Fooling around in Photoshop

[ivoire]

I couldn't get what i wanted by using the multi exposure mode on the K7 but came up with this after 4 pics and 15 minutes in photoshop. Anyone know if its possible to do this with the multi exposure mode? and if so, can you provide details??? I thought there was a post to this effect when the K10D came out but I can't seem to find it.

[benjikan]

Love it!

[ivoire]

Originally Posted by benjikan

Love it!

Thanks Ben. It was fun to do, but the idea came from a shot i saw someone post of his friends daughter with about 5 versions of her in a room doing different things and interacting. he shot it with the K10d and i was sure that he used the multi exposure mode. a search of this site turned up nothing, so i switched to manual processing. the da 12-24mm is a very nice lens

[krypticide]

Very fun, though of course you are not the first to do it. Still, I like the way you executed the image!

You "can't" do this in multi-exposure mode because to composite the background into a correct exposure, the camera would end up underexposing the multi-copies of you because there is only one shot of you in that specific location.

HOWEVER

One could conceivably do this in multi-exposure mode by using a completely dark room and carefully "painting" with light. Take shots with flash of you in different positions, then make sure to flash the remaining parts of the backgrounds so that they appear properly exposed. Practically, it may be nigh impossible to pull this off seamlessly without any post work.

[Damn Brit]

Moved from General Photography to PP, Printing and Software.

[ivoire]

Originally Posted by krypticide

Very fun, though of course you are not the first to do it. Still, I like the way you executed the image!

You "can't" do this in multi-exposure mode because to composite the background into a correct exposure, the camera would end up underexposing the multi-copies of you because there is only one shot of you in that specific location.

HOWEVER

One could conceivably do this in multi-exposure mode by using a completely dark room and carefully "painting" with light. Take shots with flash of you in different positions, then make sure to flash the remaining parts of the backgrounds so that they appear properly exposed. Practically, it may be nigh impossible to pull this off seamlessly without any post work.

thanks for the info. That was exactly the problem I had with 'myself' being underexposed.

[gowerray]

Excellent composition. Going to have to try that myself. Prove to my Wife and the Shrink that I'm not delusional. I really can have a conversation with myself

[ivoire]

But the shrink will diagnose you with egotistic schizophrenia! But then never again will you be alone.