Painting With Light [Digital Darkroom]
Uploaded: November 18, 2007 00:12:47
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Only entered in Digital Darkroom because I layered on part of the paint brush.
90% Original
Su Sana E. P November 18, 2007
Very interesting concept and excellent execution, Les!! Creative and original work!! #789280Lynne Morris November 18, 2007
Fantastic image Les, very creative and wonderful colours, great work! #5089159Abdullah H. Alshehri November 18, 2007
A wonderful idea ... Many liked #5089231Philippe Vieux-Jeanton November 18, 2007
Very cool, nice work Les!! #5089232Ray Clarke November 18, 2007
Very creative Les, wonderful shades of blue #5089253Colleen Braun November 18, 2007
kool... #5089298Pat Gamwell November 18, 2007
"Painting outside the lines" is great fun, Les! This is terrific...! #5089314Katarina Mansson November 18, 2007
Cool! #5089445Colette M. Metcalf November 18, 2007
Very cool image!! #5089521Tiia Vissak November 18, 2007
Wow! Very original! Great colors & details! #5089529Dr Silly November 18, 2007
Pretty cool Les. Love the color. :O)Amanda Chapman November 18, 2007
C R E A T I V E !!!! #5089705Dominick M. Dimacale November 18, 2007
This is lovely, Les.
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Corinne M. Thompson November 18, 2007
Very original and ver well done! #5089892Wally Orlowsky November 18, 2007
Terrific concept, color, and glow, Les ... I'd say it's 100% original ;) #5090084Aleksandra Miesak November 18, 2007
Great idea and so well executed! #5090095Joy Rector November 18, 2007
fantastic #5090633Susan M. Hembree November 18, 2007
Cool shot, Les! #5090686Mitch Spence November 18, 2007
Fun, indeed, Les, and very nice. #5090981Michelle L. Frick November 18, 2007
Beautifully done Les! Terrific interpreation! #5091484Michelle L. Frick November 18, 2007
Oh - my spelling - yikes! Interpretation! Try that again!! LOL #5091487Marcie A. Fowler November 19, 2007
Awesome creativity displayed here Les. #5095590Amber Kennedy November 19, 2007
Great image ..great work! #5096225Sheryl A. Hudson November 19, 2007
Very creative Les! #5099277Les Rhoades November 19, 2007
How did I shoot the photo?It is not neon with a blur. The “blur” you see is light scatter from the edge of the flashlight I used.
Read on: In a completely dark room I placed the paint brush on a large piece of white poster board, adjusted my camera settings to a desired f/stop ( I think f/8), connected my shutter release cable to the camera and with a small pen light started writing on the board. I did this maybe 20 times (different shots/exposures) and then went to my computer to see what I got. I like the light trails best in the shot you see here, but the handle of the brush was almost completely dark so that is why with a separate layer I added a more exposed section of the brush. You know…from a different exposure. I never moved the brush or camera so all the photos overlapped nicely.
I shot the photo in RAW and processed it with Adobe Lightroom and adjusted the white balance to tungsten. What I didn’t add in the description is that I did give the “original white light” the blue color with a color layer. So really the image is three layers; the original image, plus part of the brush, plus the color added.
I hope the final image looks easy to reproduce, but it really did take me a couple of hours from start to finish. It was an afternoon project to see what I could get. Just having fun!
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Jennifer L. Alder December 19, 2007
Gorgeous finalist, Les! CONGRATSShawn Jennings December 19, 2007
Very cool, Les! Congratulations on your finalist! #5229313Mitch Spence December 19, 2007
Congratulations, Les. Good for you. #5230139Bob Cournoyer December 19, 2007
And again, congrats, Les... :-) #5231046Joan Powell December 19, 2007
Congrats on your fabulous image !!! #5231385Su Sana E. P December 19, 2007
Congratulations on this wonderful Finalist, Les!! #5231401Pat Gamwell December 20, 2007
Congrats on all of your finalists, Les! I didn't have time to comment between finalists and winners! Everyone in the office is probably taking a long Christmas vacation! #5233053Michelle Alton December 20, 2007
Brilliant Finalist, Les! I love the creativity on this one.Susan Fox December 20, 2007
Congratulations on your finalist Les! #5236226Datha Y. Thompson December 20, 2007
So Creative and AWESOME Les!! Congratulations again :0) WTG #5236951Lorraine A. Cook December 20, 2007
Beautiful Finalist! Congrats, Les!<:)) #5237264Philippe Vieux-Jeanton December 20, 2007
Big congratulations Les!!! #5237530eileen bedford December 21, 2007
Congratulations on this Great Finalist... #5239102Chris Budny December 21, 2007
Congratulations, Les, on your creative Finalist; I've enjoyed your various brush images! #5239145Linda Blair December 21, 2007
Congratulations....very cool and creative!!!!! ☺ #5239608Corinne M. Thompson December 21, 2007
Congrats on your Finalist Les! #5241608Susan M. Hembree December 30, 2007
Let's brush on success! Great job, Les! Congratulations on your finalist! #5268326M.Christine Duncan April 12, 2008
The phrase, "You ROCK guy!!!" comes to mind, lol. #5779112Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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