NYE : a trip to Oleron Island (part 4) - Lightpainting on Hive

Hello,

Here's a post about a trip I made a month ago.

As I live close to the ocean, I have instant access to a lot of beautiful islands on the atlantic coast. A friend of mine has a holiday mansion in one of them and we have the habit to meet there and the end of the year, to spend good time together and celebrate New Year's Eve at the beach.

This year, I had luck as the full moon occured during my journey. I took a couple of hour for myself and a made a lightpainting session alone at the beach. At the end, a couple of my friends joined me, bringing beers and music to turn the trip into paradise.

163s 16mm f/6.3 100 ISO

The dayafter, I accidently discovered that there are many disued buildings there : I took the wrong road at night and I drove to a dead-end. I quickly stopped to piss and I realized that the building just in front of me was totally abandonned. What a cool thing!

I came back to the house, I quickly grabbed my gear and I drove back to the location :

438s 16mm f/6.3 100 ISO

Lightpainting created in real time, captured to the camera in single photographic frames. SOOC
No layers /no Photoshop / no editing except minor adjustments (lens correction profite, WB, contrast (+12)) and addition of my logo.

Gear :
Canon EOS 6D body
Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L IS II USM lens
Canon RC-E6 IR remote
Zomei carbon tripod

January 2026

WHAT IS LIGHTPAINTING?
Lightpainting is a photographic technique in which exposures are made by moving a hand-held light source while taking a long exposure photograph, either to illuminate a subject or to shine a point of light directly at the camera, or by moving the camera itself during exposure. Nothing is added or removed in post processing.

Single exposure Light Art Photography
/nolayer /notricks /nophotoshop

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