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Published: 2003-12-11 12:06:41 +0000 UTC; Views: 4819; Favourites: 62; Downloads: 1339
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here's what happens when you mate light sabers with common flowers.
now, seriously: this is another picture from last night's session with ~raumzeit (check out his pictures as well, if you like this one).
my older 2 shots from this session are Beam me up, Scotty and Stoned Firefly
how this was done: as you can see below, it's a long exposure. i "drew" the flower with a LED flashlight, and the petals were done using the rear light of a bicyle. ~raumzeit took the picture.
the picture is totally unmanipulated BTW (other than the frame & logo).
inspiration for this picture came from a video by the Red Hot Chili Peppers - if anyone knows the name, please let me know. if you've seen it i'm sure you remember, as it looks quite awesome.
it turned out quite nicely IMHO. comments appreciated!
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wwwwwooooooowww love it!!!!
how u do that u using regular flashlight??
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great images you have.
How is it that when you take your exposure all this seconds that the "negative" wrights down the light from your flashlight, but doesn't catch you, who is standing still ?
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Lighting experimentation is cool!!!!!, i've done some... didnt upload them though
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hΓ€sch ja edl ane kriegt 
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This just flat out amuses me. Have you drawn any animals yet?
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well i imagine that at this time you just know the name of that videoclip but anyway , the name is [fortune faded], Great song, great videoclip and great photograph
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thanks a lot! yes, i do know the name, it's somewhere in the comments above.
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this is a great photo just like 'beam me up scotty' i really like it. BUT i always thought that when taking a picture with long exposure and you move around that you would 'fill up' the picture...??? i guess thats not what happens...
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hey, thanks a lot for commenting!
actually, when moving around in a long exposure picture, one becomes less "solid" /more transparent. you can see that clearly in Beam me up, Scotty , where my feet are rather solid (i hardly moved them), whereas my torso is nearly invisible, because i was bent over most of the time to do my thing with the LED headlamp...
one could go for other effects, like standing still, lighting oneself using a flash, move somewhere else, flash, and so forth...
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This " lightshow " is realy pretty..
What kind of light did you use??
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unglaublich wie ihr mit long exposure arbeitet !
diese formen.. bin total hin und weg
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danke! die ganzen long exposure sachen waren der anreiz zum fotografieren fuer mich... 
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hey thats pretty awsome, i think u did a really excellent job
well done
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Fortune Faded by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
I really really love all of your work man! Keep up the great work.
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yeah, Fortune Faded, that's the one!
thanks for your nice comment, i appreciate it!
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No problem, you're a real inspiration, you've caused me to want to go out and take some long exposure pictures of my own, thanks alot man!
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lovely idea, maybe try to make a tiny power flower around other real flowers?
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thanks! that's a good idea, gotta try it in spring... problem will be to find lights so small...
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those shutter times aren't that slow really, you must be drawing pretty fast!
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oooo! that's soo cool!! awesome effect!
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I am very happy to see a beautifull work like this. I think it's awesome how you manage to draw a flower, using two differents lights, for two differents colors. I'm impressed by a shot like this because I've been experimenting some long exposure shots recently with a 10-30 seconds shutter, using a lighter to draw my user name, I know how hard it is to do something blindly in the air in a short time. Your work is awesome, feel free to comment on my latest: Smokin' game
nice to know you
Philippe
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thanks for your comment!
yeah, it was kinda hard. the strange thing is, that most of the time the first attempt at something gives the best results (at least for me). this is also true for this shot. later attempts just didn't work out.
as for commenting on your latest piece, i just did.
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wow ... great pic
+fav
and original too
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a neon flower how cool
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it's in seconds, so 150/10 equals 15 seconds exposure.
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great idea. very nice!
nice. i also have to go for color on these kind of pictures...
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look who's here, my pal david.
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yes, i had, also ramtams
wenn isch di nΓΆchschti brΓΆtli / bΓ€nkli session? mΓΌes au wieder de bi si!
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noch nicht geplant, aber kommt sicher.
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thx mate. as usual, the first try produced the best picture, the following didn't turn out so well...
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jep... das chunt so richtig guet... hammer idee... verfolg das wieter...
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