I agree with you, rgrenaderphoto. It looks really wild. I will try myself and post whatever I come up with. Hopefully, you will do the same.
I agree with you, rgrenaderphoto. It looks really wild. I will try myself and post whatever I come up with. Hopefully, you will do the same.
foggypreacher wrote:
I agree with you, rgrenaderphoto. It looks really wild. I will try myself and post whatever I come up with. Hopefully, you will do the same.
I will try with a 6x and 10x ND filter.
John Howard
Loc: SW Florida and Blue Ridge Mountains of NC.
I was on the top of a mountain last year in very high winds and found it impossible to steady the heavy tripod and camera. My reaction was to hand hold, shift out of focus, and shoot a double exposure in camera. Here is the painterly result. I'll give a try the method you linked.
First attempt, straight out of camera. Tamron 24-70 @ 24mm, Lee 6X ND filter, exposure time .8 seconds.
The video was a fun watch--thanks for sharing. My suspicion is, looking at the camera results vs the finished Andrew Gray images, that skillful post-processing is a big part of the excellent results. Looks to me like he may be incorporating textures into the final product, too. Whatever, it sure works.
You may find this alternative technique(s) of interest and here is fair warning that this is posted in the Figure area. But I do think that you can find the ideas and technique if applied to subjects like humming birds rather interesting.
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-598005-1.html#10267580 (Figure section of Hog Forum).
I watched a video on Andrew Gray's YouTube channel. As suspected, a sophisticated and involved post process using textures and many layers. Not beginner stuff to be sure.
These were easy to do, no tripod needed or fancy smancy camera attachments. Both were shot a few years apart, yet same technique. Canon 50D for top, Canon 5DMIII for bottom. Both with 24-105 f4 L lens. both at 1/4 second handheld. Experiment with a few different exposures and shutter speeds when you do it. Top is created while zooming out. Bottom created by zooming in. Colors done by playing with all the sliders in Lightroom.
Coromandal Peninsula Sunset, New Zealand
Empire State from Top of the Rock
worldcycle wrote:
These were easy to do, no tripod needed or fancy smancy camera attachments. Both were shot a few years apart, yet same technique. Canon 50D for top, Canon 5DMIII for bottom. Both with 24-105 f4 L lens. both at 1/4 second handheld. Experiment with a few different exposures and shutter speeds when you do it. Top is created while zooming out. Bottom created by zooming in. Colors done by playing with all the sliders in Lightroom.
These are really cool. When I first started with photography, I bought an inexpensive push-pull zoom lens (do they even MAKE any of those now?) and the guy at the camera store said, "Steve, stick with Canon lenses, this lens is junk!"
After I showed him my images, he asked, "Good lord, those are fantastic! How did you get that effect?" When I told him, he stood in silence.
Thanks for posting.
I am going to try this as well. But the video could have been half as long and given the same information.
sbohne wrote:
I am going to try this as well. But the video could have been half as long and given the same information.
You could say that about most of the U-Tube videos! LOL!!!
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