Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Painting with Light: Wooden Boats

This image of two antique, wooden speedboats was an experiment with the "painting with light" technique.  Each boat was photographed separately at night in a dark boathouse and composited later to make one image.  The camera was mounted on a tripod and the shutter held open for 30 seconds.  During the exposure I "painted" light onto the decks with a handheld flashlight.  Some light spilled onto  the docks so I had to darken those parts in the post-production work.  The boats were floating and this allowed for some slight movement during the 30 seconds.  From the many exposures that were made I was able to select a couple that had no perceptible movement.  24mm lens at f/8 for all.  ISO was 200 for some and 320 for others.
The boat on the left is a 1936 Gar Wood triple-cockpit runabout and the other boat is a 1930 HackerCraft triple-cockpit runabout.

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