~ Earthly Treasures ~

....a dim brooding glow backlights the scene .... a camera remains motionless on a tripod ...the shutter of the camera stays open for half a minute allowing th...
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....a dim brooding glow backlights the scene .... a camera remains motionless on a tripod ...the shutter of the camera stays open for half a minute allowing the sensor to gather enough light ....the aperture is set as far as possible to achieve a deep depth of focus throughout the scene ...in this case f/36 ....the foreground would have been to dark in the final image ....so i used a flashlight for very brief moments in certain areas of the image ...it's something i learned in astrophotography ...this technique is referred to as light painting .....which gave me something to do while the sensor was absorbing the light ....so after the shutter opened ... i rushed over with the flashlight and began waving it but only in certain spots and for certain, brief lengths of time .... keeping in mind not to interfere with the existing rear light and and shadows born from it ....if i held the light to long in any of the targets you would have seen harshly lit, overexposed areas....
...Earthly Treasures
...Golden Linings
...Soul Food
...True Gold
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