Tall Pines and Multiple Exposures

Not sure where to put this but "Nature & Landscapes" sounds like it could work even though we are looking at an abstract.

This is a 10-image multiple exposure made with my 30D and 24-70 2.8L.

C&C is welcomed and appreciated.

Hmm. Obviously not the right place!

Very impressive !!

I like it! You might get more comments from the "Experimental" area, but I think this is great!

Nicely done. I like it alot.

Thanks folks. I appreciate your comments and feedback.

If you enjoy this image, there are others on my website - www.itsmynaturephotogr​aphy.com


Ed

most creative and artistic, nicely done

It works very beautifully. Nicely done.
What puzzles me is the 10 exposure thing? What exactly was each exposure for if you don't mind me asking?

smashing.poot wrote in post #9260277
What puzzles me is the 10 exposure thing? What exactly was each exposure for if you don't mind me asking?

No problem. Ask away.

To create this image, I first obviously decided on a composition that I liked. Then after taking the first image, I follow up with with nine more each of which is panned upward just slightly. So that gives me my 10-images. They are all of basically the same composition with each image just slightly "higher" than the previous.

So that's the starting point. Now let me say that is one area where Nikon has it all over Canon. With a higher end Nikon, the 10-images can be combined right in-camera with the resultant image looking like what I have posted. Canon cameras (and most other brands) don't have that capability so the work of combining the 10 images must be done manually in Photoshop. Each of the 10 images is made a layer and each layer has a varied opacity - Layer 1 100%; Layer 2 50%; Layer 3 33%; Layer 4 25%; Layer 5 20% ... Layer 10 10%. The layers are then combined to produce the image you see above. The version from a Nikon and Photoshopped version from Canon will look the same. It's just more time-consuming with the Canon.

The net effect of vertical pan for each subsequent image is that kind of staccato effect you see in the blur. You can also do a single image longer exposure (like 1 sec) pan and also get very interesting effects that tend to be smoother in nature.

Funny how it goes. When you start out you get blurred images because you don't know what you're doing. Eventually you (I) can come full circle and create blurred images because I know exactly what I am doing!

Got my attention!! Excellent

ace photo i love it

EdV wrote in post #9260909
No problem. Ask away.

To create this image, I first obviously decided on a composition that I liked. Then after taking the first image, I follow up with with nine more each of which is panned upward just slightly. So that gives me my 10-images. They are all of basically the same composition with each image just slightly "higher" than the previous.

So that's the starting point. Now let me say that is one area where Nikon has it all over Canon. With a higher end Nikon, the 10-images can be combined right in-camera with the resultant image looking like what I have posted. Canon cameras (and most other brands) don't have that capability so the work of combining the 10 images must be done manually in Photoshop. Each of the 10 images is made a layer and each layer has a varied opacity - Layer 1 100%; Layer 2 50%; Layer 3 33%; Layer 4 25%; Layer 5 20% ... Layer 10 10%. The layers are then combined to produce the image you see above. The version from a Nikon and Photoshopped version from Canon will look the same. It's just more time-consuming with the Canon.

The net effect of vertical pan for each subsequent image is that kind of staccato effect you see in the blur. You can also do a single image longer exposure (like 1 sec) pan and also get very interesting effects that tend to be smoother in nature.

Funny how it goes. When you start out you get blurred images because you don't know what you're doing. Eventually you (I) can come full circle and create blurred images because I know exactly what I am doing!

Thanks Edv for the detailed response and for the introduction to this technique. I think the image was worth all the effort. Cheers!

Thanks folks. Really glad that you like the image As I much a I enjoyed making it.

Ed