Camera rotation photography in Sherwood Forest

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My lightpainting brother from another mother, lichtkunstfoto@lichtkunstfoto just posted some great images of leaves rotated in camera:

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Sven reminded me that I hadn't done any camera rotation photographs in quite a while!

I'm lucky enough to live on the edge of Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire and trees are everywhere. A short drive away and I'm the thick of it!

Alien forest

Getting all weird with this quick two way rotation with a backlight to pick out details on the dead tree.

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Christmas Tree?

It's been pointed out to me recently that some of my images look a bit "Christmassy". I kind of see their point.

This is a four way camera rotation where the lens cap was replaced between each part to prevent unwanted light from hitting the sensor.

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Rotating Major Oak

I reckon this has got to be the first and only time such a tree has ever been rotated in camera.

A quick two way, 180 degree rotation, Major Oak is famous for being the supposed hideout for Robin Hood in Sherwood Forest.

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Not intentional

This is one of my favourite camera rotation images shot in the blue hour. Occasionally you can end up with the hint of a swastika in four way camera rotation images and I can assure everyone this is not intentional. I prefer to ignore the hint and look at the lighting and the details!

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Subtle in the wind

I always prefer to freeze the action where possible but here it was windy and the long exposure provided a painterly quality:

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Not quite the reflection as first it may seem

Sometimes the random layout of the tree line just doesn't align for the sake of accuracy. I just roll with it anyways...

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Hot to the touch

I pointed a flashgun in the hollow of an old dead tree and fired the flash four times, one for each rotation. Another blue hour shot:

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Experimental or mental?

Sometimes I like to experiment and this is a quick two way rotation which is a bit out of the ordinary. But then none of the images above are "ordinary" even if I say so myself!

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About me:
I usually specialise in shooting lightpainting images but occasionally dabble in urbex and artistic model photography. I'm always on the lookout for someone to collaborate with; please don't hesitate to get in touch if you'd like to create art.

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If you want to see more examples of lightpainting, feel free to check out these guys: fadetoblack@fadetoblack, mafufuma@mafufuma, stepko@stepko, gunnarheilmann@gunnarheilmann, lichtkunstfoto@lichtkunstfoto, yo-hoho@yo-hoho, oddballgraphics@oddballgraphics, lacelight@lacelight, martbarras@martbarras & rod.evans.visual@rod.evans.visual

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