Double Exposure...redo

Gallery: FloraPosted August 2, 2010146 views12 comments

I liked the peacock feather w/these blossoms which I posted a bit ago. But, that photo was three exposures ...which created an underexposed layer and had a lot of problems...noise, blotchy, and misaligned blur. I wanted something better to blow up and hang.

This is a double exposure of much the same composition...sorry for the 'oh, yeah...I've seen this already.'

Flowers @f11 and 1/125 sec, then feather w/black b/g @f8 and 1/2.5 sec (indoors w/cable/tripod). I like the results better. I also included smaller sized blooms.

Zeiss 35 mm, Nikon D300

ps...this did suffer from jpeg compression (64% slider) needed to stay under the threshold 500mb and 200mb.

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on August 2, 2010 at 10:00 PM

Ken,

This is beautiful for my tastes. The colors make me think of florescent minerals under ultraviolet light and the iridescence of the feather certainly adds to that impression. Striking image.

Pat

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on August 2, 2010 at 11:42 PM

Ken: I like how the feather fills in the space between the phlox and the overall color palette. Wonderful concept and superb execution. >=))>

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Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on August 3, 2010 at 5:17 AM

Ken, I'm with Bill, the feather fills the empty space beautifully, and the colors are fantastic. Excellent detail and presentation.
John

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Comment posted by Doug Benner on August 3, 2010 at 6:32 AM

Another beauty, Ken. Well thought out and presented.

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Comment posted by Craig Strand on August 3, 2010 at 2:03 PM

Beautiful comp.

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Comment posted by Mark Windom on August 3, 2010 at 2:37 PM

I'm sure I never would have thought of doing something like this....glad you did as it works very well. The color is fantastic. At first glance I thought it seemed a little heavy on the left half but trying to crop from the right doesn't seem to work very well. Nice stuff!

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on August 3, 2010 at 8:21 PM

What great colors and composition Ken. Really nice and well done.

Bob

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on August 3, 2010 at 8:37 PM

Ken:
Yes, this is really much better than the previous. The FG and BG is more balanced and the colors of the flowers are more saturated.

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Comment posted by Philip Southard on August 3, 2010 at 10:57 PM

Neat shot Ken. The juxtaposition of elements works very well together. Beautiful color.

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Comment posted by Debashis Bandyopad on August 4, 2010 at 11:04 AM

You have nailed it in this one Ken.. This is even better than the earlier one you had posted.

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Comment posted by Kathy Odiorne on August 4, 2010 at 11:03 PM

Well executed image. Great colors and comp. I love the flourescent glow!

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Comment posted by Mike Gallo on August 5, 2010 at 9:52 AM

Stunning work Ken........this is beautiful

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