Light painting

Been wanting to give this a try for a long time. It happened to be a challenge this week for a group I belong to on Flickr (never submitted to this group before, although I have been a member for quite a while). I have kept a coke bottle with the name of my youngest son on it with the idea to use it for light painting.

You need:

• a very dark room
• flash light/ light stick
• tripod
• I recommend a black backdrop
• ISO 200 works fine
• long shutter speed - I used 30 seconds
• aperture f/8
• an assistent - I didn't have one :)

Found some good tips here!

Orbs

Haven't entered anything here for a long time, but discovered how to create orbs today! (thanks to Crow on Flickr)

Whatever program you're using, start with a square-cropped image. Some will work nicely, others may not work as well. Under Effects, select "Distortion," and then select "Polar Coordinates."

1) Convert Polar to Rectangle.
2) Flip the image
3) Convert Rectangle to Polar.