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Offline Dan n Nic

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Glowstick ptotography (Light Trails)
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Re: Glowstick ptotography (Light Trails)
« Reply #1 on: 12 April 2013, 16:13 »
Wow, they are amazing, what a great idea!
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Re: Glowstick ptotography (Light Trails)
« Reply #2 on: 12 April 2013, 18:38 »
saw this in the paper the other day.

also saw something similar where climbers had lights on there head looked well good
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Re: Glowstick ptotography (Light Trails)
« Reply #3 on: 12 April 2013, 21:37 »
Gorgeous images.
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Re: Glowstick ptotography (Light Trails)
« Reply #4 on: 13 April 2013, 17:11 »
Very Cool.  :cool:
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Re: Glowstick ptotography (Light Trails)
« Reply #5 on: 19 April 2013, 02:58 »
I tried this, this evening.

It didn't turn out exactly as I'd wanted...





It was pretty cold going in there to fish them out too.
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Re: Glowstick ptotography (Light Trails)
« Reply #6 on: 19 April 2013, 08:28 »
Was the water moving a little bit to fast? Not enough glow sticks?
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Re: Glowstick ptotography (Light Trails)
« Reply #7 on: 19 April 2013, 09:29 »
Top one is good, but if you used a flash to light up the arch it'd be a cracker!
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Re: Glowstick ptotography (Light Trails)
« Reply #8 on: 19 April 2013, 10:36 »
The water wasn't moving fast enough so I couldn't get them to float properly.

I bought 50 glow sticks and it looked best with about 10.


I actually used two speedlites on the arch, but I had to use it super low because otherwise they overpowered the glow sticks.  That's one of the reasons the water isn't as milky as I'd liked.

The first location I tried, the water was flowing perfectly and the shot was way more interesting but there was a lamppost making it too bright to see the glowsticks.  I might try again, but put a reflector up by the lamp to get rid of the light.
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Re: Glowstick ptotography (Light Trails)
« Reply #9 on: 19 April 2013, 11:11 »
The top one is the best.

You could do a composite. Shoot once for the glow sticks, then shoot again with your speedlites set to expose the arch.

Did you fish the glowsticks out of the water afterwards? Otherwise it's quite a bit of non-biodegradable waste.
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