Modified Light - Beam Me Up Scotty

[Lesley Jones]

As promised in Pete's thread, I went away to assemble a torch, a sieve (well... a colander actually) and a kitten. It wasn't easy hanging the colander from the central light fitting and then tying the torch over the middle. There's a gale blowing outside and nothing would keep still. And then we introduced the cats, who thought it looked like a wonderful new game...

We had to shut Gremlin and Bijou out and eventually Bubu settled long enough for a two minute photo shoot. Hand held - one third of a second and almost nothing done in processing, not even trimming a pixel. I added some soft focus to the dark areas to disguise some of the noise

 

[Pete Askew]

Excellent stuff Lesley and bang-on theme.

 

[Lesley Jones]

I haven't finished yet - I ordered some toys from Amazon and we're going to have a play this weekend. This was supposed to be a test only, but I like the end result. I never even had time to light the incense sticks...

 

[Dan Cattermole]

Get in Lesley!!!!
And there's you dismissing the theme before you tried? Looks like it's coming naturally!

Be careful though, this light painting/control does become addictive........

Good effort.

 

[Brian Moore]

Beautiful image, Lesley!

 

[Glenn Clabo]

Come on Lesley...that's some good stuff.

 

[Lesley Jones]

Many thanks all. Nobody detected our "studio" contains two litter trays, a scratching post and a box full of old newspaper. I had to cover up with a dark blanket...

 

[Pete Askew]

You should see mine!

 

[Kev Pugh]

Much like mine then but without the cats

 

[Beth Carter]

looks like bubu went to the disco. great idea, nice job pulling it off too.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

That's brilliant - I bet the cats LOVED it!

 

[Lesley Jones]

I dread to think what's going to happen when I open the packets of goodies this weekend - probably glowing, sticky cats smelling of vanilla...

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Cool disco cat! Can you spin it around - the colander, not the cat....but on second thoughts

 

[Keith Hollister]

Disco Kitty, indeed. Know anyone with a mirror ball ?

Nice work - I know from experience that cats are rarely cooperative subjects (with or without the camera)