Thanks Ray! The light for the Tyler show on Friday evening was great, Saturday evening at Thunder Over Cedar Creek was just the opposite. Luck of the draw, as we all know.
That image was created by the team of Boyd-Feagin & Wilson, using two very high tech flashlights and a great deal of effort. The process required a couple of hours of trial and error and initially we were not anywhere close to getting the vision in our heads. Careful analysis of the light finally began to get us some images that got us on the path to what you see above. By midnight we had it down and could recreate our perfect image again and again. There is really no type of lighting that gives you as much control over the subject as does "light painting". Yes it's slow and tedious, but one can refine an image to an incredible degree.
JWilsonphoto wrote:
That image was created by the team of Boyd-Feagin & Wilson, using two very high tech flashlights and a great deal of effort. The process required a couple of hours of trial and error and initially we were not anywhere close to getting the vision in our heads. Careful analysis of the light finally began to get us some images that got us on the path to what you see above. By midnight we had it down and could recreate our perfect image again and again. There is really no type of lighting that gives you as much control over the subject as does "light painting". Yes it's slow and tedious, but one can refine an image to an incredible degree....Show more →
Well……. I did wonder about the “how” ….. after I spent several minutes inspecting your handiwork – and stopped drooling! Very Well Done to all the Team!
Strange that we just exchanged posts lamenting how labour intensive DXO is, then you kick off with the light painting gig! Man, I’ve spent a whole day on just one light painted image. Now the fact that I don’t know what I’m doing may have something to do with that! BTW, the flashlight I use is a Led lenser P7.2
Overall, I think it’s a stunning piece of work. I especially like the way the “roof” of the canopy is modelled. Very cool, and must of taken a lot of work. Now I wonder (you knew this was coming – right) how you might like it if you where to tone down / take out the two horizontal hotspots on the nose cone? OK, tin hat at the ready, preparing for incoming…..
Those don’t bother me, but I haven’t made peace with the vignette yet. They would be easy to knock out though, just for grins.
The whole project began around 4pm and we stuck a fork in it about 2am because I had a 7 am shoot . The jet was perfectly positioned when I arrived so that saved some time.
Yes great work on the Migs' Jim!!!! Love the Mustang!!!! The engine growl is very distinguishable! I am slightly North of the southern flight path for Dover AFB and that monster roars by at a slow speed and the ground shakes!!! Love it!
RD
Thinking about those nose cone reflections Nick, that piece is made out of some hi-tec something or other, vs. the aluminum of the fuselage, so the paint ended up being glossier.Let's see what it looks like with your input.
JWilsonphoto wrote:
Thinking about those nose cone reflections Nick, that piece is made out of some hi-tec something or other, vs. the aluminum of the fuselage, so the paint ended up being glossier.Let's see what it looks like with your input.
Back in my day, radomes were fiberglass with a rubberized coating. I believe they are still fiberglass with some using a honeycomb core and foam. The coating has surely changed with stealth technology, I believe it is now a paint product. When I was in the USAF there was a radome repair section. After they stripped the rubberized coating, they would repair the fiberglass, then set it up for the coating. I got lost in our hangar one day and saw them reapplying the rubberized coating. The radome was in a huge bathtub with a funnel structure above it. The rubberized coating was dripped from the funnel to the radome. I am sure they had some way to verify the thickness. For such a high tech component at the time, the repair looked very primitive.
The canopy was lit like that by bouncing light off the white hangar ceiling, but it had to be done in a certain way or it was useless.Like all assignments, we learned subtle tricks as we went along. I had been brainstorming this shot for months so I kind of knew what I wanted, just not the reality of getting there.
JWilsonphoto wrote:
The canopy was lit like that by bouncing light off the white hangar ceiling, but it had to be done in a certain way or it was useless.Like all assignments, we learned subtle tricks as we went along. I had been brainstorming this shot for months so I kind of knew what I wanted, just not the reality of getting there.
Ah so…… I gave that canopy detail several coats of looking at. The only firm conclusion I came to was that I had no idea! Bouncing light of the celling was not on my list, or even close. Bravo!
The background from the 800 is very pleasing. I remember the old mirror lenses and the annoying doughnuts they produced. You really can’t beat that 800/11 for the investment.
We heard that there was a 4th of July Parade being put together in our neighborhood yesterday afternoon, so James and I scrambled and showed up in style.................that's how we roll around here.........................
