Sunny Side Up
by Rodney Campbell on Feb.13, 2025, under Photography
Sunny Side Up
NIKON Z6_3 + NIKKOR Z 14-30mm f/4 S @ 19 mm, 20 sec at f/11, ISO 100
Sneaky Sunday with Gerry at Turimetta Beach
Alas the predicted high cloud and reducing low cloud did no eventuate. Coupled with poor planning on our part (we didn’t realise it would be high tide). Resulting in a pretty lacklustre morning, tho it was nice to get out again. I even had to remember how to use my filters and my camera again :). Breakfast and conversation however were good 🙂
Wash
NIKON Z6_3 + NIKKOR Z 14-30mm f/4 S @ 22.5 mm, 1 sec at f/11, ISO 100
Vortex
by Rodney Campbell on Feb.09, 2025, under Photography
Vortex
NIKON Z6_3 + NIKKOR Z 14-30mm f/4 S @ 23.5 mm, 78 sec at f/8, ISO 100
AOAM RGB Critter BT (Fade:Brute Force Preset) + Modular Saber 24″/61cm + Modular Saber 8″/20cm + Honeycomb Modular Saber 8″/20cm + Orb Accessory
More light painting experiments with Gerry
Note: These photographs (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger. To see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer click any of the images.
Planty
by Rodney Campbell on Feb.09, 2025, under Photography
Planty
NIKON Z6_3 + NIKKOR Z 14-30mm f/4 S @ 23.5 mm, 30 sec at f/8, ISO 100
AOAM RGB Critter BT (Fade:Brute Force Preset) + Modular Saber 8″/20cm + Honeycomb Modular Saber 8″/20cm + Orb Accessory
My final attempt at practicing some relatively “smooth flow” ribbon work with the Ants on a Melon RGB Critter BT. Getting the direction of the torch and sabers relative to the camera position along with the consistency and smoothness of movement is much trickier than it looks. A lot more practice than just winging it on the spot is needed 🙂
Note: These photographs (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger. To see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer click any of the images.
Orbit
by Rodney Campbell on Feb.08, 2025, under Photography
Orbit
NIKON Z6_3 + NIKKOR Z 14-30mm f/4 S @ 14 mm, 25 sec at f/8, ISO 100
AOAM RGB Critter BT (Solid Colour:Blue Preset) + Modular Saber 24″/61cm + Butterfly Modular Saber 8″/20cm + Honeycomb Modular Saber 8″/20cm + Orb Accessory
This image was the first test precursor to the one Gerry posted earlier. I actually like how the sparkler ball zooms out of the image as it’s thrown
For the disc of light behind Gerry I’ve attached a suite of tools to the RGB Critter to give it enough length to create a decent sized disc. Then I’m just rotating the length of the stick behind him (the torch itself is approx in the middle of his back)
Note: These photographs (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger. To see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer click any of the images.
Light Flow
by Rodney Campbell on Feb.08, 2025, under Photography
Light Flow
NIKON Z6_3 + NIKKOR Z 14-30mm f/4 S @ 14 mm, 183 sec at f/8, ISO 100
AOAM RGB Critter BT + Modular Saber 24″/61cm + Butterfly Modular Saber 8″/20cm + Honeycomb Modular Saber 8″/20cm
AOAM RGB Critter 2.0 + Modular Saber 8″/20cm (Solid Blue Preset)
For this image Gerry and I used both my older original RGB Critter (the non bluetooth/app enabled torch) plus the new one. I did the pretty basic attempt at a light plant with frankly too many sabers attached :), whilst Gerry used the short saber on a solid blue preset for the ground work
Alas controlling the brightness (and pretty much choosing the preset to use) is frankly a nightmare with the original critter (the convoluted button press sequence and timing required is not pleasant to use – we couldn’t even successfully get into the brightness setting so this is the default 100% for the blue on the ground which is alas too bright and we knew it). The new RGB Critter BT however with it’s app control is a godsend 🙂 and actually makes the tooling user friendly, quick and usable in the field 🙂
Note: These photographs (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger. To see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer click any of the images.
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