I have Gasman (my first follower!) to thank for this idea. He told me about 'multiple exposure', where you take two photos on one piece of film (or the digital equivalent). Unfortunately my camera doesn't let me do this, Canon dropped the feature on their DSLRs as it's easier to do it in post-processing. However post-processing, barring enhancements that make the photograph closer to how it was in reality, seems like cheating to me, so I decided to have a play with a trick I read about to achieve a similar effect. You need dim light and a long-ish exposure, and move part of the subject half way through. The moving subject here was myself.
The mood is
my mood this time. I've been feeling a little odd this weekend, spent most of it on my own doing useful stuff around the house, but I really wanted to be with company, and anywhere else, so I felt a little detached from reality. Ghost-like.
21mm, 10s, f/11.0 (auto from shutter priority), ISO 200
Luv the ghostly image, very creative :0)
ReplyDeletenice shot, and well doen for finding a way to do it.
ReplyDeletegasman - All thanks to you. And without it I might not have had a photo at all, since I didn't get out during the day as I'd planned. The first thing I tried was something I'd read, about choosing a 10 second exposure and moving half way through, even moving just your eyes. I tried that in front of the chair for contrast, then when reviewing the shots I realised I could the chair would work better as an integral part of the photo rather than as a background... by just sitting on it. Although it's not as relaxing as it looks as I had two seconds between firing the camera and the exposure starting in which to sit down and freeze, chest heaving, then after a count of 7 I had to fly off the seat again so the camera could record the chair :)
ReplyDeleteJohn - Google came up with the goods (third suggestion on this post: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1031&message=6005666), but it was fun playing :)
you're doing fine matey... :) And a great idea... :)
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A bit like this one but this is Post Processing..
Get the camera on that tripod again and put it on manual...
21mm, 10s, f/11.0, ISO 200 like it was in the Shutter priority settings... BUT...
This time also put the White Balance on manual and put it down to the lowest figure... About 2500K usually..
It should then get rid of the "orange glow"... Indoor lights are very warm in colour temp so balance it out by using the white balance..
For cloudy/shade use 5000k + or - 200..
Sunny... About 4000 +
You can use white balance to create some great effects..
Like the sun set shots in these... http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=579162&id=795075012&l=e5d81b03de all done just by changing the white balance...
How about trying something like this?
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5157657&l=301748c73e&id=795075012
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I like this Sarah - makes me think of 'depersonalised/depersonalisation'. (Term used in psychiatry/psychology. Perfectly depicts you wanted to be alone, not socialising. Agreed this is abstract,allows the viewer to apply their own interpretation - thought provoking.
ReplyDeleteLove this Sarah - soulful expression and posh frock too
ReplyDeletekymberlie - I'm glad you got what I meant.
ReplyDeleteMum - Thanks. The first couple I took were with the old clothes I'd been wearing to decorate, but I decided if I was going to put a photo of me on the intenet I wanted to lok nice. And the dress happened to go with the chair :) I took loads and I actually preferred one of the shots where I wasn't looking at the camera as it seemed more in keeping with my mood, but I looked through the photos with Andy and we decided this was a better picture and now it's grown on me and I prefer it.
Clever stuff, and a good result.
ReplyDeleteReally love this one - good technique too.
ReplyDeleteThe colour cast seems to compliment the unreality.
I'd say it would be worth trying this type of shot again (not that I'm meaning that this shot is unsuccessful!) - two (general) points to look out for in future: make sure all of you is in the shot as the eye naturally follows limbs around a picture, so a truncated one tends to lead the viewer 'out' of the scene, and background detail (like your digeredoo) can do the same.
:-)
Gah, I (deliberately) took some with feet fully in but they didn't work so well as I was leaning to the other side and wasn't standing out against the darker background. I'm trying to get better at reviewing the photos on the camera rather than looking them on the computer and thinking 'I wish I'd done x differently'. Trouble is I can't 'see' the shot properly until it's on the full screen.
ReplyDeleteYou've cut your toes off! otherwise good photo, i like it.
ReplyDeleteSee reply to James :-) I didn't have a tripod then so positioning was a little tricky.
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