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Yesterday I went to the westcoast of Denmark with a bunch of Nikon -shooters , to experiment with the technique known as "painting with light".

We chose to paint this old lighthouse which has not been active for many years due to the heavy build-up of sand-dunes in this area.
Its was VERY cold !!.. minus 5-6 degrees celsius and 14-16 m/s wind.

All pictures taken with Sigma DP-2s on tripod . ISO 50 and shutterspeed 15 seconds.
We used two powerfull torchlights to light up the tower

http://www.flickr.com/photos/yoicz/5214417322/ " title="SDIM3065PS by yoicz, on Flickr">

http://www.flickr.com/photos/yoicz/5214417690/ " title="SDIM3071PS by yoicz, on Flickr">

http://www.flickr.com/photos/yoicz/5214418396/ " title="SDIM3081PS by yoicz, on Flickr">

This one is without artificial light

http://www.flickr.com/photos/yoicz/5214416362/ " title="SDIM3064PS by yoicz, on Flickr">

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I prefer the balance of artificial/natural light in the first one, a magnificent painting!
 
I agree with Johan, the first shot is a great light painting. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers,

Ps. In another life, I did interior room shots using light painting techniques to good advantage.
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Many years ago Frits a pal and his son painted their house at night with a couple of ordinary handheld torches (powerful ones were not common in those days, back when the Arc was being built). The house was called "The White House" but was in Budleigh Salterton, Devon UK, not the USA one). It took them about 2 hours but the end result was excellent.

Did you consider holding one of the powerful torches and running round and round the top? That way, the lighthouse keeper could have had a night off and saved on his electricity bill! :-P

Well done anyway - worthwhile project I feel, despite being invaded by Nikonites.

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... and it seems DP-2s did very good job with long exposures.
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Zone8 said:
Many years ago Frits a pal and his son painted their house at night with a couple of ordinary handheld torches (powerful ones were not common in those days, back when the Arc was being built). The house was called "The White House" but was in Budleigh Salterton, Devon UK, not the USA one). It took them about 2 hours but the end result was excellent.
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Yes .. the weaker your lights are .. the longer it will take :)
Zone8 said:
Did you consider holding one of the powerful torches and running round and round the top? That way, the lighthouse keeper could have had a night off and saved on his electricity bill! :-P
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No .. I did not consider that :)
Zone8 said:
Well done anyway - worthwhile project I feel, despite being invaded by Nikonites.
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Its allright :) The Nikonites brought the lights .. so maybe it was their group that was invaded by a single Sigmaite :)
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Scene of something that has happened in a science fiction novel I think - begin reminded of at least one...

C.
 
Hi, Very Very nice, great technique.
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Excellent Photos!

What sort of loghts did they use
This is something I have never seen before

NIck
 
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