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Thanks again everyone! I appreciate it!!
Regarding light painting...
It's not that complicated and it's not a science.
I had with me a 3-cell "C" size Maglite which I needed anyway to fumble around with as I looked for a composition in the dark (first mistake, find your location in the light). So that's all I used. You certainly don't need a 1,000,000 candlepower spotlight for it, but you probably don't want an LED light either because of the weird color. Plus, I was closer than it appears since I was using a 14mm lens.
My intent was to NOT do light painting, rather rely on the moon - and I had timed it so the moon should just be rising and light it up. But a cloud bank kept that from happening. So I went with plan "B"
I tried various time periods when lighting the rock, but in the end it was probably less than 1 - 2 seconds total time (remember ISO 6400). I started the exposure, then somewhere in the 20 seconds during the exposure I would turn the flashlight on, aim it straight up in the air (standing behind the camera and off to a side), and then quickly bring it down onto the rock, all the while shaking the light around, like using a can of spray paint - to try and avoid hotspots. You have to do it several times trying different images and times because you won't know what you'll have until you get home to look your shots over on a full sized monitor. Some looked really bad and bright, others too dark. Still others had far too much foreground lit. It's like porridge, too hot, too cold... Just right..
So, it's not rocket science.. You just experiment.
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