On Oct 10, 2011, at 7:07 AM, David Savage wrote: > Thanks mate. > > Another really fun & easy light painting trick is steel wool spinning: > > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/6207767624> > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/6210940906>
Very nice, we were just talking about that a week or so ago. I forget who posted the images and I guessed that might have been what the person was spinning. > > Get a big roll of steel wool from the hardware store (the kind of > stuff used for polishing wood), make up an oversize berley cage from a > wire coat hanger, attach it to a dog leash. Load up the cage with the > wool (about a 12" length), light it & start spinning. Heaps of fun. > > Just make sure you wear a hat. I didn't initially and the first > indication that something wasn't quite right was when I could smell > burning hair...followed by the sting of hot metal on my scalp :-) > > DS > > On 10 October 2011 20:56, Cotty <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 9/10/11, David Savage, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>> For those who don't want to give their grey matter a workout: >>> >> >> <http://lightpaintingphotography.com/light-painting-photography/chris- >> benbow-light-painting-dome-video-tutorial/> Very cool effect. I hadn't figured it out, then felt stupid when I saw how simple it was. >> >> Thanks mate - I knew it was something circular - but I was only thin >> king in 2 planes! Having something at an angle was what I was missing. >> >> When Stef did his projects, we taped light sources to the outside rim of >> an umbrella - my idea- and were then able to quickly get as many rings >> in one picture at different locations as necessary. The only thing that >> was difficult was repeating the movements specifically - humans aren't >> the best stable platforms! >> >> I can think of some advancement on these concepts to improve repetition >> - eg taking the dome into the air - tripod mountings etc. Lot of effort! >> >> Well done - your pic is fantastic. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> Cheers, >> Cotty > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
