St3v3M Loc: 35,000 feet

Hey Hedgehogs, it’s time for another Weekly Photo Challenge. This week’s theme is entitled Orton Effect.
- Be sure the title or description of your entry explains your interpretation of the theme.

The challenges are simple. You start with a theme, but the twist is that everyone needs to submit a title or description with their photo that explains the ‘who, what, where, why, when or how’ they went through to get it. This helps us ‘feel’ the moment as you did, but can also help with voting. You might even find some great tips along the way.

This is about challenging yourself, pushing beyond your limits, so have fun and try anything and everything whether you are good at it or not. Remember; you can't win if you don't try. Good luck and have fun!

HELP -
Orton (photography) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orton_(photography)
"Orton imagery, also called an Orton slide sandwich or the Orton Effect, is a photography technique which blends two completely different photos of the same scene, resulting in a distinctive mix of high and low detail areas within the same photo."
"The original technique invented by Michael Orton was to overlay two or more images of an identical scene with very different exposures on slide film. One image is sharply focused and the others are very out of focus. Orton has also experimented with similar techniques, substituting one of the images in the composition for one of a different subject, such as a texture layer, or combining a multi-colored image and a monotone one."
Orton Effect http://www.michaelortonphotography.com/ortoneffect.html
Orton Imagery - A “How to” guide for Photographers http://www.naturephotographers.net/articles0106/dw0106-1.html
How to Ortonize Your Images http://photography.about.com/od/developingandprinting/ss/ortoneffect.htm#step-heading
Sample Images http://www.google.com/search?q=orton+effect&biw=1366&bih=643&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=HaxlVN2CKMP9iAKProGABw&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ

How to Win Photography Competitions http://www.digital-photo-secrets.com/tip/3454/how-to-win-photography-competitions-2

Now for the legal stuff:
- You are encouraged to shoot within the challenge week
- Entries that do not follow the theme will be deleted
- Entries without a title or description will be deleted *(see below)
- Contests start Friday mornings and end Wednesday evening (EST)
- Voting starts Thursday morning and ends Friday evening (EST)
- One original entry per member, and entries may only be used once
- Post processing is fine, but keep it to a minimum
- Once voting starts there can be no additional entries
- User names and vote counts are hidden until voting is over and winners are announced
- All votes are anonymous
- A maximum of 250 entries will be allowed per challenge
- Your entry may be used in the WPC - CRITIQUE Forum
- Rules are subject to change as the challenges require

Send a Private Message (PM) if you need me and Thank You All! St3v3M

> Post Your Entries Here: http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/photo_contest.jsp?pcnum=144 <

* WPC - How To Add A Title Or Description http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-188535-1.html

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

In other words, the Orton Effect is an art form in as much as the creation of the images to be sandwiched is not for the faint-hearted and is for the creative imaginative.