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Challenge: Long Exposure XII (DPL6-3A) (Standard Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Nikon D750
Lens: Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR
Date: Aug 30, 2025
Date Uploaded: Aug 30, 2025
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Another experimental shoot....
I wanted to do a portrait with light painting, and had my model all set up, studied a technique video, had all the toys. And then it just all went sideways. Toy problems. Tech problems. Trigger problems. Natalie, as always, was such a trooper. Even though we were in my garage, on the hottest day of the year.
I tried doing the light painting with just the modeling light, but that looked terrible. Then I just went for no lights except the toys. I managed to get a couple of interesting shots, but without the strobes, there were blur issues. Nobody can sit PERFECTLY still for even 4 seconds.
This was my original idea, but then decided to go for an [user]IreneM[/user] style glass still life. She makes it look so easy!!
I used one strobe (that I finally got working), one LED light, my smoke machine, and my remote shutter release. Then it was just a frantic dance in the dark to get the right combo of smoke shapes, colors, and light spill. While I cooked like a sous vide roast.
ISO - 200
f/10
45 mm
Shutter - 13 secs
[Sep. 2nd, 2025 01:41:33 PM]
during voting: oddly, it never occurred to me that some sort of blur was expected to convey a long exposure. My bad. This, however, is a 13 second exposure. Live and learn. |
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