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Light Painting

by Michael Thomas. Photo Contest Winner.

Camera Canon EOS 5D
Lens Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
ISO 100
Aperture f/18
Shutter 164 sec
Notes Shot on a Canon 5D with Canon 17-40mm f/4 lens (before I switched to Nikon).

Exposure was f/18 at 164 seconds at ISO 100. This is at the Cadillac Ranch outside of Amarillo, Texas. I used a Q-beam 1m candlepower spot light and only took two shots before the sun came up. This was my first shot and I just estimated the time exposure on each car since it was getting light FAST. I had run out of time because I got to the site much later than I wanted while driving back to Texas from Colorado. I will shoot this again because the cars look different each time because they are repainted almost everyday. I ran it through Lightroom and basically increased the contrast, saturation and exposure a little.


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