About this limited edition photograph:

The light painted photograph “Troll’s Distress” was created in Twin Springs Park in Decorah, Iowa.

To create this light painted photograph I placed my Canon T3i camera on a tripod and I used a long exposure of 333 seconds. I created the colorful vertical flares of light by holding a ten-shot roman candle firework vertically at each vertical bridge post and letting it fire one shot per post. I then used a powerful spotlight and an aqua colored gel filter to cast light onto the snow. Finally, I used my spotlight and an amber colored gel filter to cast warm colored light onto the trees behind the bridge to give the appearance of a warm glow. 

I named the photograph Troll’s Distress because the bridge reminded me of trolls (I am a Norwegian from Decorah, after all), and the roman candle flares reminded me of a distress signal.

This photograph came off my camera as-is, and involved zero post-processing or Photoshop.

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