Light painter's psychedelic Olympic rings

Light painter David Gilliver has created his own psychedelic version of the Olympic rings.

He spent £10,000 and 250 nights over the last three years creating incredible images at night on the island of Guernsey.

Light painting is a technique which involves taking photographs with a camera mounted on a tripod using long exposure times.

The artist uses a hand held light source to 'paint' within the photograph while it is being taken.

Mr Gilliver said: "I am still amazed by the whole process of light painting every time I venture out to make new work.

"Even though I have been making light paintings for approximately three years now, I still feel a real sense of excitement every time I walk back to my camera to view the finished photograph.

"Some of my work has also been met with a certain level of scepticism. I think some people are not convinced that I do not use Photoshop to add the lights to my images.

"I can wholeheartedly confirm that I create all of the lights you see in my photographs on location. No trickery is ever used to add or subtract any lights from my photographs."