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Challenge: Painting With Light II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: In a dark place
Date: Feb 28, 2006
Aperture: F/11
ISO: iso200
Shutter: 131sec
Galleries: Abstract
Date Uploaded: Feb 28, 2006

 F/11, 131sec, iso200 @ 18mm
PS work: tilt, crop, sharpen, photo filter(for blue), boost of saturation, resize, sharpen again.

I've always wanted to try this out and here was my chance but I wanted to put some kind of twist on it. Of all the similar I've seen it involved one toss , so here is where my twist comes in...

Toss a small LED flashlight around on a rope attached to something, put the camera under it , point up and fire away is pretty much the technic :) I read if you're using a bigger light source, place/tape a piece of cardboard with small hole in it to the end of the light source.

But really, this shot was a bit more complicated... This one took at least 3 tosses. Between each toss cover the lens with a piece of cardboard, just in case the toss is bad and after each toss wait a bit for the path to smooth out. I applied a PS Photo Color Filter to get the blue hue you see here.

Thanks so much for 8th place, I'm thrilled. Also special Thanks to all those who left comments :)

Some Outtakes

Statistics
Place: 8 out of 187
Avg (all users): 6.7729
Avg (commenters): 8.0741
Avg (participants): 6.3939
Avg (non-participants): 6.9292
Views since voting: 4501
Views during voting: 691
Votes: 339
Comments: 34
Favorites: 18 (view)

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 12/04/2006 05:58:56 PM
I can't believe this didn't ribbon - it completely blows me away! The thumbnail looks awesome, too...
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 05/08/2006 02:37:33 PM
Great shot, super actually, one of my all time favorite images and now a favorite as well.....
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 03/08/2006 07:12:34 AM
An outstanding study! Congratulations on your top ten finish.
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 03/07/2006 11:41:07 PM
Congratulations on a top 10...what a pitty there are not more ribbons. This is a great shot that you should be proud of
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/07/2006 06:49:04 PM
Beautiful! I gotta try this sometime. 10
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 03/07/2006 12:45:41 AM
Pendulum out of a blue lazer??? Anyway, quite nice.
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 03/06/2006 06:37:43 PM
Beautiful....
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 03/06/2006 07:48:45 AM
Absolutely no idea how you pulled this one off and for that you deserve a good score in my eyes! Super sharp photo too.
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 03/06/2006 06:16:19 AM
How????
 03/05/2006 07:54:22 PM
This is unbelievable...mucho cool.
9
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 03/05/2006 01:05:16 PM
well done
 03/05/2006 11:09:42 AM
Spun a flashlight from the ceiling? Great shot.
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 03/04/2006 06:18:37 PM
just plain awesome. 10!
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 03/03/2006 06:55:49 PM
This is very nice, I hope you let us know how you did it.
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 03/02/2006 06:14:27 PM
Excellent conception and technique used here!
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 03/02/2006 03:47:12 PM
ah, a familiar technique. this is better executed than the other one like this I saw on this site.
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 03/02/2006 02:00:09 PM
Wonder how you did it? It's really a great image, great composition, hope you'll get the ribbon you deserve.
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 03/02/2006 05:12:50 AM
nicely done
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 03/02/2006 12:14:38 AM
Think you should Request an Admin Note for your image
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 03/01/2006 06:48:39 PM
Here I can see a Blue (Ribbon?). 9.
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 03/01/2006 05:43:42 PM
I would be facinated to know how you did that. It's terrific!
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 03/01/2006 04:31:39 PM
Please provide technical info on the set-up for this in the Photographer's Comments.
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 03/01/2006 02:05:23 PM
Really cool abstract image. I'd like to see how it was done.
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 03/01/2006 12:03:25 PM
Visually appealing, but lacking the 'awe' factor my higher votes are looking for. 6
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 03/01/2006 11:36:14 AM
Wow! This is fanTASTIC! You could not have executed this more perfectly. Perhaps in the end, there will be more blue to this photo than the light swirls :) 10
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 03/01/2006 10:29:53 AM
Very nice. I really hope you explain how you did this. - 10
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 03/01/2006 10:09:29 AM
Reminds me of a spirograph. Did a great job keeping the lines all even.
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 03/01/2006 07:40:48 AM
very nice
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 03/01/2006 03:54:02 AM
10
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 03/01/2006 03:27:09 AM
great abstract...hope this does well for you 8
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 03/01/2006 12:34:16 AM
Would love to know how you did this
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 02/28/2006 08:51:22 PM
Magical play of light....."WOW"..."WOW"..."WOW"... How did you do this, please explain..... A 9 vote from me.....
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 02/28/2006 08:47:35 PM
This looks very cool, but I'm struggling to figure out how you acheived such symmetry.
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 02/28/2006 08:37:04 PM
A tad too graphic arts for me, but I still love it.
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