Tunnel VisionS

January 06, 2025  •  Leave a Comment

Illusions and lighting effects go hand in hand. I got a new toy to try out today from Curio Toy Store in downtown. A Wandini, basically an LED light stick with different light cycles. It's a "magic" juggling toy in the same vein as LED Poi balls. I will have more fun practicing some of these moves once Spring rolls around, but on this frigid and blustery night, I just wanted to try it out with a long exposure on the table in the Light Lab. This set up is pretty basic; camera mounted on the tripod and focused down the good old shiny tube with a hot plate at the back for zazzy reflections. The first one is just ambient reflection down the tube. The look is pretty clean but boring. In the 2nd shot I interrupt the lens with the stick but the focus it off and it looks smeary where I'm hoping for strings. The 3rd shot is with a laser that is really, really, really too bright for this kind of thing but I just had to try. Basically it just made everything sizzle but again no lines. Probably have to try to run it around and get further away from the mount to get that effect. Practice, practice. That's what it's all about.


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