light work

@pLusOne: Ha ha! Yes, its a simple technique but it took some time to get it right!

@Faramarz: Thank you =D)

@Marta: =D)

@babak: Thank you very much Babak. There are better out there though; just put 'light graffiti' into Google (or Blackle if you're enviromentally friendly).

@Viewfinder: Wow, thanks! Great comment VF =D)

@danthro: Thanks danthro, light graffiti is a simple technique; just tripod the camera, set it to a wide aperture and a 30sec exposure then grab a torch and start playing.

There's a metecafe tutorial on it (just type light graffiti into google) that reccommends you use different coloured lights but I found it easier to use a blue/white modified LED mag-light and then alter the colour in Photoshop.

@Graham Russon: Hi, thanks for the comment. Its really just a case of 'drawing' with a torch or different coloured torches over a long exposure and a wide aperture. I had the camera on a tripod and shot first the grass, then the stem, the center and then the petals.

In photoshop just drag and drop the layers on top of eachother and change the blending mode to lighten. Voi la! I didn't have different coloured torches so I messed around with layer masks and hue/sat adjustment levels.

The DRphoto part is actually a seperate (vertical) shot which I crudely blended in with this collage.

@Ronnie 2¢: Hey thanks Ronnie =D) this is just my first attempt, I wanted to see exactly how to do it. I think there is a lot of potential if I can get better with the torch and come prepared with some ideas!

@Tracey: Thanks Tracey, I found working with layers easier than trying to nail it all in one go!

@MadScientist: Thankks, that was mostly post processing but I think the media lends itself to such treatment =D)

@Jarrard: Thank you!

@amy: Thanks Amy =D) Don't worry, there's no rush for the info - I'm just curious!

@Stu: Thanks Stu, I will certainly be having another crack at this sometime =D)

@pedro alexandre: Thanks Pedro =D)