A Beech Tree on Beacon Hill

There's currently great interest on Blipfoto at the moment in the Pep Ventosa technique. Many photos of the subject are taken at slightly different viewpoints and stacked together in Photoshop where they can be blended, transformed and masked before arriving at the final photo.

Those of us who own cameras that can take multi exposures will recognise that the technique can be emulated in camera but only to a degree. The Canon will take only up to nine exposures and of course, it's impossible to manipulate sizing and masking in camera.

Still, you can reproduce some interesting effects. You can even take an exposure one day and then use it as the base for your multi exposure a couple of days later.

Multi exposure is often used in conjunction with intentional camera movement. See the work of Chris Friel, Valda Bailey and Doug Chinnery for starters.

You do need to think about your subject, the blending mode you use and the placement. The Canon will record each photo you take, which means you can work on them subsequently, or you can just opt for the final product. It's necessary to choose the subject carefully.

This is a beech tree in its Autumn finery on Beacon Hill in Leicestershire. I lowered the temperature of the white balance to tone down the predominantly yellow colour.

Basil had a good run and was reluctant to get in the car to go home. There's an interesting serial called Pilgrim in the daily drama slot on Radio 4 at 2.15 pm. It sounds as if it might be allegorical, or fantasy. 

Choir tonight but first I popped in to see William, George and Kat. Will seems so fresh and young. Kat says she's really enjoying him and that the time is going too fast.

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