First attempt at lightpainting

Shot with a 186 LED shop light purchased from Home Depot.

Shot at 8:00pm
6X30 second exposures
F-14
ISO 100
6 Exposures Layered in Photoshop some burning and dodging.

I know the crop and the car placement are less then desirable. I was just testing out the light source and it was my first attempt at light painting.

Here it is:

I dig it. I even like the garage open behind it.

wish there was more room at the front... but great job otherwise.

The garage makes it look like an advertisement, great job. You should send it Mazda, see if they use it

The lighting shows up the lines of the car rather well.And the garage does make an interesting shot rather than distract I think.

I love the light on the car, especially the middle body-line crease, just awesome. But I can see that you've made more than one pass with the light-source, and that hurts it a bit. What you need to do is make one pass close to the car to get a style-line, then back up and wave the light source like a wand, which will give you the overall light that you need.

Overall excellent first try.

the 1 thing that bugs me about this photo is how close the car is to the edge of the frame on the right side... other than that, great shot!

That looks pretty good. Next test it with a white car & then a black car.

I think it's a great shot.

dmartin78 wrote in post #13193397
Shot with a 186 LED shop light purchased from Home Depot.

Shot at 8:00pm
6X30 second exposures
F-14
ISO 100
6 Exposures Layered in Photoshop some burning and dodging.

I know the crop and the car placement are less then desirable. I was just testing out the light source and it was my first attempt at light painting.

Here it is:

Comments welcome. Thanks for looking!!!!

When you say 186 LED light, is that a flash light or a mechanics light? I would love to try this on my 2002 TA Firehawk.(Black) probably get mad and want to toss my camera! BTW -pic. looks great to me,

sweet shot

Mosephus wrote in post #13193415
I dig it. I even like the garage open behind it.

Thanks!!

RadAL wrote in post #13193634
wish there was more room at the front... but great job otherwise.

Thanks!! Me too. Maybe I'll do some content aware fill on it.

lgunnz wrote in post #13194027
The garage makes it look like an advertisement, great job. You should send it Mazda, see if they use it

Thanks!! Think Mazda would give me the time of day?

cryton wrote in post #13194110
The lighting shows up the lines of the car rather well.And the garage does make an interesting shot rather than distract I think.

Thanks!!

VisualEchos wrote in post #13194141
I love the light on the car, especially the middle body-line crease, just awesome. But I can see that you've made more than one pass with the light-source, and that hurts it a bit. What you need to do is make one pass close to the car to get a style-line, then back up and wave the light source like a wand, which will give you the overall light that you need.

Overall excellent first try.

Thanks Andrew. Newbie light painting mistake.

SeanBradford wrote in post #13194280
the 1 thing that bugs me about this photo is how close the car is to the edge of the frame on the right side... other than that, great shot!

Yep crop bugs me too. Gonna try out some content aware fill. Thanks!

PhotosGuy wrote in post #13194322
That looks pretty good. Next test it with a white car & then a black car.

Black car my next victim. Thanks!!

chonhzilla wrote in post #13194763
I think it's a great shot.

Thanks!!

Twhit. wrote in post #13196267
When you say 186 LED light, is that a flash light or a mechanics light? I would love to try this on my 2002 TA Firehawk.(Black) probably get mad and want to toss my camera! BTW -pic. looks great to me,

Yep Mechanics light. Husky brand at Home Depot. It's square and red. Give it a try. It's addicting.

supram4n wrote in post #13196311
sweet shot

Thanks!!!

PhotosGuy wrote in post #13194322
That looks pretty good. Next test it with a white car & then a black car.

As far as I am concerned they do not make cars in those colors


Dale, looks like the experiment went well for the first time

sigma pi wrote in post #13197275
As far as I am concerned they do not make cars in those colors

I've noticed that a lot of people only seem to have silver cars where they live! I wonder why that is?

That is phenominal. I might give this a shot (pun) tonight.