philzucker

Thanks for your input! All shots presented in this thread were made in color and converted in PP, and some of those color shots look absolutely gorgeous. :-) But the exercise I do here (together ...

It really is. :-) Thanks for looking! Phil

Thanks for your kind comment! Yes, doing rust B&W is a real challenge - but at the same time it makes me focus on aspects as structure and contrast in photography, and I've learned a lot about ...

Nice tree! :) Thanks very much for the detailed info and explanation. Phil

Astoundingly well said, Rodger! You seem to be a master of the words too, not only of photography. :-) Thanks very much for your comment - much appreciated. Phil

Impressive. Good work! I had to look that up of course. Epsomite seems to be cheap and available in every normal drugstore. How did you create the solution? Or to be more precise: How much salt ...

Now I looked at a garden table turned upside down to find very nice rusty detail. :-) Here some of those. 1. Nut: 2. Iron strip: 3. Part of the rusty bottom of the table: The last one doesn't make ...

See what you mean, Jim. The salt crystals are better defined in #1, but the grounded pepper doesn't come out that good. On the other hand the salt "pebbles" in #2 are a bit too uniform (at least ...

Aren't they? Have to admit that your fine salt pics made me curious, so I had to look what came out of our kitchen salt shaker. Thanks for your comment! Phil

No problem, Ken! :-) Phil

And the crystals in the second pic are much larger - I forgot that. Now that makes sense. :-) Phil

Some freshly ground pepper sprinkled with some salt - looks like that seen very close: Approx. 7:1 magnification and a MFT sensor -  that means that the original width of what you see here is ...

Thanks for the detail! Most interesting. One last question: In the original post you indicated 240 stacked shots for the first picture - how many did you stack for the second one? Phil

You made most interesting tools here. Thanks for sharing the info! You certainly are an accomplished and inventive light painter, kudos! Phil

Thanks for looking and for your kind comment! Phil

If they are "any good" depends on your needs. I find them reliable and sturdy with a good, even light. I use mine with 8 rechargeable AA batteries (works very well indeed), but also have a ...

Beautiful indeed, I have to second all the other comments here. Did you use any special kind of torchlight for the light painting? E.g. did you use different wide and narrow beams and strengths of ...

Quite beautiful compositions and very sharp results - congrats! Since I can find no EXIF: Care to share the setup (incl. lighting and gear) you used to create these extraordinary pictures? Phil

Thanks! Tripod yes, but no flash but a Godox 170 LED light. For the setup it's hard to say. I placed the secateurs on a router lift, put camera and the Godox LED light on tripods, looked for the ...

Thanks for looking and for your positive feedback. Much appreciated! Phil