"Auguri" light painting, my first attempt

[Camomilla]

Hi to all, this is my first attempt al light painting technique. Inspired by A Team's tutorial (Light Painting "Love") I spent all evening long playing with my new tripod and different settings, and this is the final result:



I used a single LED to "write" the word (translated from Italian it can mean "happy birthday" (in my case, I made it for my boyfriend), or Happy Holidays)

I used a tripod to fix the camera and manual focus (it wouldn't let me release the shutter otherwise)

Exif Data:
Nikon D70s
Exposition 10 seconds
Aperture f/3.5
Lens 18 mm
Exposure Program Shutter speed priority AE
ISO 280 (auto mode)

PP: almost no PP, I only increased the contrast a bit to enhance the black background, flipped the image as it was the other way around and cropped the excess of the black to center the word.

It was fun making it. I'll certainly try making others like this!
feel free to comment and (why not) critique.

[Christhephotoguy]

That's great. I'll def have to give it a go sometime.