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Out for a Spin: Light Painting with Steel Wool

December 11, 2014 by Greg Molyneux

Two orbs of spinning steel wool to light paint a tree.

It’s pretty amazing what steel wool, wire whisks, 9-volt batteries, cameras on tripods, and some friends can do. And frankly, if you’ve already shelled out the cash for the camera and tripod this becomes cheap fun with pals. It’s best paired with dark nights, bonfires, and any libation of your choice. Every now and then—probably […]

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Photos from the archives

Salt marsh sunset photo in late fall.
A low key macro photograph of the end tip of a pine branch. Tucked away within the pine needles, small brown nodes of new growth mark the focal point of this image.
Vertical orientation photograph of an explosive sunset over frozen marsh and phragmites
35mm sunset photo over the salt marsh using motion blur to render a brush stroke effect on the marsh and clouds.
A photograph of a fiery sunset backlighting the American Gothic display at New Jersey's Grounds for Sculpture. True to the look of the original painting, here the famous farmers are depicted in larger than life cast bronze statuary.

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