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Did you ever tried to draw some forms in dark with the help of light? You must have noticed that when you draw something with light, you can create some shapes in the air.

Light Graffiti has come to fame over the last couple of years and there are quite a bit of amazing works to show on the internet demonstrating what can be achieved.

Light graffiti artists create unique tagging in air or sometimes around object in dimensional way and then images are clicked with time-lapse photography. Sometimes this tagging is not even possible with spray paints.

Requirements for capturing light graffiti in your camera:

• For capturing the light graffiti in your camera; the most important accessory is tripod. If you cannot get a tripod make sure that your camera is in a fixed position.
• You need to set your camera with faster shutter speed.
• The exposure time should be around 10-30 seconds and this should vary with the lighting conditions.
• Keep your aperture dumb, do not highlight the aperture and make sure to keep your aperture closed. This controls the over exposure of the image.
• Always prefer low ISO and stick to ISO 100 for better light graffiti.
• If the lighting frequency is high, then attach a ND filter to cut down the unnecessary lighting.

Different light sources give you different colors of graffiti. Glow stick can be used to give variety of color, xenon gives you warm golden lights, cathode tubes give you thick lines and LED gives you thin precise lines.

Here are 25 amazing collection of light graffiti pictures.

Capturing the beauty of the world beneath the oceans is a challenge, but the rewards are worth it. The excitement comes not only from the idea of capturing an underwater scene on film or on a digital camera’s sensor, but also from being in a completely different environment.

Since it is a specialized area that relatively few photographers attempt, the opportunities for new and different images are many.

It is no surprise that underwater photography is a favorite pastime for scuba divers. The idea could have come from those few people that were able to experience the joys and beauty of underwater life and a desire to share that beauty with others.

The fundamentals of photography remain the same wherever you are taking pictures, but when the medium that light travels through is water - not air - special techniques and equipment are needed in order to capture good images.

Here are some beautiful underwater pictures; which might give you some inspiration, when you are going for your next adventure.

photo by DIGIDEEP.com

Aerial photography does not mean taking images from satellites. Taking the pictures of a ground or part of the earth’s surface from an elevated angle is referred as aerial photography.

The platforms in air to take aerial photos are aircrafts, helicopters, balloons, rockets, kites, parachutes etc…

Aerial photography is widely used in military purposes to locate the enemy units on the ground.

The view you see in aerial photography reveals the other side beauty of the place.

Aerial photography is also a sector in landscape photography, as aerial photography involves the impressive photos of landscapes, mountains and deserts also.

The tourism developments in many countries use aerial photography to attract visitors to their country as they can show off their recreation possessions. If you work in real estate development company, you can use this photography technique to fasten the expansion of the company for showing vast expansions of your lands.

The stadiums use the aerial photography to give publicity for their stadium construction and density of crowd it can withstand.

The first aerial photography was clicked in 1897 from a rocket mounted camera. There onwards, the cameras were mounted on different objects. At one point of time, pigeons were used to carry cameras attached to their legs or back to click aerial photos.

LIGHT TRAIL is a line recorded on film resulting from movement of a point of light (or camera movement) during the exposure. Light trails is another photographic effect where motion blur is used.

Here are 25 amazingly taken photographs of light trails…

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