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Meaning of light painting | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The artistic technique of moving a light source to selectively illuminate parts of the subject or scene a camera is recording (at a slow shutter speed), or to shine directly into the camera and in this way sketch.
    uncountable
  2. Camera painting, the artistic technique of moving a camera (while it records at a low shutter speed) such that light sources appear in multiple places or as streaks in the resulting photograph, the "painting".
    uncountable
  3. A painting created using one of these techniques.
    countable
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see light, painting.
    countable, uncountable

Examples

“This key has slightly more midtone but is still a light painting.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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