A method of operating a lighting device of a motor vehicle and associated vehicle

A method of operating a lighting device (2, 3) of a motor vehicle (1), detects an object by means of a detection device (4) and is controlled so the lighting device (2, 3) that the object by a (by the illumination device 2, 3 ) light distribution generated (7, 8) is marked with light, and detects the contour of the object and the illumination device (2, 3) is controlled so that the area within the contour in the generated light distribution (7, 8) is marked with light ,