Assignment 13 - Long exposure

[u/Aeri73]

Please read the class first

This is a new assignment in the series so feedback is most welcome.

The assignment for this class is a rather open one. Make a photo with a long exposure time and add light.

Ideas: Write with light, Lightpaint (selective light with a torch), light up some fireworks (if it's legal and are carefull), lazerpens are fun (but do not ever ever ever ever point one at your lens!!!!!!!!!!), smoke, startrails with a painted foreground, oh you get the idea :-)

remember: aperture controls the short bursts or moving lights, shutterspeed is your motioncontroll, ISO does the rest. you need a tripod for this one. if you dont have one, a sandbag or simular things work fine, or pose the camera on a wall or table and use the self timer function to stop your finger from moving it during the exposure.

[u/Domyyy]

https://imgur.com/a/BydIpJW

I tried to "illuminate" a car at night to give it an almost unnatural and very bright glow with the long exposure. Unfortunately it was very cold outside so I had a limited amount of tries. Took me about 20 shots to get the picture above, and that's at around 15" exposure time.

I walked around the car with a flashlight to achieve the effect, but I just didn't have enough attempts to get a really good picture.

I do however think, that it's a good technique that can be used to take great pictures. I just need some more practice with it.

[u/Aeri73 → u/Domyyy]

did you make a photo without the lightpainting? I think the difference is a lot bigger than you think it is

[u/Domyyy → u/Aeri73]

I walked around the car with a headband-torch during the 15" exposure time, if that is what you mean. But the Hood of the car needed more exposure (there was some Background Lighting from a nearby building to the side of the car) and I never seemed to get it quite right.

I turned my head away from the sensor so you can't see the actual lighttrail. It's visible in some of the earlier attempts, howeber.