Light Painting, Old Portsmouth
One of my best from a nighttime trip to Old Portsmouth. Lots of places for light painting fun. This is taken in the main tower of the fortifications at the mout...
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One of my best from a nighttime trip to Old Portsmouth. Lots of places for light painting fun. This is taken in the main tower of the fortifications at the mouth of Portsmouth harbour.
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tg2125
August 05, 2016
amazing shot! would love to learn this technique! I am hooked on learning! please follow me and any tips you can give would be appreciated! you can message me.
Barbaka
August 07, 2016
This is absolutely Fantastic!!! Beautifully Creative!!! Awesome! It is like an Angel is about to appear on the stairs.
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paulatchinson
February 19, 2020
Hi - this image would be a great entry for my ‘LIGHT PAINTING’ challenge I have recently created.
Could I persuade to give it a go and enter?
The URL is viewbug.com/challenge/light-painting-photo-challenge-by-paulatchinson
To enter Go to my Viewbug Page - click on my avatar image - click on the link to CHALLENGES, then CREATED and choose ‘LIGHT PAINTING’.
I hope you enter and best of luck.
Paul
Could I persuade to give it a go and enter?
The URL is viewbug.com/challenge/light-painting-photo-challenge-by-paulatchinson
To enter Go to my Viewbug Page - click on my avatar image - click on the link to CHALLENGES, then CREATED and choose ‘LIGHT PAINTING’.
I hope you enter and best of luck.
Paul
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Location
My photo was taken inside the round tower of the napoleonic era fortifications in Old Portsmouth in the south of EnglandTime
Myself and a friend took one of our regular nighttime trips out to light paint. This one was about 9 in the evening. There were still a few sightseers around as the local area was lit up for Christmas. We had to time our efforts carefully.Lighting
The idea behind the shot was to get the wire wool sparks cascading down the narrow staircase, I decided to light the window recesses at the last minute to fill a gap in the lighting on that half of the chamber.Equipment
On that night I was using my Canon 70d with a 24-105mm f/4L lens. All mounted on my manfrotto tripod with ball head. The lighting was simply wirewool for the stairway and a couple of coloured LED lanterns for the window recesses.Inspiration
I'm always on the lookout for new places to shoot or old places to shoot in new ways, this was one of those. I just knew the narrow stone stairs and chambers of the fortifications would look great lit properly at night.Editing
Simple processing here, crop, contrast and levels, sharpen.In my camera bag
I now carry my Canon 5d mk3 mostly with 24-105mm f/4L and 70-200mm f/2.8L lenses.10 and 4 stop Hoya ND screw on filters, cable release, Hoya polariser. Spare memory and batteries. That's about it. I have other lens and flash guns but only take those out when I know I'll need them.Feedback
Find a spot you know well in the daytime for your first goes at nighttime shooting that way you'll know your way around and have a good idea of the best places to set up. Then experiment away. Light painting isn't always an exact science. Sometimes you'll surprise yourself. Take the time to get the right equipment to ensure when you're spinning wirewool you know it's going to stay put and not all fly off in one direction the first spin.
