This is Definitely outside my wheelhouse but I took this shot this morning. It's an in-camera-multiple-exposure of five total shots. Converted to b/w and blacks crushed in post.
Dose this spark anything outside you want to smash my camera and take a hammer to my memory cards? (joking of course)
I really like it, Joe! Very powerful and dynamic. Good compostion too. Reminds me of Abstract Expressionist paintings.
BTW the file seems to be incomplete - bit missing at bottom. Not sure if it's an uploading issue or in your file. Others have posted images with the same issue recently, including some of Chloe Kramer's images. Her edits of the light-painted leaves both showed the same flaw, suggesting it was in her files. FS has been pretty glitchy for me & others recently. I couldn't post images, or even comments easily, but no trouble today.
Thanks Chris!
That's interesting about the files not appearing complete; they all seem to be loading okay for me. I wonder if it is the browser being used? I'm using Firefox 76.0.1 (64bit). I also upload this file as a PNG, I wonder if JPG has the same issues.
My mistake! It looks like the issue Chloe had when I click on the image and the enlarged one is superimposed on the smaller one, leaving an apparent step along the bottom. No problems with your image, Joe.
However, this is what I still get from Chloe's recent post. I'd appreciate it if someone could confirm whether they get a full rectangle. Both edits have exactly the same defect, while her original is complete, when I download them..
Some of Chloe's very first posts had the same effect, and she confirmed it was the same for her, although we never found a cause.
Interesting. I wonder if it is something on the backend of the site where it is re-compressing the images but not giving the system enough time to finish, or otherwise cuts it short.
Ever load an image pre-internet using a 2600 baud modem, it would load each pixel in a row, line after line. This seems to be something similar.
At this point I feel it's something unique on this site and how the backend is being processed and stored in the database.
Hmmm - I can't say I've ever seen that, all load fine on my end an always have done.
Me too. A mystery here. You can always send a note when things like this happen to Lee. He is responsive.
I'm going to say that I didn't notice the missing file on Chloe's or Joe's work, so I wonder if it's something on your end.
See above, Matthew.
Meh, I do "stuff" like this too! lol
The one thing that does kind of bother me is that the center tree outline seems to have been removed on the left side with that dark streak as the dividing line..
yeah now that you point that you, I cant unsee it.. heh. I set the camera to "average" the frames and I guess it was averaged away
Welcome to the world of ME Joe! with the crushed blacks this is very dramatic and moody. Great work!
Thanks Alen, I honestly can't wait to try this again on my next outing. :)
Yes!!
great work Joe.. I love doing this type of work.. Hows does it look if you invert the colours now ? should make it a bit ir like.
Very interesting, I'll have to give that a test and show how it looks.
You would be surprised Joe but this is how a journey begins. I remember when Alan posted early work in his now amazing style. And me posting my first ink images with the title "Help!"
So - this is something you should keep exploring. Were you moving the camera or is wind the source of the motion? I think doing this on a windy day would give an awesome effect. I'll be honest (and you'll want to smash MY camera just for the input) I hate when this happens but ....see two faces in the trees (tricks of the eye) and now I can't get past them. So sorry Joe! Crunch crunch. I'll give myself a hit for that one!
I hope you keep trying this. I just have a gut feeling the you are going somewhere with this idea.
Thats the fun with abstract, people see what they see... I haven't spotted any faces myself... yet.
I took each exposure about 15ft apart walking in an arch around the tree but only about a 1/3rd the way around one side of the tree; it was also on a slope. I should of taken a single frame without any extras to show a "before".
I did try it a few more times yesterday but the results were a mess. I tried it but with butter-bokeh as a background and it just didn't work; shooting at 750mm and a close subject.
I did do a ICM "swoosh" for one frame then the next normal.. That was interesting but I need more practice and better light like golden hour. (I was trying it with flowers).
I think in-camera multi exposure is very difficult to master. Spent six months last year just doing the same. There are certain tricks to it though. This looks like a 'complete' image you have done, which is hard enough to achieve in itself. Part of the trick with it is to shoot loads 'cause they'll always be ones that don't work. The failure ratio is pretty high.Below is one I was trying.
It's definitely difficult; finding a subject, this seems to be my biggest hurdle. Thinking out in the field not just for normal shot composition but also trying to imagine the same shot as "layers" of the multiple-exposure. It's difficult, but also a great exercise; def a lot more failures then successes. I'm going to keep at it though. :)