My Favorite Picture of a Pen

[MadTony]

This was a 3AM experiment with a pen that had a light-up, color-changing top on it.

With a wave of my "magic wand", this happened! Insomnia can be neat!


30 sec @ f/10.

C&C welcome!

(and yes, this is my avatar ;))

[FlyingPhotog]

The Red X is mightier than the Pen...

[MadTony]

Blast! That red x doesn't show up on my screen. Does it show up now?

[FlyingPhotog]

Thar She Blows...

Cool Pic!!

[MadTony]

Actually, I was a bit confused for a second since there is a "red x" in the photo, at the bottom right "rule of thirds spot". You had me second-guessing my post fix! Thanks for the heads-up on the broken link! :D

[crayfish13]

nice shot, I actually think I prefer the crop on your avatar.

[stathunter]

Cool......how did you do it?

[Sickness]

I imagine a tripod with a 30 second exposure. Then he waved the pen in front of the lens while changing colors.

Try it with a lighter or a laser pointer.

[MadTony]

I set up in a windowless room, no lights on, set the shutter to 30 seconds, and experimented with aperature, ISO, and "swing speed". (tripod, of course) I took a bunch of shots and got quite a bit of variety. As soon as I get the chance, I'm planning on trying a few different things.

As it turns out, I liked the simplicity of the avatar crop, too. I'm going to try to replicate that in my next session, as well as playing around with some other effects. I'll be posting more if I get anything interesting! Thanks for the feedback!

[akprice]

really cool shot! i agree about the crop in your avatar as well. i would like to try something like this.

[Anke]

Its a neat image and works really well as your avatar. Nice one, Adam.

[rrdjserv@earthlink.net]

I like it. --Rick

[John_B]

MadTony,
I love it :)
Its beautiful and well done, the only improvement I can see is adjusting contrast to make the black sections blacker.
Great idea!!!!
and Great Avatar :)

[Christel_B]

very awesome effect! I gotta find me a pen like that so I can play too! lol