at a family dinner at my girlfriends. remembered about the fences challenge so i went outside into the pouring rain with a giant flashlight and my new tripod and camera and just started putting it in bulb and light painting(it was my first time).
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Nice first attempt! My husband and I (managed to coax him to come with) literally came back from running around the woods in the pitch dark 10 minutes ago after trying the same thing. I had scoped out a really nice spot during the day but unfortunately my flashlight was not bright enough so it kinda flopped. I will try again though as I have seen some amazing effects created by others.
Hey there, thanks for the comment! I was just checking out your picture last night, too! I really like yours - the way you've lit up the fence really makes it stand out and makes it seem... mysterious is not the right word, but something very much like mysterious.
What I like:
The way your subject(s) stand out from the dark background. It gives the whole image a very moody feel to it.
The exposure is great, especially for your first light painting attempt.
What I would work on:
There are too many conflicting subjects in the photo. I see the fence as one, the tree as another, and the distant sky as a third. None of them seem to relate to one another nor enhance one another.
While visually pleasing, I don't get a sense of a story from the image. I'm wondering what you saw in this image that made you take it? If there wasn't a 'fence' theme, would you have taken this image anyway? Your title seems to allude to a story, but I don't see how this fence is 'forgotten'.
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