After reviewing Onslow's instructions from his recent painting with light posting I decided to give it a try. I followed his instructions pretty closely. The smallest light I have on hand is one of those mini mag light that takes two aa batteries..I did try putting some foil over the end of the light, then poking a small hole in the center. That seems to work pretty well, but for some odd reason I didn't try that for this particular photo. I used a black matboard as a background and one as a base on top of a coffee table. My camera settings were 10s at f/25, ISO100, tungson white balance, 45 mm focal length, manual focus. I am definitely going to have to try some more of these painting with light photos. Thanks Onslow for the cool instrucions and inspiration to try this. :-)

That is pretty darn cool. Oh man i really need to give this technique a try. Thanks for sharing. #:O)

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Thanks Zacko. Yes...you should give it a try. It is fun :-)

Nice one - an ice man. Cool image :)

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think you did pretty fantastic on this cool jeff!! may have to give it try too :]

I'd like to give it a go,too.Nice work there Jeff.

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totally fantastic and cool, jeff!!! :)

Nice one, Richard has really started something off here. I even went out yesterday to buy a new mimi maglite, the smallest one they do with a very fine sharp beam. Right where is my tripod, off to play again!! Steve

Cool shot! Came out actually pretty crisp! I once saw a cool "painting with light" shot someone did on a set of stairs (college - one of the other students' trial-error testing) - it was pitch black in the house, and they used a flashlight as someone walked down the stairs (stopping and posing their feet for the flashlight). Then after the person was all the way down and out of shot, they painted the walls w/light so that the final looked like a dimly lit stairway with ghosts' feet walking down. Anyone up for starting a thread showing ideas like this? I just read a cute thread on "relaxed" shots, why not painting w/light? Any takers? -Lew ;-)