Key to success

[KrisCarlos]

Title : Key to success
Tech Info : Canon EOS 350D, 28-135mm IS USM Lens, Shutter speed 25" seconds, F/25 and ISO 100
source of lighting : Flashlight
C&C is welcome!! hope to hear from you guys!!

[RussHeath]

KrisCarlos -- Cool image! I've played around with light painting some myself and the results are hard to predict. Did you keep the flashlight in one spot or move it around during the exposure? If you kept is still, consider doing it again with some time taken to shine the light directly into the lens of that beautiful old camera.

Overall, there is a bit more dark than I would like. Hence, painting the far side and/or the lens of the camera may help. Also, I think you could use the same exposure time and just focus a little less on the front edge, as the corner specular highlight is a little bright in comparison to everything else.

Finally, I love the six pointed star shining off the command dial. Really a nice touch.

Thanks for sharing! Be sure to post back with any revisions.

[clockdoc]

Hi Kris and welcome to the group. Painting with light can be lots of fun. A rule of thumb we used back in the days of film and view cameras was to take an exposure reading and multiply it by 8. For example, if the base exposure (in a totally darkened room) was 1 second at f/16 then the exposure time for painting the scene would be 8 seconds at f/16. This was also based on a scene or subject with an average range of tones (not a dark camera as in your case) as well as the fact that the light was kept in motion during the whole exposure. Looking at the shadow drop in this image, it appears you did not move the light during the 25 second exposure. That is OK if that is what you were after but part of the fun of painting with light is the ability to make the shot almost shadowless or with very soft shadows.

[peeperita]

lots of drama to this one.....i reallly go for the darker shots.....and that flare off the top of the camera really makes this image for me.....

nice job