is made by using the smallest aperature (f8 - too bad it won't go smaller than that). In my opinion, it's kind of a noisy and fuzzy shot, but it was fun trying.


Boutty, How did you take your shot?

[Boutty]

My pardon for the late feedback. Busy busy at work...

Congratulations to GPete, gewb & an33sh for the top places. Well done to all for your fab photos!

rpolitsr, I'd love to see you outline the town halls and churches of your city with the mad LED above the small houses! Good job!


Boutty, How did you take your shot?
Cheers MegaTrixel for asking. I certainly have my share of fun for this contest! Thanks Action_Man for the most fun challenge! :p My shot was taken my company's locker room with a proudly own $2 shop mechanical flash light. My G6 was mounted to my tripod with 10 secs exposure time, the timer was utilised (10 secs) to avoid the movement and enough time for my to switch off the light and get ready to 'paint' my ghost image. I did email the engineer department with the sighting of ghost with the image attached, but they took no notice of me... :lol:

[andrewaaa5]

i was just sorting some old pictures out. I took this especially for the 'light painting' challenge, and never posted it : )

...plus several more around a similar theme. this is the most interesting, but it is very blurry :)

on a g3...

it was quite interesting to look back at the pictures here, including that lovely pic from boutty... well done...

[marie]

looks like the cat got quite a shock
(looking at its tail)
:cool:

:shock:very good

(shock and shot)
:)