Yep. Light painting: <http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/8066794910/in/set-72157606164837981>
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/8161138246/in/set-72157606164837981> On 15/02/2013, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > I heard the term painting with light used to describe this method. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joseph McAllister" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Adorama: Last call on K-5 bodies-$739 > > > > On Feb 14, 2013, at 10:40 , Darren Addy wrote: > >> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Segue for a bit with little reference other than "night shots". >>>> >>>> A beautiful image taken in Alaska by Todd Salat, and today's APOD. >>> >>> Yes, lovely. >>> >>>> >>>> http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130212.html >>>> >>>> How did he light the lilies? >>>> Without the flash being observed in the photo? >>> >>> What was the date of the photo? What phase was the moon? >>> >>> Light seems to be coming from the south. >> >> The "above image" link takes you to the photographer's page with the >> details. He says "I used my little headlamp to paint the lily pads >> with a beam of light." >> Moonrise for the date wasn't until after 3 AM (he doesn't give an >> exact time of the exposure). They were not far from Anchorage, AK, so >> skyglow could have provided some ambient light, as well. > > Full text of the image: > The "Lily Red" Experience > > My wife & I busted out of Anchorage on our much-anticipated September aurora > > hunt, an event that marks the end of the busy Alaskan summer season. We > headed northeast up the Glenn Highway, took a left at the Lake Louise > junction, then bounced down a pothole-filled side road. We popped up the > truck camper along one of my favorite ponds that dot the region and stepped > > out into crisp, clear and calm conditions. Stardate: September 13, 2012. > > The smell of fall was in the air and, as my eyes adjusted to the darkness, > an aurora glow became apparent on the far northern horizon. Time to go to > work, although it felt more like play. The Milky Way galaxy stretched upward > > against the deep black new moon (ie, no moon) skies while the bright > pinpoint of Jupiter shone like a beacon in the V-shaped pattern of Taurus > the Bull (just above the clouds). Further above, the tight but bright Seven > > Sisters of the Pleiades open cluster twinkled prominently. > > I set the exposure time for 20-seconds to burn in the starfield and, lo and > > behold, a red glow appeared. I have seen the coveted red northern lights > this bright to the naked eye in the past but they are very rare. In this > case, the camera gets much credit for acting like night-vision goggles and > revealing what the less sensitive human eye has a harder time detecting. To > > complete this composition, while the camera shutter was still locked open, I > > used my little headlamp to paint the lily pads with a beam of light. "Lily > Red" set the mood for a great trip. > > Photograph Information: > > Year: 2012 > Aperture: f2.8 > Shutter: 20 sec > ISO: 4000 > Shot with a Nikon Digital using a Nikon 17-35mm/f2.8 lens. > > It sorta looks to me like he ran a "lighten" wand over the right hand far > shore. It gets grey and fuzzy before going back to black silhouetted trees. > > Joseph McAllister > [email protected] > -- > “ Nature is considerably more creative and inventive than humankind. Without > > Nature there isn't any humankind. Without humankind, Nature is fine.” > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
