is photography simply painting with light?

DotOrg

as if so, that's all i did in this photo:
what do you think of it. i might print a big 18x12 print to frame i think

K!LL!@N

Nice, i like it.
How long was the exposure?

Killian

jArgHA

Lovey image! How did you get the extremely dense field of lines at the bottom right of the image ?

I remember playing around with light sources in the dark a few years back. I tied a torch (which was masked except for a tiny pin-hole of light) to a string which hung from the ceiling, put the camera on the ground looking up with a wide angle lens and then exposed for a few minutes whilst sending the torch in all directions. It was great craic and got some good results but nothing quite as colourful as your image above.

jAH

Benster

Very eye-catching.

How did you get the different colours? Putting a coloured plastic sheet over the torch or even over the lens?

And some of the lines look thicker and out of focus. Did you come closer to the camera during the exposure?

Or is it some fancy CGI program?

Nice one, anyway.

B.

DotOrg

no tricks or filters, just a 30 second exposure at f8 at iso 100 in whelans on wexford street.

nobody in the place as it was after a soundcheck but before the doors opened. the stage had fairy lights,spotlights and the little power on lights on the amps and different musical equipment stuff on the stage. lots of practising to get the varied lights into the same shot to look interesting like that

fester

Great picture, lovely colours and balance.

I can’t imagine you’d be able to visualise the results when taking a picture like this. Were you surprised with the results?

DotOrg

it was kind of guessing but i did different shots of the lights seperately such as the one below and then when i knew the times it took to get a nice effect i combined the different areas of light on the one frame. they didn't all turn out as well but no, it wasn't just luck

alleepally

Very creative and striking image. Good job!!!