Light painting Photos

Sunday, August 10, 2014
Friday Night Lights at Butterfly
I've always enjoyed taking my camera out after dark. A long exposure can reveal all kinds of interesting things you didn't even know were there. This was Friday night at Butterfly Beach. The moon was bright enough in the sky to easily catch the details at a faster shutter speed than this. But I intentionally lengthened the exposure to try to capture a more dreamy effect. In the middle of my exposure the people at the right walked up carrying some kind of small light, a cell phone presumably, which made for some unexpected interest in the form of an abstract light painting along the wall.
beach 165 | Butterfly Beach 61 | California 495 | California coast 109 | cars 4 | city 46 | city lights 8 | haze 2 | light 270 | light painting 1 | Montecito 72 | night 112 | ocean 266 | Pacific 121 | Pacific Ocean 145 | palm tree 133 | Santa Barbara 539 | silhouette 55 | sky 193 | star 35 | tree 168 | water 278 | wave 106