Ball of Light at Taman Dr. Seenivasagam Ipoh, Perak

My first attempt to create ball of light with long exposure photography.  Equipped with a proper apparatus and bright led light (car LED strip), I think we managed to capture quite round shape light balls as the following images. For a better view please visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/anasalias/ 

Before and after photo 8
Place: Kelantan, Malaysia
Photo source: Myself

Main adjustment on the exposure and color correction.

• Color enhancement to more vivid.
• Background change through masking to studio like.
• Image detail enhanced.

Thanks to Photoshop and Topaz.

Before and after photo 7
Place: unknown.
Photo source: the web

Main adjustment on the overall exposure and HDR processing. The people cloth detail and textures looks more pop out.

Before and after photo 6
Place: Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia.
Photo source: Myself

Main adjustment on the overall exposure and skin tone enhancement.

Before and after photo 5
Place: Pangkor Island, Perak, Malaysia.
Photo source: Myself

Main adjustment on the overall exposure to silhouette type.

• Color enhancement to more vivid.
• Image detail enhanced.

Before and after photo 4
Place:Neustchweinstein Castle, Germany
Photo source: Myself

 

Main adjustment on the overall exposure and blending of the detail in the highlight and shadow area.

• Recover the highlight of the skies through HDR process in Photomatix
• Color enhancement to more vivid.
• Image detail enhanced.

Before and after photo 3
Place: TGV, AEON Jusco, Malaysia.
Photo source: Myself

 

 Main adjustment to the skin tone and bokeh.

• Skin tone enhancement through Imagenomic plugin in Photoshop.
• Background blurry with masking in PS.

Before and after photo 2
Place: Lumut, Perak, Malaysia.
Photo source: Myself

 Main adjustment on the exposure and color correction.

• Recover the highlight of the skies through HDR process in Photomatix
• Note the reduction of noise from before photo,
• Color enhancement to more vivid.
• Recover highlight area especially the sea and skies.
• Image detail enhanced.

Before and after photo 1
Place: Taman Botani Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia.
Photo source: Myself

Main adjustment on the overall exposure and blend of the detail in the highlight and shadow area.

• Recover the highlight of the skies through HDR process in Photomatix
• Color enhancement to more vivid.
• Image detail enhanced.