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Grid Line Chief: Painting with Headlights

This photo is from my last creative adventure with live composite photography. I know, it's not the greatest light painting you've ever seen BUT it was neat seeing this grid line chief take form. This was taken just before midnight at the corner of a residential street and hwy 98; in Olympus' live composite mode; 24- 4 second exposures, and over a 15 minute time frame. During each exposure I moved the lens and began rounding the lines in an attempt to create an abstraction of a horses mane; the chief's head dress took form instead. Nonetheless, it was fun working with the tripod on the hood of my car and learning to use the camera to draw with head and tail lights.  (edited 04/01/2019) 

Learning Live Composite: Sky Wheel Mania II

Went to Pier Park Mall (Panama City Beach) with the tripod a couple of nights ago to begin after dark live composite shooting; I forgot it was spring break. The section of the park I'd originally wanted to shoot at was congested with many people- there wasn't any place to put the tripod. I ended up shooting from the west side of the mall and as you can see from across the parking lot. This really isn't the best shot but using Olympus' live composite I was able to achieve "Sky Wheel Mania." It took a few shots and experimenting with different live composite settings before finding the right niche. This was shot on low ISO 100, @ a focal length of 14 mm for 24-8 second exposures. Watching the photo expose is totally cool, really. Working with my new Olympus OM-D camera is exciting. ( edited 03/18/2019)