May 3, 2012 • 9:08pm • 73 degrees Fahrenheit

Direct Digital Capture: Camera - Nikon D800 with 14 mm lens
Exposure time: 30 seconds @ f11 ISO 200

Lighting was provided by multiple hand-held electronic flash units and flashlights operated by a Park estimated crowd of more than 1500 people.


See before painting with light

Produced & Sponsored by:
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- Rochester Institute of Technology
- Seabreeze Amusement Park
- Nikon, Inc.



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An annual nighttime community photography project produced by the School of Photographic Arts & Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, USA.

RIT Big Shot No. 27
Seabreeze Amusement Park, Rochester, New York

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