Light is a fun part of photography, but often isn't necessarily the subject. Even in B&W photography, where the importance of lighting is stressed, the light itself still is not usually the subject. Here are some photographs, usually colour photographs, that have light as the primary subject.
Lens flare through awning
The sun flares through a house awning. The blue sky is visible in the top third of the photograph, with whispy clouds. The house, and the trees behind it, are only silhouettes. The sun flare dominates the scene.
Lens flare through awning
Description: The sun flares through a house awning. The blue sky is visible in the top third of the photograph, with whispy clouds. The house, and the trees behind it, are only silhouettes. The sun flare dominates the scene.
Camera: AGFA ePhoto CL-18
Focal length: 7.2
Aperture: f/2
Shutter speed: Unknowable for camera model
ISO: Unknowable for camera model
Blue and orange lens flare
A blurry scene of trees and some unrecognisable structure is overwhelmed by lens flare from the sun. A strange blue and orange streak eminates down from the sun, and classic lens flare circles are seen in the bottom left of the photograph, opposite the sun in the top right.
Blue and orange lens flare
Description: A blurry scene of trees and some unrecognisable structure is overwhelmed by lens flare from the sun. A strange blue and orange streak eminates down from the sun, and classic lens flare circles are seen in the bottom left of the photograph, opposite the sun in the top right.
Camera: AGFA ePhoto CL-18
Focal length: 7.2
Aperture: f/2
Shutter speed: Unknowable for camera model
ISO: Unknowable for camera model
Strange shape of light
Three points of light (or four, maybe five or six, the number is mysterious and difficult to determine) hover in pitch black darkness, centered in the frame. Small flaring comes from the brightest point. Other points look like lit-up crumpled plastic.
Strange shape of light
Description: Three points of light (or four, maybe five or six, the number is mysterious and difficult to determine) hover in pitch black darkness, centered in the frame. Small flaring comes from the brightest point. Other points look like lit-up crumpled plastic.
Camera: AGFA ePhoto CL-18
Focal length: 7.2
Aperture: f/2
Shutter speed: Unknowable for camera model
ISO: Unknowable for camera model
Headlights, unstable
Headlines blur from oncoming traffic, visible through the windscreen of a car. A sense of speed and discomfort exists, caused by shaky and unstable light lines.
Headlights, unstable
Description: Headlines blur from oncoming traffic, visible through the windscreen of a car. A sense of speed and discomfort exists, caused by shaky and unstable light lines.
Camera: AGFA ePhoto CL-18
Focal length: 7.2
Aperture: f/2
Shutter speed: Unknowable for camera model
ISO: Unknowable for camera model
Painting with the light from a window
Light from a window bounces across the frame, composed of multiple exposures.
Painting with the light from a window (11 June 2022 at 08:33:56)
Description: Light from a window bounces across the frame, composed of multiple exposures.
Camera: RICOH GR III
Focal length: 18.3
Aperture: f/3.2
Shutter speed: 1/160s
ISO: 4000
Loose figures painted with light
Light from a window overlayed via multiple exposures to form a loose and soft abstract figure.
Loose figures painted with light (11 June 2022 at 08:34:35)
Description: Light from a window overlayed via multiple exposures to form a loose and soft abstract figure.
Camera: RICOH GR III
Focal length: 18.3
Aperture: f/4
Shutter speed: 1/250s
ISO: 4000
Light illuminates the grain of a window
Light pouring through an airplane window, refracting against all the minature scratches and pits on the window. Blues and oranges dominate the frame, but soft white is around as well.
Light illuminates the grain of a window (13 June 2022 at 21:37:53)
Description: Light pouring through an airplane window, refracting against all the minature scratches and pits on the window. Blues and oranges dominate the frame, but soft white is around as well.
Camera: RICOH GR III
Focal length: 18.3
Aperture: f/7.1
Shutter speed: 1/3200s
ISO: 100
Circle of rainy green light
A near perfect circle of green light is speckled with pleasantly regular dots of rain and distortion.
Circle of rainy green light (21 August 2022 at 06:32:53)
Description: A near perfect circle of green light is speckled with pleasantly regular dots of rain and distortion.
