• Nov. 7, 2024, 9:29 a.m.

    What you haven't seen are the other 27 pictures which didn't come out as well. But the technique is easy. I started by reading this digital-photography-school.com/beginners-guide-to-light-painting/ and this digital-photography-school.com/how-to-shoot-light-trails/

    Setting up the camera took some time. The best tip I can give is turn off long exposure NR. It means everything takes twice as long.

    You need a dark room because you are going to be using speeds measured in seconds (like 20). For the circles, remember to keep moving - that way, the body holding the light won't appear. The ghost was easy - I just asked the piano player to leave after 10 seconds of a 20 second shot. My camera has a countdown timer built in, so it was easy to know when 10 seconds was up.

    It is great fun to do - and you can do it in your living room.

    Alan

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    Nov. 7, 2024, 9:46 a.m.

    The colour treatment with the diagonal striping, though weird and unnatural, does make the bug stand out.

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    Nov. 7, 2024, 9:51 a.m.

    Those are fun experiments with painting with light.
    Once you start thinking about the technique, other applications will come to you.

    Nobody will ever make anything better in that regard, than the Albanian photoprapher Gjon Mili's photos of Pablo Picasso literally creating a painting with light.
    Photos made for LIFE magazine.
    I had known the images, and learned more about Mili in his birth town Korçë while visiting Albania last month.
    Google the combination of those names and be amazed.

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    Nov. 7, 2024, 9:53 a.m.

    You have just defined yourself as a true photographer: one who takes notice of the light, and how it enters a room differently on different times of day, and (bigger picture) on different times of day on different days in the year.
    Nice shadowplay and geometry is your (and our) reward.

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    Nov. 7, 2024, 9:54 a.m.

    A ghost in the woods.

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    Nov. 7, 2024, 9:55 a.m.

    haha

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    Nov. 7, 2024, 11:09 a.m.

    I think I was editing my response while you were replying to it, so you probably didn't see these questions, which I will repeat, hopeful of discussion.

    "And out of curiosity, I am wondering what you, its creator, feel like the color overlay effect adds to this image? What is your goal in using it? How did you choose the overlay? I use overlays fairly often, mostly texture but occasionally color, but differently, so I am interested in your ideas."

  • Nov. 7, 2024, 11:23 a.m.
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    Nov. 7, 2024, 12:57 p.m.

    Proposal

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    .
    Acceptance

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    Please don't edit without permission

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    JPG, 1.4 MB, uploaded by Bryan on Nov. 7, 2024.

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    JPG, 1.6 MB, uploaded by Bryan on Nov. 7, 2024.

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    Nov. 7, 2024, 2:28 p.m.

    Good sequence!

    Out of curiosity, what does the "a" in the file name signify? My G9 doesn't do that.

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    Nov. 7, 2024, 5:57 p.m.

    Thanks, Roel

    I get about a "window" of one week this time of year in which the light hits this wall at this angle.

    We have cloudless, blue skies and brilliant sunlight from the "Santa Ana" weather we're experiencing in Southern California this week, resulting in very sharp shadows (my favorite for this sort of thing) of the window muntins and mullions. With clouds the shadows can range from slightly soft to complete blur.

    Unfortunately, the weather that's giving me ideal light in San Diego is causing raging wild fires north of Los Angeles.

    Rich

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    Nov. 7, 2024, 6:07 p.m.

    A fine sequence of two beautiful birds making important life decisions as a couple! She said "yes" and they get about the business of home-buying. The birds are well captured in their exotic finery. What really makes the sequence shine brightly is the background. (Is that eucalyptus?) Ther rendering of that bark is amazing. There are hidden colors and tiny details in addition to the burled gateway to their home, but the subdued texture, colors and forms of that bark, with no other branches or background creates an almost abstract art frame for the birds. Excellent set.

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    Nov. 7, 2024, 7:56 p.m.

    Still working with my trip images. I shot around this location for 30 minutes, don't feel like I really got a complete composition. What am I missing in these?

    Bruges Hotel v1 Color (1 of 1).jpg

    Bruges Streets v1 Color  Medium (1 of 1).jpg

    Bruges Hotel v1 Color (1 of 1).jpg

    JPG, 16.5 MB, uploaded by JSPhotoHobby on Nov. 7, 2024.

    Bruges Streets v1 Color Medium (1 of 1).jpg

    JPG, 9.4 MB, uploaded by JSPhotoHobby on Nov. 7, 2024.

  • Nov. 7, 2024, 8:13 p.m.

    Anchors.

    In first image almost everything leads into the point [inside the arc], where there is nothing, just black. Next hint is man, going away - this again does not lead to anything.
    Second image seems consist of two separate scenes and I can't decide, where to look. Looking at window it seems that point of interest is somehwere in greens, looking there I see mostly the pavement and looks like point of interest may find itself in the left window, after all. At the end I look at the sign with number 11 - but this also seems not quite correct :)

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    Nov. 7, 2024, 9:14 p.m.

    Yes, we were typing at the same time because the timestamps on your edit and my reply are within a minute of each other.

    As I have mentioned in previous threads my workflow always includes first making a close as possible documentary version of the scene and then where I see some potential I experiment with various "artistic" versions until I get something I like.

    I use color grading to highlight a specific element(s) to draw viewers' eyes to it/them and/or to enhance colours aiming for a different look and feel to the overall scene.

    To color grade I use one or more colour gradients with various blend modes and layer masks and/or various other adjustment layers like Selective Color and Color Balance etc.

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    Nov. 7, 2024, 9:21 p.m.

    Thank you Roel.

    In the documentary version the beetle didn't stand out as much as I would have liked.

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    Nov. 7, 2024, 10:15 p.m.

    Thanks

    Because I am back to using FastStone which doesn't save an accompanying file with edits, and I like to know what I have done, I use the filename which may end up as P1322553USM20R08C30S20H-15Shd10Crp1.JPG

    I don't want to post such a filename so I make a copy and label it with a and then b, c if I make other versions.

    Adjusted is good...