"light painting" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: light paintings [plural]
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  1. (uncountable) 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. Tags: uncountable
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  2. (uncountable) 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". Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-light_painting-en-noun--npfKDAj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 40 21 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 39 23 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 38 28 2
  3. (countable) A painting created using one of these techniques. Tags: countable
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  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see light, painting. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-light_painting-en-noun-iV5ZMn~5

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