Painting With Light

© Les Rhoades

Painting With Light

Uploaded: November 18, 2007 00:12:47

Description

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Only entered in Digital Darkroom because I layered on part of the paint brush.

90% Original


Comments

Su Sana E. P level-classic November 18, 2007

Very interesting concept and excellent execution, Les!! Creative and original work!! #789280

Lynne Morris November 18, 2007

Fantastic image Les, very creative and wonderful colours, great work! #5089159

Abdullah H. Alshehri November 18, 2007

A wonderful idea ... Many liked #5089231

Philippe Vieux-Jeanton November 18, 2007

Very cool, nice work Les!! #5089232

Ray Clarke November 18, 2007

Very creative Les, wonderful shades of blue #5089253

Colleen Braun November 18, 2007

kool... #5089298

Pat Gamwell November 18, 2007

"Painting outside the lines" is great fun, Les! This is terrific...! #5089314

Katarina Mansson November 18, 2007

Cool! #5089445

Colette M. Metcalf November 18, 2007

Very cool image!! #5089521

Tiia Vissak November 18, 2007

Wow! Very original! Great colors & details! #5089529

Dr Silly level-classic November 18, 2007

Pretty cool Les. Love the color. :O)
#5089623

Amanda Chapman November 18, 2007

C R E A T I V E !!!! #5089705

Dominick M. Dimacale level-addict November 18, 2007

This is lovely, Les.


Dominick #5089721

Corinne M. Thompson November 18, 2007

Very original and ver well done! #5089892

Wally Orlowsky November 18, 2007

Terrific concept, color, and glow, Les ... I'd say it's 100% original ;) #5090084

Aleksandra Miesak November 18, 2007

Great idea and so well executed! #5090095

Joy Rector November 18, 2007

fantastic #5090633

Susan M. Hembree November 18, 2007

Cool shot, Les! #5090686

Mitch Spence level-classic November 18, 2007

Fun, indeed, Les, and very nice. #5090981

Michelle L. Frick November 18, 2007

Beautifully done Les! Terrific interpreation! #5091484

Michelle L. Frick November 18, 2007

Oh - my spelling - yikes! Interpretation! Try that again!! LOL #5091487

Marcie A. Fowler November 19, 2007

Awesome creativity displayed here Les. #5095590

Amber Kennedy November 19, 2007

Great image ..great work! #5096225

Sheryl A. Hudson level-classic November 19, 2007

Very creative Les! #5099277

Les Rhoades level-classic November 19, 2007

How did I shoot the photo?

It is not neon with a blur. The “blur” you see is light scatter from the edge of the flashlight I used.
Read on: In a completely dark room I placed the paint brush on a large piece of white poster board, adjusted my camera settings to a desired f/stop ( I think f/8), connected my shutter release cable to the camera and with a small pen light started writing on the board. I did this maybe 20 times (different shots/exposures) and then went to my computer to see what I got. I like the light trails best in the shot you see here, but the handle of the brush was almost completely dark so that is why with a separate layer I added a more exposed section of the brush. You know…from a different exposure. I never moved the brush or camera so all the photos overlapped nicely.
I shot the photo in RAW and processed it with Adobe Lightroom and adjusted the white balance to tungsten. What I didn’t add in the description is that I did give the “original white light” the blue color with a color layer. So really the image is three layers; the original image, plus part of the brush, plus the color added.
I hope the final image looks easy to reproduce, but it really did take me a couple of hours from start to finish. It was an afternoon project to see what I could get. Just having fun!
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November 20, 2007

Awesome, Les!!!
#5100002

Jennifer L. Alder December 19, 2007

Gorgeous finalist, Les! CONGRATS
:) #5228783

Shawn Jennings December 19, 2007

Very cool, Les! Congratulations on your finalist! #5229313

Mitch Spence level-classic December 19, 2007

Congratulations, Les. Good for you. #5230139

Bob Cournoyer level-classic December 19, 2007

And again, congrats, Les... :-) #5231046

Joan Powell December 19, 2007

Congrats on your fabulous image !!! #5231385

Su Sana E. P level-classic December 19, 2007

Congratulations on this wonderful Finalist, Les!! #5231401

Pat Gamwell December 20, 2007

Congrats on all of your finalists, Les! I didn't have time to comment between finalists and winners! Everyone in the office is probably taking a long Christmas vacation! #5233053

Michelle Alton December 20, 2007

Brilliant Finalist, Les! I love the creativity on this one.
Michelle #5233203

Susan Fox December 20, 2007

Congratulations on your finalist Les! #5236226

Datha Y. Thompson December 20, 2007

So Creative and AWESOME Les!! Congratulations again :0) WTG #5236951

Lorraine A. Cook December 20, 2007

Beautiful Finalist! Congrats, Les!<:)) #5237264

Philippe Vieux-Jeanton December 20, 2007

Big congratulations Les!!! #5237530

eileen bedford December 21, 2007

Congratulations on this Great Finalist... #5239102

Chris Budny level-deluxe December 21, 2007

Congratulations, Les, on your creative Finalist; I've enjoyed your various brush images! #5239145

Linda Blair December 21, 2007

Congratulations....very cool and creative!!!!! ☺ #5239608

Corinne M. Thompson December 21, 2007

Congrats on your Finalist Les! #5241608

Susan M. Hembree December 30, 2007

Let's brush on success! Great job, Les! Congratulations on your finalist! #5268326

M.Christine Duncan April 12, 2008

The phrase, "You ROCK guy!!!" comes to mind, lol. #5779112

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