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Daisy Swirl

by Michael Lowe

Gallery: FloraPosted April 11, 2011224 views15 comments
In camera multiple exposure
Nikon D200, Tokina 12-24, handheld

Comments

15 comments
Comment posted by Steve Kennedy on April 11, 2011 at 4:54 PM
This is very cool and very creative Michael! It must have taken hours to do in-camera. Way outside my abilities.
Registered on March 9, 2009, 79 Posts, 676 Comments
Comment posted by scott lanz on April 11, 2011 at 5:07 PM
Extremely well done. :toast:
Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments
Comment posted by Pat Sampson on April 11, 2011 at 8:03 PM
Michael, the thumbnail doesn't begin to do this justice. This is superb for my tastes. Both beautiful and interesting.

pat
Registered on May 19, 2007, 953 Posts, 15989 Comments
Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on April 11, 2011 at 8:07 PM
Micheal:
This is so hard to do especially HH! I have tried doing multiple exposures without much success so far and your beautiful image encourage me to continue with this technique.

I hope you don't mind me asking - how many exposure is this and is the exposure the same for each exposure?
Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments
Comment posted by Jeremy Week on April 11, 2011 at 10:00 PM
Very nice!! Love the flow as well as the colors. :toast:
Registered on February 19, 2007, 62 Posts, 394 Comments
Comment posted by Bernie Kasper on April 12, 2011 at 12:18 AM
Very creative work Michael, I love the implied motion you created with this, well done !!

:toast:
Registered on June 5, 2005, 251 Posts, 3734 Comments
Comment posted by Balakumar Kaushik on April 12, 2011 at 11:05 AM
This is indeed very creative image Michael. Beautiful in every sense.
Did you also turn the camera during the exposure (just wondering about the spiraling pattern) ?
Registered on January 4, 2008, 98 Posts, 1403 Comments
Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on April 12, 2011 at 11:41 AM
I really like this, Michael! I'm not usually into abstracts but this is fantastic. Love the focus on the center flower with the swirls flowing out from this. Great job processing!
Registered on February 16, 2011, 610 Posts, 3684 Comments
Comment posted by wade pettitt on April 12, 2011 at 2:56 PM
Michael, this is amazing!. Well thought out and executed. The center flower looks like the eye of a hurricane.
Registered on May 6, 2009, 184 Posts, 471 Comments
Comment posted by Michael Lowe on April 12, 2011 at 4:40 PM
Thanks to all for the comments. Gary and Balakumar, this is a technique I saw a few years ago in one of Freeman Patterson's books. After I fried a few brain cells trying to come up with how he did it, I finally figured it out. I had my suspicions confirmed when I saw a video of Tony Sweet using this technique. I never tried it til now because my Canon system doesn't allow multiple exposures and I thought it was too much of a pain to do it in Photoshop. My brother let me use his Nikon so I tried it out. This one is ten exposures, the max the D200 will allow. You just enter how many you want in the menu and the camera figures it out. You use a single autofocus point and put it where you want the spiral to originate. This was in the middle. Tilt the camera left, shoot, turn right a little, zoom, shoot, turn, zoom, shoot. Repeat this until you're done. I try to find a flower that's larger or a different color to rotate around.
Registered on February 11, 2004, 777 Posts, 5252 Comments
Comment posted by Miro Susta on April 12, 2011 at 7:40 PM
Excellent. Well done Michael. :toast:
Registered on August 18, 2006, 719 Posts, 3736 Comments
Comment posted by Mitch Moraski on April 13, 2011 at 8:41 AM
The benifits of owning a Nikon. Great shot Mike!! Hope all is well. :wavey: :wavey: :wavey:
Registered on August 3, 2008, 105 Posts, 590 Comments
Comment posted by Monica Siri on April 13, 2011 at 1:31 PM
Amazing and beautiful image, Michael. Very well done. :toast:
Registered on September 20, 2009, 132 Posts, 3764 Comments
Comment posted by Robert Dayton on April 13, 2011 at 6:04 PM
Lovely, Michael!. Very creatively composed.
Registered on November 11, 2008, 281 Posts, 3958 Comments
Comment posted by Ed Lowe on April 14, 2011 at 10:40 PM
This is rocking, brother. Looks like you put that D200 to good use. :biggrin: The swirls have created a wonderful flow to this floral abstract. :toast:

Ed
Registered on February 7, 2004, 414 Posts, 7115 Comments