These three images are experiments. Only the first one ended up as I intended when I shot it.
It was very overcast and it was, to quote Pooh Bear, a blustery day. We did not see any other dogs except those barking through windows. So opportunities were somewhat limited.
#1 is pretty straightforward in that I was standing still (indeed the "standing still" part is true of all of these, subject to Harry pulling on his leash.) There were 12-13 frames merged and aligned in Photoshop. All layers were at 10% opacity before flattening the image and then I adjusted the curve and color with the usual Photoshop tools.
#2 was processed the same way except for one twist. Since it was such a grey day I used Luminar Neo's sky substitution capability to make the sky a bit more interesting. I was surprised that NEO extended the sky to the white areas around the original layer edges.
#3 was a bit more complicated. There are 13 layers shot at 300nn in the inner rectangle that were aligned per usual and then flattened. Separately I processed an image shot a few seconds after the others at 70mm. The sky, again, was a substitution in Luminar NEO. Then I combined the two images as layers and resized and rotated the inner rectangle so it would align with the wider image.
So, today I earned how to resize and rotate a layer. It is not difficult if you know how, but it was not intuitive.I also decided that tomorrow I need to figure out how to make the background surrounding the aligned layers transparent rather than white when I overlay it on another layer as I did in #3.
And Harry thought the most exciting thing that happened today during our walk was that he pooped three times.
You're developing your own thing here, Andrew! There's a kinship as well as variety in these recent multi-exposure images of yours. I like!
That Harry! Philistine! No imagination. Mind you, nothing like a good cr..... Or three.
Hi Andrew! If your part of PA is anything like our part right now - it IS quite blustery ... and cold! Great explanations of your process on these. The sky addition description in #2 was interesting. #3 has the feeling of a snapshot of Smalltown, USA. It has been fun experimenting with everyone here then hearing about everyone elses' experimentation. Always enjoy hearing about Harry's involvement too. Lol!
When we moved here in 1980 Collegeville was a small town. Now it is suburban Philadelphia;)
I know that's the case! I grew up in Reading. It always felt like the last small scale Philadelphia feeling city before you hit full PA Dutch country!
Schuylkill Valley High School
Wilson High School
My late mother went there a long time ago. She grew up at Spring and Woodside.
I like it. The first 2 especially.
Hi Andrew, I have to say I am loving the way your creative spirit is taking over your walks.
Well done with evolving your unique technique, it's great to see that you are learning new skills.
I like all of these, but I'm drawn to #3 as I think each frame provides a building block to the story.
Keep 'em coming!