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The following was added at a later date in the hope that it will be helpful if anyone wishes to try something similar to this, or use either or both of the techniques used to achieve it.
This is a composite comprising two exposures.
(I recommend shooting RAW if you have the option because it gives you a lot more data to work with in processing, your camera doesn't get the chance to decide for you what processing you want done before you get your own say in it, and any processing you do is far less likely to cause problems like unsightly banding.)
In the first one, I propped my hand up, lit it from above with a small, round, LED emergency light.
The second shot is the falling star.
The star itself is a Christmas tree ornament of clear, uncoloured, acrylic plastic. It was suspended from the boom of a microphone stand.
To obtain the colour, I made a white screen on my computer. I fitted a circular polarising filter to my lens, pointed it at the white screen and twisted the filter round until the white screen went black. That makes the colours in the star happen.
I couldn't get the background evenly dark, so made the necessary adjustments (and turned it midnight blue) in processing. I also cloned out the thread that was used to hang the star.
The whooshy bit was done by moving the camera whilst shooting at a slow shutter speed with the ISO set at 100. You'll need to experiment; light sources and the speed at which you move the camera will dictate the best shutter speed but I suggest you try setting a speed of 1 second for starters and go from there.
I moved the camera across the screen - from side to side and in a wave - in order to make the longest possible whoosh, then rotated the photo through 90 degrees in processing.
I'm not posting much now but still visit quite frequently, so if there's anything I can help with, please post a comment below.
Have fun!
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@pflaume@pflaume Thank you, Lisa. Two shots. One, my hand lit with led light. Two, plastic star ornament against blank, white computer screen. Polarising filter on lens, turned til screen goes black, to get the colours. Moved the camera to get the light waves, shot horizontally to get the length of swirl, and rotated through 90 degrees.
Hope that makes sense.
Stunning shot! It's the kind of shot that wins in the Google + scavenger hunt. I'm always in awe of the people that know exactly how they want the finished shot to look, then take the steps to make it happen - brava!
Hope that makes sense.
Sat in a cafe bar on la playa and it is 18 degrees ish, slept so well last night:0). Thanks for the wonderful comments cx
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