Refractography

[wolfnowl]

A friend who plays with light painting sent me the following today.  The explains the process, and there's a Flickr group for sharing your results.

Have fun!

Mike.

[EduPerez]

You can also use a laser pointer, make the light pass through a refractive object, and project it on a white surface: similar results, but you do not have to keep your body naked camera without a lens, and can preview the results immediately.

[churly]

You can also use a laser pointer, make the light pass through a refractive object, and project it on a white surface: similar results, but you do not have to keep your body naked camera without a lens, and can preview the results immediately.

Exactly.  Here are a couple I shot several years ago using the method EduPerez descibes.

Swamp Gas



The Duel

[wolfnowl]

You can also use a laser pointer, make the light pass through a refractive object, and project it on a white surface: similar results, but you do not have to keep your body naked camera without a lens, and can preview the results immediately.

Yes, just don't refract the laser light directly onto the sensor.

Mike.

[francois]

Exactly.  Here are a couple I shot several years ago using the method EduPerez descibes.

Swamp Gas



The Duel

Swamp Gas is wonderful… It looks like a natural thing.