Tag: light painting

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Light a fire.

On By dalecooper57In editing and effects, photography10 Comments

For this week’s foray into flammable photography, The Cosmic Photo Challenge is based on the prompt; Light a fire.

I tried out some long exposures, giving this gently crackling fire drum the look of a ferocious blast furnace (see final picture for original fire with no effects and guitarist for scale)

Were the fires of creativity burning for you this week? Let’s see what you have to share with us…

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To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.
Tag your posts with #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge.

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: On the road.

On By dalecooper57In editing and effects, photography20 Comments

I have a confession to make; when I set the prompt for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge, I already knew I was going to be; On the road.

I returned our American visitor to the airport, very early on Saturday morning, after which I was hoping to catch some impressive sunrise shots on the way home, but it was not to be.

The day dawned grey and foggy, so I had to improvise, eventually deciding to experiment with long exposures of traffic on the motorway.

I took several shots from a footbridge over the M4 and the rest were captured with my phone safely attached to a mount on the windscreen (the unintentional blurring of the backgrounds is due to vibration) but possibly still don’t try this at home. ;~}

Where did your weekend road trip take you..?

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To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.

Tag your posts with  #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge.

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Action shots.

On By dalecooper57In editing and effects, nature photography, photography13 Comments

Your mission on The Cosmic Photo Challenge today, if you choose to accept it, is to provide us with; Action shots.

I have to admit to taking advantage of hosting this week, already having some photos in mind when I set the prompt, but I did conduct one or two new experiments, too.

Most of my shots concern the always entertaining herring gull chicks at work, specifically their eagerness to consume any morsels of food on offer.

They’re very keen on fruit loaf and bagels, here’s two siblings fighting over scraps…

…and here’s a sequence I like, particularly for the expression of concentration on the mum as she watches the bread from behind her chick.

Then there’s this verrrrrrrry sloooowwww action shot, taken in the hope of capturing the Perseid meteor shower.

Alas, all I caught were stars, still pretty cool, though.

And here are a couple of new long exposures, made using an old Zippo lighter

Now let’s see yours, it’s time for lights, camera, action!

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To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.

Tag your posts with  #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge.

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: The returning of the light.

On By dalecooper57In editing and effects, photography7 Comments

Hello, it’s time for The Cosmic Photo Challenge once more, this week built around the theme of; The returning of the light.

As I said on Friday, I based the prompt on the fact that the days are getting longer, the evenings are getting brighter, etc etc…

And the weekend was a total washout.

Yes, the photo challenge weather jinx struck again, so I only managed to grab a couple of shots on a brief walk between downpours, when the light did finally make an appearance just before sunset.

I also concocted two more light painting experiments in the shed.

Did you find the light fantastic, or were you left in the dark like me? Show us your photos and brighten our Monday, it’s easy when you know how…

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To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.

Tag your posts with  #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge.

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: From my window.

On By dalecooper57In editing and effects, photography10 Comments

This week on The Cosmic Photo Challenge, I asked you to use this prompt to inspire your images; From my window.

That’s your window, obviously, not mine, but I’m sure you worked that out already, since I didn’t see any strangers taking photos from inside our flat at the weekend.

Just for a change I took the obscure route, because I can and it’s more fun. I used long exposures and a flashlight to do a spot of “light painting”; illuminating multiple images of myself while outside the window, then painting the frames in the same way, inside the darkened room afterwards.

I also captured (through my car window) what is without doubt, THE most egregious use of misplaced apostrophes I’ve ever had the teeth-grinding misfortune to witness.

Three words.

All of them wrong.

All. Three.

*edit: see comment below regarding this photo, I’m not entirely certain of its veracity, but it made me laugh, nonetheless.

How did your peek into the outside world go, let’s have a look through your windows…

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To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.

Tag your posts with  #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge.

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: ‘Tis the season.

On By dalecooper57In editing and effects, photography14 Comments

A very happy Monday to you, one and all, from The Cosmic Photo Challenge‘s Christmas grotto of festive images, themed today around the prompt; ‘Tis the season.

For my contribution, here are a few photos of our tree and some illuminated decorations in the dark, with which I did a spot of light painting, inspired by last week’s traffic trails.

How are your holiday preparations coming along, can we have a look..?

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To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.

Tag your posts with  #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge.

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: A cold start.

On By dalecooper57In editing and effects, photography8 Comments

Good morning, I hope you’re all refreshed after a couple of days break and ready to face another round of The Cosmic Photo Challenge, this week themed around the prompt; A cold start.

I gave Rhonda a lift to work at 6.30 yesterday morning, so it was still pitch dark (and appropriately, bloody freezing) when I went looking for inspiration, above and beside the roads just outside Barnstaple.

I took several long exposures from bridges and lay-bys, of car headlights passing in the slowly lightening gloom of dawn.

Where did you find your chilled images at the weekend, can we have a look..?

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To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.

Tag your posts with  #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge.