On Feb 13, 2012, at 8:02 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > Is that a laser in the first one? Neat!
Yup, it's a green laser. IIRC 20mW The only problem being that the beam is too narrow when it hits. I need to do something that'll just spread the beam a tiny bit. > > That second shot: wowza! Thanks. There is definitely a lot to learn about this technique, maybe Dave can chime in with what he has learned. The most obvious mistake I made in my first attempt (in the associated set) was that I didn't set the angle up so that the pattern was against something dark. I also need to learn optimal aperture for doing this, which needs to be balanced with exposure for the sunset, if there's one in the background. The lighter I grabbed was having a hard time last night. I found that the 00 steel wool was easier to light. When going for big circles, I had to spin the steel wool faster, which burned it faster, and made it tend to fly off the chain if it wasn't tied on right. I can see advantages to supplemental lighting with a flash, but that could lead to a depth of field game if you're trying to focus on the background. > > > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 2:50 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >> I joined my friend Candice for another Salton Sea trip this weekend. A >> couple of my more interesting photos were from the night before, and my trip >> home this evening. >> >> An attempt at Japanese calligraphy: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6868136207/in/set-72157629297628485/ >> >> There are some obvious difficulties I'll need to work out, but I think the >> technique shows promise >> >> And following in Dave's footsteps: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6868174851/in/set-72157629297714435/ >> >> I was driving past Arroyo Grande tonight, and unlike last night when I meant >> to try this, both the weather and the sunset were gorgeous. I took a >> suboptimal route to the beach, nearly missed sunset, and it wasn't until I >> thought I was done shooting, and was walking back to the car that I >> remembered the steel wool and chain in the trunk. >> >> -- >> Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > -- > -bmw > > -- > 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.
