Rennes surroundings (part 2) - Lightpainting on Hive

[dawnoner]

Hello!

During spring, I spent a couple of days driving my van around the city of Rennes.

I met friends and made some lightpainting during the night when the weather was nice.

One night, I've been to this very nice windmill which was fully restored only a couple of weeks before my visit. I spent a very nice moment here.

281s 16mm f/6.3 100 ISO

Lightpainting created in real time, captured to the camera in one single photographic frame. SOOC
No layers /no Photoshop / no editing except minor adjustments and addition of my logo.

Gear :
Canon EOS 6D body
Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L IS II USM lens
Canon RC-E6 IR remote
Zomei carbon tripod

June 2025

WHAT IS LIGHTPAINTING?
Lightpainting 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.

Single exposure Light Art Photography
/nolayer /notricks /nophotoshop

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Comments

[thepatriotblog]

Love the capture of the moving light here.

[dawnoner]

Thanks a lot @thepatriotblog :)

[jazlove]

Your lightpainting sounds really cool. I love that you visited the windmill and captured it with this technique. Night photography like that must be so much fun.

[dawnoner]

Oh yeah, It's really nice to do lightpainting sessions on such cool locations. Outdoor lightpaiting gives me a lot of joy while doing it. Thanks for your feedback @jazlove

[visualshots]

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[kadr-pokaze]

You managed to paint some very beautiful patterns. What light sources did you use and how long was the exposure?

[dawnoner]

Thanks @kadr-pokaze.
I used a home-made RGB LED stripe, a single orange LED, a small flashlight with a couple of diffusers (orange and white) and a powerful flashlight for ambient lighting.
You have camera settings in description.