Thanks for the explanations and pics kitj and Brianja. Always fun to learn from fellow enthusiasts.

 

Great shot. Looks like aliens were about to take it off to space.

 

did you just walk from front to end or vis versa with in the 30 seconds?

 

Looks great, thanks for sharing and keep 'em coming!

 

Nice shot! I might just recommend adjusting the white balance on the background to a cooler tone more similar to the LED lighting.

 

cool shot

 

Typically that is how these shots are done.

With the long exposure it gives you plenty of time to move through the frame without being visible. You literally "paint" the car with the light source. It looks like kitw took a more circuitous route around the car to make certain that particular areas were highlighted.

If you look closely you can see the source moving through the air in the far right of the frame (two parallel lines of light). I would guess that for that short period of time the source partially faced the camera.

 

Nice!

 

Agreed.

 

Looking good, Kit! Love night shots.

 

Yeah, I was in a hurry to share and wasn't careful with my post processing yet. This was just one image, I have a few that I will combine and do a cleaner job of editing out some of the artifacts.

 

beautiful pics. Wonderful comments and suggestions. Santa left us an entry-level dlsr this year after a (required) class in digital forensic preservation & analysis last year. Light-painting is a necessary tool for first responders to record evidence, among a myriad of other professional needs/uses inluding enthusiast portraits, I'm learning. Oh anyway, just a wonderful discussion you guys. Thanks for the examples, tips and insight. And, that is a gorgeous Porsche!!

 

Can't wait to see the final product! I would have been anxious to post up some early results too.

 

Beautiful pictures! Car looks great!

 

Great shots, and beautiful car. Love Agate more every time I see one (and pics like this certainly help).