[matt34 (Matt)]

Here is a 7 stitch pano of the old rail bridge at scarsdale taken with the 24mm lens. Light painting is still new to me and something I still need a bit of work on. All the frames are from the back of the camera no adjustments done (I might be able to help even out the light more across the pano)

The right side of the pano was further away so I probably should have left the light on longer, however it was tough to balance the light on the grass in the foreground.

The technique I used was to use a 96 LED light and applied a warm filter to it. I like the warmth it adds to the scene esp the grass in the summer plus I find the camera struggles with white balance with the cool white and it never looks as natural to me (even with correction) I put the light on an old tripod which I used to hold over my head and on a slight skyward facing angle (must have looked really weird to the nearby farmers) That was my attempt to light the bridge without burning out the foreground. The light has a dimmer so it was on its lowest setting and after the shutter was opened I counted to 5 (approx 5 sec of the 15 sec exposures) before turning the light around away from the field of view.

Also attached is a 5 panel shot taken with my 14mm lens again a quick stitch in ICE and no processing done on the shot

All comments, critic, tips are welcome as I said light painting is still new to me and something I'm working on. I hope to spend a bit of time editing the first shot and checking the stitching etc in more detail when some time permits.

Thanks

Matt