First try at light painting

Been reading a lot about light painting on here and thought Id go out in my driveway and test some shots out at different exposures and whatnot. I shot this with a florecent shop light at somewhere around a 15 second exposure with 7d and 17-40L. Pictures nothing special but turned out decent for a 10 minute session in the driveway

Also did a little been of tweaking in photoshop.

failed at first try, try again.

well, i'll offer up a bit of my limited knowledge instead of just a straight put down.

you need one of the following.
1) longer exposure
2) brighter light.
3) Higher iso (last resort)

first try a longer exposure and spend more time lighting the car.

it's fun once you start seeing results.

good luck dude

Ya, I was kinda going for the result that I got, The nose just slowly comming out of the light.

The car looked a little brighter in photoshop, which imo was just what I was looking for.

I did longer exposures, Ill edit one and post it up soon. Something about the car coming through the light in this one I liked quite a bit.

I uploaded it to photobucket and they always seem to desaturate the pictures.

What about something like this?

muuuch better but for me it needs more ground and background instead of just a floating front end

Dr. Gonzo wrote in post #11136297
What about something like this?

It looks better for me. Light painting questions...

Second shot is much better, I agree, a bit of ground under the car would probably help it. If weather will cooperate and let me keep my truck clean for more than 2 hours I want to take a kick at this.

OH, nice car btw

SnowManZ wrote in post #11135934
failed at first try, try again.

I really hate replies like this, if you're so good then let us know how to do it.

Ok, here is one with a little bit of ground in front of it. Not sure which one I like better.

And heres the one with the ground, with no license plate. And no light reflection.

Which one do you guys like more?

keeps getting better

Keep it up! You got a lot better really quick, great job!I have always wanted to learn how this is done.

i would include the roofline.

Thanks a lot for the nice comments I really appreciate it.

I thought about doing the roofline, but I kind of like it without, it gives it that look that its creeping into the light.

I guess thats just subjective. But Im pretty happy with the result so far.

joooowan wrote in post #11139813
i would include the roofline.

Heres my shot at it. Not sure which I like.

What do you guys think?