Lightning no-show + boredom = TPF in lights

[Joe_Lorenzini]

So I got my lightning rig ready to go last night but the show decided to stay way up in the clouds. So... in my eternal boredom I started playing with light trails and using my Tricoast recommended Fenix light stick.



This is something I'm going to do more of:


_/oe

[gmarblestone]

love teh second shot... very cool

[AnnetteT]

LOVE that second shot, Joe....wow....

[Joe_Lorenzini]

That second shot is a single big rig driving by. I lit up the crossing signs using my little portable light during the exposure.

[Redmouse]

LOL! Boredom will squeeze some creativity out of you! Very cool trails Joe!

[Joe_Lorenzini]

Yeah and you never know what will work. That first shot took me ten different tries and was a pain in the arse. The second image took one shot and done. Go figure.

[photosteve]

Great Shots. Now where do you buy these products in Dallas.


PhotoSteve

[Joe_Lorenzini]

Originally Posted by photosteve

Great Shots. Now where do you buy these products in Dallas.


PhotoSteve

TriCoast recommends Lighthound:
http://www.lighthound.com/

[Citex]

Wow I love both great job, boredom can make us do great things.

[mdparthum]

I really like that second shot as well. Thanks for the lighting tip on the crossing arms. I was wondering if the truck lights did that.

[toverman]

Great shots!

[roshani]

Joe, awesome. When you say you lit up the crossing signs with your portable light do you mean you illuminated the crossing signs with the fenix during the exposure and thats what you got?!

[ratbert]

I like the second one too.

[Joe_Lorenzini]

Originally Posted by roshani

Joe, awesome. When you say you lit up the crossing signs with your portable light do you mean you illuminated the crossing signs with the fenix during the exposure and thats what you got?!

Yep, that's it exactly. Once the exposure started I waited until the truck went by and then turned on the Fenix pointed toward the sky. I then moved it down low enough to light up the crossing signals but not low enough to touch the ground (I had practiced this once before). I only had the light on the signals for a brief moment.

_/oe

[engstrom]

Joe, Bravo! Both shots are real winners - great use of light and long exposures.