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Challenge: Painting With Light II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
Location: My Basement
Date: Feb 25, 2006
Aperture: f16
ISO: 200
Shutter: 20 sec
Galleries: Abstract, Digital Art
Date Uploaded: Feb 25, 2006

 Me and my friend were just playing around with light painting in my basement. We didn't think we got any good ones but one came out alright.

I went back down to my basement a couple of days later to see if I could perfect this method. I think I came up with a few good ones. Hopefully this one will do well.

This was done using a little LED keylight. Background is a peice of white poster-board.

I held the keychain LED above the glass and waved it around for 6 revolutions, maybe 3 seconds. Then I faced the LED light toward the camera and made some funky waves like you see. It took about 16 shots to get the one I wanted.

Shot in RAW
PP in RawShooter Premium:
Adjust color
Shadow/Highlight Contrast
Saturation, Hue
Convert to Jpeg

PP in CS2:
Crop
Resize
SmartSharpen
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This is my first picture with my 50mm 1.4D. I really like the lens.

Also, I really wish I could have removed the sensor dust before I took this photo. I hope it doesn't get panned for that. If anyone knows of a good sensor cleaning kit that works well that would be greatly appreciated.

POST: Thanks for all the comments and my second highest score!

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/07/2006 11:45:59 AM
Very eclectic.
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 03/06/2006 12:34:59 AM
I love how the light diffracts through the glass. This is my favorite.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/05/2006 06:02:32 PM
nice job
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 03/04/2006 10:50:26 AM
Beautiful lighting work done.
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 03/03/2006 01:57:13 AM
Simple but so effective.....
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 03/01/2006 04:38:02 PM
This is awesome!! Clean, razor sharp. ..and I always favor photos wiht blue tones! 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/01/2006 08:10:09 AM
awesome shot, great colour and light
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 03/01/2006 02:11:40 AM
very well executed ...
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 03/01/2006 12:55:14 AM
Very crisp and nice looking.
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