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Use Supplementary Light

For situations in which the light is dim (dawn, dusk, etc), use supplementary light, for focusing, and possibly for exposure as well, as seen in the example below.

In the image below, neither autofocus nor manual focus was possible in the dark. I aimed my 1400 lumen Lupine Betty at the tree, focused, then “painted” the tree to make the image. A very powerful light is needed to make an image like this. And while a flash could do it, it’s not selective (it blasts everything, especially the foreground), and it doesn’t provide sustained light for focusing, certainly not at this distance (about 50 feet away).

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Defunct bristlecone pine, “painted” with light

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