Still Earth

Fantastic image. Very otherworldly indeed.

Superb Steve. Don't nit yourself on the trails. It's like seeing a gorgeous woman and saying "too bad about the shoes". I think it can be overlooked. Beautiful image.

What a beautiful contrast of colors in this Steve. A real beauty.

A remarkable photo, Steve. Almost surreal.

Will
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada

'Surreal' is an apt word.
You did an outstanding job with the light painting, creating a unique and fresh image.
Did you use a regular ol' flashlight? Did you also 'paint' the background?

This is cool

Way cool, Steve, and oddly beautiful. How was this illuminated ? Remarkable image, I love the star trails.

great exposure, and otherworldly yes yes.

beautiful image,dramatic contrasts.

The bottom half of this image is fantastic! I'm not a fan of the short star trails. I think they need to be much longer or not there at all. But, your light painting is fantastic and that just makes this sing.

Amazing light painting, really nice contrast against the sky!. Longer star trials may of been nice, but this alone is a stunner!.

And you hooked up your camera to the Mars Lander too! Really nice capture Steve, this all has a sense of alien mystery.

David M. Cobb

Great light painting - how did you do it? Looks like a pretty big area to paint

This looks unreal. Good job.

- Dan.

John & Arnab;

I used a regular old $6 flashlight from walmart(superlight). The kind w/ the square battery in it. I kept the light in constant motion to avoid burn outs. Then stood behind the first hoodoo on the left and beamed the background. It's not all from my flashlight, you can see more ambient light in the background. A lot of trial and error and changing compostion of course. Hopefully that shines some light on your questions(corny).
Thanks for your comments!!

Very neat image Steve. Reminds me of things I have seen watching Star Trek. Very nice and well done.

Brad

This is Fantastic! It looks like landscape from another planet. The short star trails doesn't hurt this at all.

Harold

This is fun and beautiful; that's a great combination. Longer star trails might make it even more fun, but I like this closer to literal sky.

I like the great light the most. What the long exposure did to the formation in the foreground is amazing. Excellent shot Steve!

Very surreal indeed. I like it.

The tones, light, comp, scene, etc are all great. Excellent work.

Very nice Steve - very creative and otherworldly.

OOh really very nice I love these star trail pics. A very surreal looking landscape. I think your right just slightly longer trails helps to emphasise that the star trails were deliberate intent not accidental oversight. (I know that wasn't the case by the way). Good imaginative stuff.

Steve, this is simply outstanding! Incredible combination of the foreground and startrails. Surreal, artistic, and beautiful

Great work, fantastic image!!!

Fernando Brito

Superb work Steve, may be the best eample of lightpaiting I have seen

Beautiful example of controlled use of light. Too often hand painted images are illuminated from a position close to the camera's perspective resulting in an image too flat for my tastes. Your lighting from a relatively strong angle really helps give a sense of shape and dimension. Personally I would favor either longer star trails or virtually none. Merging two different exposures here might yield an interesting result as well. That said, this is pretty darn spectacular as presented though. Great stuff!

The light painting is so well done I could believe it to be moonlight. Excellent work.

Very nice night shot. I regret that the star trails are a little bit short. But it's superb.

Vincent

Unreal! Great job on the painting. IMO longer star trails would have perfected this.

Hey Steve Glad to see your on here also. Great Shot!