Glowing Spiral

Please refer to the "Technical Details" for how this photo was taken.

Please give honest comments, helping me to grow. Thank you very much.

Regards.

I find this to be an incredible image. I'm envious of your ability to imagine and execute this shot. How many attempts before you were satisfied? This received my first 7/7.

Alan,

 

I am really excited to receive your first 7/7.

I planned to take this shot after I have bought my flash (Nikon SB800), in order to experiment my flash.

 

At first I tried to take photos without the flash and get some approximate exposure of the "glowing tail". Then I tried to get the approximate exposure of the flash'd image by taking the static hand-held paper strip. Finally, I tried to combine both of the exposure data and tried the rear curtain flash mode. I have tried about 5 times, beginning with a shorter exposure time.

 

Focal length: 50mm

F-number: f/9

Exposure time: 1/2s

ISO: 250

 

Finally, I have enhanced the contrast by a little bit in PS.

 

Once again, thank you for your affirmation. Do feel free to browse my portfolio and leave comments.

 

Regards. John

Damned near brilliant John!

Wonderful image!

This is an image of a wonderful light and composition and so pleasant to view

 

 

Wishing you all of the best my friend