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Steel Orb

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 14-30mm f/4 S @ 14 mm, 430 sec at f/8, ISO 100

This one turned out much better than I was expecting

Gerry doing what was probably his first ever orb using steel wool spinning. It actually turned out really well. The rainbow waterfall in the foreground and the channel leading to the orb courtesy of the AOAM RGB Critter with the BitWhip attachment. Running the torch in Rainbow Road mode (cycling through all the (39) colours available)

Add a touch of subtle torch lighting on the stone bridge and in the foreground below the falls. The later an act of pure madness (and risk of broken bones) stumbling around over the rocks in total darkness! 🙂

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Curvature

DJI Mini 3 Pro FC3582 + 6.7 mm f/1.7 @ 6.72 mm, 1/2000 sec at f/1.7, ISO 100 x 21 Frames

Lake Pearson, New Zealand

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Tunneled

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 14-30mm f/4 S @ 14 mm, 315 sec at f/8, ISO 100

More tunnel light painting goodness in the lower Blue Mountains

AOAM RGB Critter with the BitWhip attachment for the lighting on the ground including the green channel. This is actually a MUCH faster and easier way to achieve a sort of veined EL Wire like look on large areas of ground. What would normally take over ten minutes of painstaking work to do with EL wire probably took less than a few minutes with the BitWhip

Meanwhile Gerry’s doing a steel wool spin in the middle and lighting forward to give himself a bit of a silhouette

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Gorgeous Rakaia, New Zealand

Rakaia

DJI Mini 3 Pro FC3582 + 6.7 mm f/1.7 @ 6.72 mm, 1/6400 sec at f/1.7, ISO 110 x 35 Frames

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Splashdown

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 14-30mm f/4 S @ 14 mm, 558 sec at f/6.3, ISO 100

Back to our traditional light painting tools and another freaking long exposure (nearly ten minutes)

Gerry doing the copious (and back breaking) green EL Wire carpet on the ground and the Colorshine colour changing torch on the walls. Me with the LED umbrella orb in two colours plus the zig zag shell. Plus a few fairy sparkles with the Emisar D4V2 Anduril 2 torch

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