Secrets | Feb. 26, 2013 | 9:00pm | Rexburg, ID | Manual | f/5.6 | 6.0 | Canon EOS Rebel T3
This is yet another variation on my light painting. This one will be printed at 20 x 30 and framed to hang in the Spori. My rommate Brit and I made this using a small pocket light. I first focused the camera with the lights on, then, still holding the focus, turned off the light and pushed all the way on the trigger to take the shot. During the six minutes that my shutter remained open, Brit used the pocket light to briefly splash the mask, candy dish, lantern and the candle with light. Behind the lantern you can see a light trail left by the brief moment her light shined directly into the camera lens. As you can tell from my earlier posts, I have several variations of this scene, because each time we shot the lighting and colors turned out very differently. I ultimately decided to print this one because I think the focus in this image is better than that of the others, and I love the shade of purple on the candle in the back and hints of blue in the lantern. I used the lasso tool and content aware fill to remove a label from then lantern, boosted the vibrancy, and added a dark vignette in Camera Raw to soften the edges and keep the eye from wandering off the edge of the image.
Original:
Secrets Original