The Lara Croft-esque quarry trip (part 3) : the drunken explorer - Lightpainting on Hive
Published on HivePostify by @dawnoner · Thu Sep 03 2026
Hi,
Finally, I made this long awaited lightpainting trip around the Charente river 😎
Me and my pal Bzy met two weeks ago for an incredible journey during another heatwave.
We had few info about location of the quarries so we scouted in the country as we like. It didn't take long to find entries of the different sites as the heat gave us an extra motivation.
The fisrt place we visited was really like Lara Croft's adventures back in the days : very small quarries in the forrest. I took pictures with my phone as it was more convenient than grabbing my camera.
At one point, we found a large room connected to a small underground network. I liked this location a lot so we decided to spend some time here and shoot a couple of lightpainting pictures.
First one was a quick test to see if I could use natural light from the ceiling. Aswer was positive :
30s 16mm f/6.3 100 ISO
For the second take, I asked my pal to sit to avoid motion during long exposure as he was a bit drunk^^ He sat on a small amont of soil which was sourrounded by water :
30s 16mm f/5.6 100 ISO
Final take was about putting my fav color combo with the same setup, for a more vibrant visual effect :
179s 16mm f/5.6 100 ISO
It was a blast and we're looking forward to the next trip 😎🤗
Lightpainting created in real time, captured to the camera in one single photographic frame. 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
August 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.
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