If you’ve come via the home page or wandered through the galleries, you may have seen these images before even though they are barely 24 hours old. I took some time yesterday and worked on making images of the Gerbera that were different from what I often see and interesting to me from a compositional perspective.
This first image is a single image zoom blur made with my Canon 50D and 70-200mm f/2.8L IS lens w/ a 500D close-up filter/lens; tripod mounted. I set up for a long exposure (2.0 sec @ f/20; ISO 100; -2/3 EV), started with the lens at 70mm and a brief pause before zooming to 200mm where I ended on a brief pause before the shutter closed. The result can be seen above.
The second image here is a 10-image zoom multiple exposure. I focused in on the flower at 70mm and following each exposure, I zoomed in a little more ending at 200mm. As I zoomed in shutter speed varied from 3.2 sec at 70mm to 1.6 sec at 200mm @ f/20; ISO 100; -1 EV. The images were combined in Photoshop using a script written/designed by Uwe Steinmueller & Tony Sweet. The result can be seen below.
The third image is a 4-image zoom multiple exposure created the same way as described above. The four images were shot at 70mm, 100mm, 135mm, and 200mm. You can see the resultant image below.
These are beautiful Ed! Love the vibrant color. Gerberas are one of my favorite flowers to photograph.
Oh goodness garcious me!!!! These are fabulous – I think they might be my favorites of your blurs/multiple exposures. Wow – sell these “puppies!!”
The first one is my favorite. Love everything about it!
Hi Ed, these are very interesting. I like no. 1, 3 and 2 in this order. The second one is the most dynamic, it drags my eyes and draws them into the black hole in the centre. It’s like flying through a red tunnel. Great work!
Great job. Vibrant colors. A technique I’m going to have to try.
Ed, these are beautiful. The gerbera is a great flower. Thank you for explaining how you accomplished this.
It’s nice the way you have captured and then processed these. A way that we cannot view them. Very nice.
Very creative. I love your experiments.
Wow Ed, this is almost like art pictures! I love them all, the effect are so different from one another and still so gorgeous!
You are getting your money’s worth from this Gerbera! And, having lots of fun. I like the first image best–I like the detail combined with the zoom, and the differences in color tones.
So fun, so much color. Gotta love that last one – textures abounding!
Really, really cool images, Ed! I love that you are continually experimenting—I should take a cue from you and do more of that.
Heard the east coast is getting more snow this weekend….fortunately, we are in Sarasota for a few days, visting Michael’s folks….it’s 77 degrees, sunny and GORGEOUS here. Hard to imagine snow back home….
Today we toured the Marie Selby Botanical Garden…beautiful place with all tropical plants…hope I got some nice shots to share when we return home!
If I had to pick a favorite, it certainly would be the top image. Perhaps because it seems more harmonious in tone. Very creative Ed, nice stuff.
Gerberia Daisies are my favorites. These are so vibrant and lovely! I really, really like the first and third images. These remind me of composites and I’m thinking I’d like to try these kind of blurs with flowers. Great experimentation, Ed.
Hi Ed I really like the first photograph its so vibrant and the colours and tones are wonderful in the way they merge together.
Wonderful technique and I think you picked a great subject for it. The first is my fave by far, followed by the third. The first one is just dreamy. Way to go!
The translucence of the petals in the first image make that my favorite, but all are beautiful! A great series, Ed!
It’s nice to finally sit down and visit other blogs that I am way behind on visiting, and to see that the creative spirit is in high gear. It certainly shows in these images!
Michael