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snowbird

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Age: 53

#1409 2007-12-11 00:20 GMT

I have seen something that I would like to try, but need a bit of your help.
Background usually "black" and it's either shapes of an alphabet or a circle in a neon type, all this is done just with the camera and a complete dark room. Anyone knows the setting to put on the camera? I guess it would be a very slow shuter speed and the use of a tripod.

Macroman

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Age: 52

#1410 2007-12-11 04:14 GMT

Painting with light ,you ganna have to play with it start at 1 min F3 or 4 and move the torch and fare you get

snowbird

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#1412 2007-12-11 12:59 GMT

OK message & advice taken, thanks for answering me!

IONclad

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Age: 40

#1414 2007-12-11 13:19 GMT

remember, now-a-days one can make multiple exposures and as long as there is minimal background light you can do as many images as you want and it will work with layers set to 'screen'.

If you have ambient light. Meter for it, then divide the exposure by the number of frames you want. EG. the meter suggests you should shoot at f11 @ 125th. four frames would need to be 1/4 of 125th EACH for them to add up to a full exposure. (1/15th I believe). This techique is pretty old, and was originally used to create the idea of motion without the traditional 'blur'. Also works quite well for fractional exposures where the end result is to be combined into a single image. Allows you to 'paint' different areas of the scene in more then one shot with confidence that it will look right when combined.

example: Image on Flickr
shot with a mamiya c330 with 12 exposures on a single frame of film.

good luck

"help, help, I got ions all over me!"

IONclad

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