Advent Advent...my thumb is burning - Lightpainting on Hive

Hi folks,

first of all, I wish you a happy 1st Advent, stay healthy!

This image was taken very spontaneously when I saw a Christmas commercial. 🎄

The realisation of the image idea turned out to be difficult and the night turned into a nightmare. The biggest difficulty for me was to hold my left hand in the picture as a model hand (the thumb had to be in the right place) and at the same time blow a portion of vape into the scene while the camera was triggered and the flash was fired. After many frustrating attempts in two nights, this is the best result I can show you today. I think there is much more possible, especially if you have one helping hand more.😉

Settings, Tools & more :

2 Tripods (one for the Hand/thumb, one for the flame) 2 Flashes with blue and orange gels, a candle, torch with red colour filter for the stars

Set 1 / Tripod 1
for the thumb up scene
f/13
ISO 100
58 mm
Flashes: 1/128 (orange and blue gels for the flashes)
for the stars
f/18

To change the aperture during exposure, a manual lens is required!

Set 2 / Tripod 2
for the flame
f/22
Exposure time: 0,5 sec.

I hope you enjoyed this short discription. Wish you all a nice and creative sunday.

Stepko

The image was taken in several steps, during a longexposure. Nothing is added or removed in post processing.

What is lightpainting?

Light painting is a photographic technique in which exposures are made by moving a hand-held light source while taking a long exposure photograph, either to illuminate a subject or to shine a point of light directly at the camera, or by moving the camera itself during exposure. Nothing is added or removed in post processing.

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