My 3rd attempt / night at Light Painting.

I kind of like #2. See the links in my Sig, and...


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Nicely done on both. Is that a condom on the ground by both drivers doors?

Ketchup cup. Shoulda edited it out. Oh well.

I really like the composition on the first one. The second one has great lighting. Nice job.

You're getting there. How many exposures are you getting? Also, what light source are you using?

Here's a recent one of mine. Notice not much reflecting on the car from other ambient light in the scene.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/peac​uc

I'm currently using the snapon bluepoint 68led light bar that's 350 lumens. The Ice light is too pricey for me. Those photos up above are using only 2 images each. One base layer and one light painted layer. How do you illuminate the reflection like that. I also see that your image's light streak is a lot cleaner. Any advice you have?

se7enxn9ne wrote in post #17218396
I'm currently using the snapon bluepoint 68led light bar that's 350 lumens. The Ice light is too pricey for me. Those photos up above are using only 2 images each. One base layer and one light painted layer. How do you illuminate the reflection like that. I also see that your image's light streak is a lot cleaner. Any advice you have?

I see, yeah the Ice light is a bit pricey. For the longest time I was doing light paintings with a 4 ft fluorescent tube from home depot, however I had heard people using the modeling lights on alienbees for it so I gave it a try and loved the results. With the smaller focus of light that the modeling light has, it is able to do a more pinpointed light that I believe photographs better.

You also want to make sure you're only catching the body lines (something I learned with a lot of trial and error). If you notice in your photos you're seeing the reflection of the whole light, and even seeing where you are losing a steady flow of light. I would feel that your second image would be a lot stronger if you painted out this reflection that runs along the whole mid center of the side of the car (you have image editing off, or I would have done it myself to show you what it looks like).

Here is an example of what I was producing with that 4ft fluorescent. You see those very distracting reflections of the light?

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/gtsx​GZ

So in other words, I won't able to get thin streak results unless I use alien bees. If I use a tube i'll always get the distracting light across. How many layers do usually work with? Ive seen tutorials with people using a lot more than what I used. Should I be shooting shorter exposures with more layers or longer exposures? I feel like if an exposure is at around 10-15 seconds, the car is covered completely.

se7enxn9ne wrote in post #17218474
So in other words, I won't able to get thin streak results unless I use alien bees. If I use a tube i'll always get the distracting light across. How many layers do usually work with? Ive seen tutorials with people using a lot more than what I used. Should I be shooting shorter exposures with more layers or longer exposures? I feel like if an exposure is at around 10-15 seconds, the car is covered completely.

You will be able to get thin steaks, as long has you hold your light sideways, in the direction that you're moving if. I hope that makes sense.

The porsche shot was about 4 layers. The bmw shot was probably like 5 layers. It just depends if I strobe the wheels or not, usually theres a layer for the front of the car, the side and the top. Along with a properly exposed background layer.

I've found the really dark places are the best to shoot, here is an image from 2011 from when I first started experimenting with light painting.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/acnJ​ah

good call, never really thought of using the bar sideways. I will try out different settings and see how results are.

se7enxn9ne wrote in post #17218592
good call, never really thought of using the bar sideways. I will try out different settings and see how results are.

good luck dude.

vegasboy wrote in post #17218498
I've found the really dark places are the best to shoot, here is an image from 2011 from when I first started experimenting with light painting.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/acnJ​ah Evo X by FotosByAlex, on Flickr

great shot

sigma pi wrote in post #17229236
great shot

what a hectic night. lol. glad you were there.