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06/14/2007 03:12:18 AM · #1 |
I̢۪m disappointed with the number of DNMC type comments left on a number of pictures in the painting with light challenge, for example
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These are the types of images I was expecting to fill the pages of this challenge, I've only ever known painting with light to mean painting the subject with light. Infact the description suggests that as well.
Is their a need to educate voters on what a technique means (considering all my non photography friends had no idea what it is.
(& yes, of course, one of the reasons behind this is my shot also received more than its fair share of DNMC type comments.)
Message edited by author 2007-06-14 03:13:44. |
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06/14/2007 07:54:20 AM · #2 |
I have to agree with you. I had really looked forward to voting on this one, and was rather disappointed with it as a whole. The shots you posted are some of the better ones, IMO, and it is a shame to see them DNMC'ed.
I'm going to rant a little here: painting with light is not an excuse to take noisy, poorly lit photos of every do-dad, knick-knack, and potted plant sitting around the house! And it isn't an excuse to wave a flashlight around until the entire shot is lit like bad daylight. There is a real need for GOOD lighting techniques and some subtlety.
IMO, the first thumbnail above demonstrates just that; a good exposure of the sunset and lake, and a good balance of light painted in on the foreground. The white balance is off a bit, but that's hard to correct for with a flashlight, anyway. Otherwise, it's the type of image I too had hoped to see more of.
Edited beacuse I can't type yet this morning
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06/14/2007 09:04:54 AM · #3 |
I was really impressed with the photos that used light painting to bring softness and warmth to images. There were several portraits and still life images of flowers that were fantastic but got a lot of DNMC comments. Quite unfortunate.
I think some voters thought light painting meant that the entry must have scribbling with a light pen or laser pointer. There were some really creative use of light squiggles and shapes, but I don't think that all entries should be 'the same'.
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06/14/2007 09:17:26 AM · #4 |
i have commented on a lot of the images with "painting with light?"
most of the images could have been an image with a stationary flash, as well as they could have been painted with light, you'll have to be able to see that it fits the challenge, instead of having to guess how they used a non-stationary lightsource.
i ment no harm with the comments, and it was a question. i have recieved a lot of PM saying how they painted with light, and i'm very pleased, that people would stand up for their image, and tell me that it does fit the challenge. |
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06/14/2007 09:34:43 AM · #5 |
Mine's not as great as the one you have posted but I also got those comments.
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06/14/2007 09:44:31 AM · #6 |
Mine was far from an extraordinary pic
but I did illuminate my subject with different mobile lights.
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06/14/2007 06:45:37 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by mian3010:
i have commented on a lot of the images with "painting with light?"
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Yes I saw that you were one of them :) I guess you might need to broadern your interpritation, and accept that others may have a differing opinion of the topic. For example the first pointer light photo that I came across my thoughts were 'well where is the illuminated subject, DNMC'
But when I saw so many of them were pointer light style shots I had to conceed that perhaps my definition was wrong.
The two photos above this post would have been created by waving the torch over the flowers, a direct flash would have created a flat image and harsh shadows, as they are the depth of light changes in the photo. Nice shots too BTW |
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06/20/2007 09:14:54 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by Shadowi6:
Originally posted by mian3010:
i have commented on a lot of the images with "painting with light?"
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Yes I saw that you were one of them :) I guess you might need to broadern your interpritation, and accept that others may have a differing opinion of the topic. For example the first pointer light photo that I came across my thoughts were 'well where is the illuminated subject, DNMC'
But when I saw so many of them were pointer light style shots I had to conceed that perhaps my definition was wrong.
The two photos above this post would have been created by waving the torch over the flowers, a direct flash would have created a flat image and harsh shadows, as they are the depth of light changes in the photo. Nice shots too BTW |
Funny that you are commenting about this. You said my entry was not in the spirit of the challenge. I beg to differ. I had my subject in almost total darkness and during a 45 second exposure, I used a led light with a very tight beam to "paint" the areas that I wanted to show up in the photo. I am assuming you thought I shined a spotlight on my subject(admittedly I can see why, I did not get the effect I wanted myself), but it was way more involved than that. I really wanted to emulate the look of the 5th place photo in the first light painting challenge, but I fell way short :) better luck next time I guess.
My photo:
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06/20/2007 09:49:01 PM · #9 |
I agree. But when I had several shots of my roommate where I painted her with light and submitted them to my DPL team they suggested that I might get a lot of DNMC comments because it isn't an obvious moving light. So I spent a LOT of time in my bathroom because it was the darkest place I could find and got my entry. I still used one of the shots I originally created for the challenge in my entry though its not easy to see.
Here is are a couple of the shots I did with my roommate. I printed the second one to use in my entry.
 
And here is my entry...
By the way before you ask its a wine glass in her hand... |
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06/20/2007 10:03:28 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by Evil-Chihuahua:
Funny that you are commenting about this. You said my entry was not in the spirit of the challenge. I beg to differ. I had my subject in almost total darkness and during a 45 second exposure, I used a led light with a very tight beam to "paint" the areas that I wanted to show up in the photo. I am assuming you thought I shined a spotlight on my subject(admittedly I can see why, I did not get the effect I wanted myself), but it was way more involved than that. I really wanted to emulate the look of the 5th place photo in the first light painting challenge, but I fell way short :) better luck next time I guess.
My photo:
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Looking at your image, I still stand by my vote that I gave you, a 5. My comment about the sprit of the challenge wasnt about not having a moving light source in the shot, it was more about the lighting it with a spot light. Now that I know it wasnt, it wouldnt change my opinion anyway, For me the theme was making a feature out of the painting with light. However as I have said, it seems my interpretation of the challenge was differant to others, fwiw i never vote down a shot based soley on how it meets the challenge, because their just might be an interpretation I have missed. |
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