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In A Galaxy Far Far Away
by Techo
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28-FEB-2006 Techo

2nd
In A Galaxy Far Far Away
by Techo

F/11, 131sec, iso200 @ 18mm
PS work: tilt, crop, sharpen, photo filter(for blue), boost of saturation, resize, sharpen again.

I've always wanted to try this out but wanted to put some kind of twist on it.

Toss a small LED flashlight around on a rope attached to something, put the camera under it , point up and fire away is pretty much the technic :) I read if you're using a bigger light source, place/tape a piece of cardboard with small hole in it to the end of the light source.

But really, this shot was a bit more complicated... This one took at least 3 tosses. Between each toss cover the lens with a piece of cardboard, just in case the toss is bad and after each toss wait a bit for the path to smooth out. I applied a PS Photo Color Filter to get the blue hue you see here.


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ctfchallenge14-Aug-2006 23:57
this is just too cool! brings back memories of my old Spirograph set :)
I was playing around with some laser pointer ideas for this challenge, but now seeing this I'll have to try your technique instead sometime. great idea, and beautiful result! - b.c.
ctfchallenge14-Aug-2006 22:17
Thank you Sharon :)
I had a lot of fun taking this shot, but required a lot of patience as well.

-Techo
ctfchallenge12-Aug-2006 20:02
Wow! And here I thought you were posting some sort of computer art! This is really wonderful, Techo and something I can't wait to try myself. Thanks so much for the tutorial. That is the best sharp blur I have ever seen! ~Sharon