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had my first play with the painting with light technique. i think it turned out pretty well. please lety me know what you think. thanks.

Superb Nathan, very nice indeed, good colour saturation of the machine.

Cheers

Wow, that did turn out really well.... how did you go about doing that!?

thanks guys

MattyO, i used a long exposure of 20 secs and used a torch to reflect light of the escavator so the camera could pick it up. and because of the long exposure the sky is shown quite nicely as well.

One word: WOW!

Especially when you tell us your technique - well done, an inspiration and some great shared learning

What type of torch did you use.... I suppose you need to be even with the painting of the subject or else there will be under and over exposed patches in the final result....

How did you manage to get such a good result?

Very nicely lit!

Good stuff, the composition works well here and the exposure is just right.

sheepie wrote:One word:
Especially when you tell us your technique - well done, an inspiration and some great shared learning

interesting you say that sheepie, because i was only inspired to do this because of other people having used this technique and sharing how they did it on this forum!

MattyO, i just used a small handheld torch (one of the small ones that take 2 D batteries) and just went over the escavator in a circular motion making sure to cover it equally. hope that helps.

thanks for all your comments, very much appreciated!

Nicely done, a lovely exposure, well done.

I agree with everything that's been said already.
An excellent result.
Cheers
John

That's a superb result. Love it.

Alex

thanks for the great replies guys!

Very effective...good colour balance.

NJ - great job - and such a nice even paint with light !!! BTW - just checked your exif = was a 30 second exposure

Good stuff
Rel

ahaha thanks rel, i should really check my facts before blurting them out

nice shot there and interesting technique! hmm.. now i just need to find a place to try it out!

-julz

thanks! yeh i had to pbe patient until i found an appropriate subject as well

Nice work Nathan. Certainly shows great lighting and the night sky looks great too.
Cheers, Mick

Now that's bringing your subject to life!

Nice work and a great technique

thanks very much guys! im blown away with all these kind comments! wasnt expecting such a responce!