Some light painting I did at a local creek last weekend while the Milky Way was setting in the west.
The orb was created by hand using a homemade light box (with a star-shaped stencil taped inside it).
In the image, each star appears almost perfectly (not a smeared streak of light) because of the Lightpainter torch I had attached to the light box, which was set to strobe in 5ms flashes as I moved the box up and down in vertical strokes.
Scroll for pix of the tool and/or head over to my IGTV for a video tutorial on how I use the tool (video is titled 'Halloween Orb').
Attached to the light box was an orange acrylic tube that had a Nitecore P26 torch attached to it.
Both torches were set to a very dim output so as to not overexpose the image due to the high ISO setting of the camera.
This image was captured in a single exposure:
10mm, f/4.5
ISO-3200, 30secs
The Lightpainter torch can be purchased from Light Painting Paradise
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