Sunday, September 4, 2011

Light Painting, Long Exposures

I spent a week at Lake Ontario in Jefferson Park, NY. It gets pretty dark up there at night, so you can see more stars than we can in even a small town like Beacon. Light pollution blocks out stuff. But a long exposure up north in a darker area captures a few more stars.

With such a dark backdrop we could also do light painting with various light sources such as burning wood, sparklers, or small light sources like flashlights. Here's a sample of our work:

















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