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And some have asked what is light painting and how I do it

Lightpainting is a photographic technique in which exposures are made mostly long exposures so you need your camera on a steady surface such as a tripod. and by moving a hand-held light source this can be to to illuminate a subject, create light patterns, or to shine a point of light directly at the camera, another way is by moving the camera itself during exposure, something i havent tried intentionally myself, I have sometimes moved my camera while taking a long exposure and got some funky effects.
and for many me included, although I do edit all my photos I do not add any effects while edited just fine tune what a managed to catch.

For my light sourse I have two RGB critter flashlights, that can be set to shine in a variety of colors or patterns of colors, and some attachments I connect to these.

Each time I go out I am trying to get better with the images i create and i would like to think I am doing better than when I started but then I see some amazing light painting effects created by others and it inspires me to keep practicing and hopefully improving

One area I am still not happy with is trying to paint figures, I use the RGB critter and an acrylic writer attachment and try to draw lines all around my body, this one is better than some I have tried, but I need to work out how to do these better

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the last photo was oby a bench in Neds Point park in Mattapoisette and I got this next one by the lighthouse on the same day

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This one is also in Mattapoisette on a path called the Mattapoisette rail trail a great spot for walking and cyclists
that morning ended up being a frystrating morning, well I think it was the day I took this next one, I took this shot and then my remote for triggering the camera stopped working, and i guess I got a bit frustrated and add to that it was misty and my lens kept fogging up I did not get many goot shots that morning

PS the remote problem was just the battery died i changed battery when I got home and its now working fine

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and back at Fort Tabor for this last one

Since the clocks changed to fall back the sunrise has bene earlier so I havent been out early enough to do to much light painting, plus with ibeing down near to or below freezing point at sunrise the last few days I havent been out for any morning walks recently but I do look forward to keeping working to improve what I can get

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And that’s all folks

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