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light trails but not like before
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i really like that effect, my fav would have to be number 1 as to me it looks more like it's portraying movement,
i would like to see if you can try and get a ball effect (rotate through the y-axis as well) but would that just come out as a red ball ? who knows,
i want this fan
i would like to see if you can try and get a ball effect (rotate through the y-axis as well) but would that just come out as a red ball ? who knows,
i want this fan
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that's really creative. the first thought that came to my mind was ''how did he do that?''
hahah. now u said it was a fan, yeah its creative.
hahah. now u said it was a fan, yeah its creative.
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You mean like this?
Search flickr for "light orb" this was my first one as a test in my back garden to check if the lights I'd just made would work not the best quality
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Most excellent. Both great.
Problem is, just scoured all the photo mags and can't seem to find a cupboard in the accesories.
Try DFS sales
Nice idea and some good pics, but I have to say if I was a parent at your school I might get a little worried about a teacher who locks himself in a cupboard with the toys
You mean like this?
Search flickr for "light orb" this was my first one as a test in my back garden to check if the lights I'd just made would work not the best quality
yes that is exactly what i meant, annoyingly my parents have put security lights over our back garden so its too bright to do myself, i'll find a way...
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You don't have to use your back garden or do it when it's pitch black, this shot was only to make sure I had wired the led's the right way around and that I could make an orb, if you have a look over on flickr there are many examples of light orbs many of them stunning.
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Try putting your camera on its tripod, very low to the ground looking straight up, under a ceiling light. Pull curtains and close the door, tight. Shut out all extraneous light.
Get a mimi maglite (I use an AA one) and take the lens off to leave bare bulb, hang it off the ceiling light fitting on a piece of string.
Set camera on long exposure....3 secs, 4 secs, something like that - 10 secs if you like. Experiment.
Set lens to about 28mm and f8, focus on the bulb of the torch.
Turn out the lights. Trip shutter but leave lens cap on! Turn on the torch (might mean taking the lens off now and not earlier, it is a long time since I used one!)
Swing the torch on the string and let it swing round in circles - don't interfere and leave it swinging. It will go round and round in ever decreasing circles. Take off the lens cap as it is on the swing and leave it there while the bulb burns the trails onto your "film".
If you use straight coloured gels over the lens you can change the colour of the trails as the bulb is swinging. After first swing - check and adjust as necessary. You might want a longer lens setting and less/more aperture. All depends on your film speed and how bright your torch is.
Get a mimi maglite (I use an AA one) and take the lens off to leave bare bulb, hang it off the ceiling light fitting on a piece of string.
Set camera on long exposure....3 secs, 4 secs, something like that - 10 secs if you like. Experiment.
Set lens to about 28mm and f8, focus on the bulb of the torch.
Turn out the lights. Trip shutter but leave lens cap on! Turn on the torch (might mean taking the lens off now and not earlier, it is a long time since I used one!)
Swing the torch on the string and let it swing round in circles - don't interfere and leave it swinging. It will go round and round in ever decreasing circles. Take off the lens cap as it is on the swing and leave it there while the bulb burns the trails onto your "film".
If you use straight coloured gels over the lens you can change the colour of the trails as the bulb is swinging. After first swing - check and adjust as necessary. You might want a longer lens setting and less/more aperture. All depends on your film speed and how bright your torch is.
