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Playing with a light-wand
« on: December 23, 2008, 08:49:03 pm »
So I cleaned baby today, and had some fun with a lightwand and the exposure settings on my 400D:




You can see my S3 intercooler glinting in this one :D




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Re: Playing with a light-wand
« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2008, 08:52:22 pm »
How is that done!!!

I wanna go!
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Re: Playing with a light-wand
« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2008, 09:08:36 pm »
Playing with a lightwand :D
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Re: Playing with a light-wand
« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2008, 09:08:45 pm »
great shots, i love em!
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Re: Playing with a light-wand
« Reply #4 on: December 23, 2008, 09:09:16 pm »
that is so clever, how do u do it, or can i email you a photo for you to wave youre magic wand at it  :wink:  sorry about the poor pun  :wink:
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Re: Playing with a light-wand
« Reply #5 on: December 23, 2008, 09:19:12 pm »
Very cool pics there, I love playing with light in night shots :)
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Re: Playing with a light-wand
« Reply #6 on: December 23, 2008, 09:23:02 pm »
You use a stick that glows like a torch bit like those things you see crewman using to help land/take off aircraft that they wave about in their hands.

Then you adjust the shutter speed. If you use a fast shutter speed at say F1, you get a clean sharp picture of the car. If you use a slow shutter speed, the car appears a little blurred, so it looks like it's moving.

Don't think it can be PSed properly though.
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Re: Playing with a light-wand
« Reply #7 on: December 23, 2008, 09:34:46 pm »
Quote from: Top Cat on December 23, 2008, 09:08:45 pm
great shots, i love em!

Afraid not, as stealthwolf notes, it's something you have to do IRL. A lightwand is basically a long... thing with a bunch of white LEDs on it, used for vehicle/paint inspections and the like. I set my camera to a very long exposure (and a few other settings) and ran around the vehicle with the lightwand. No photoshop at all in this!
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Re: Playing with a light-wand
« Reply #8 on: January 03, 2009, 11:03:22 pm »
That looks amazing, great shots there :happy2:
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Re: Playing with a light-wand
« Reply #9 on: January 03, 2009, 11:15:42 pm »
They look amazing, i got a d40 and had a play about writing my name with a torch, did'nt come out quite as good as yours but i'm still learning.


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Re: Playing with a light-wand
« Reply #10 on: January 03, 2009, 11:22:46 pm »
cool.....
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Re: Playing with a light-wand
« Reply #11 on: January 03, 2009, 11:31:50 pm »
Very cool John!
How did you not appear in the image though?

Nice Redrow Kitchen there? ;)
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Re: Playing with a light-wand
« Reply #12 on: January 03, 2009, 11:50:33 pm »
Quote from: CocoPops on January 03, 2009, 11:31:50 pm
Very cool John!
How did you not appear in the image though?

Nice Redrow Kitchen there? ;)

Ha Ha can't believe you could tell it's a redrow kitchen pmsl :laugh: :laugh:, as for the pic it's just the setting on the camera that picks up light so you open the shutter do what you gotta do get out of the way then close the shutter.
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Re: Playing with a light-wand
« Reply #13 on: January 03, 2009, 11:55:28 pm »
very good pics there lads :drool: I could do with a good sig. eny offers welcome :happy2:
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Re: Playing with a light-wand
« Reply #14 on: January 03, 2009, 11:58:52 pm »
Quote from: jt1 on January 03, 2009, 11:50:33 pm
Ha Ha can't believe you could tell it's a redrow kitchen pmsl

It's because we have the same units/oven/etc hehe in our Redrow house!
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