Sleepy Orange Cruisin'

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Sleepy Orange Composite.jpg
Sleepy Orange Composite.jpg2000×1545 1.93 MB

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Description

This image is my attempt to tell a story of motion. It presents four separate images of a single Sleepy Orange traversing the field of view. The images were captured every 0.008 seconds. These images were then dropped into a photograph of the background, with a technique known as compositing. I’m a rookie at this, and I’m sure a practiced eye would find opportunities for improvement. Still, I’m pleased that a patient person with a modern camera can tell the viewer what a speeding butterfly was doing from one edge of the frame to the other.

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OM Systems OM-1 Mark II, Post-processing in Affinity
1/5000, F9, ISO 2500, 150mm, no flash

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Pretty neat composite, Russ. I have never tried it before. In fact, I haven’t tried capturing continuous shooting on a BF like you did here, getting 4 consecutive shots. Pretty neat.

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Excellent detail in capturing the butterfly, Russell and the background is great. Was the butterfly on the far left or far right from the original frame and the other 3 composited? Those two look more natural in the image to my eye. The yellow on the middle two seem blown out and makes the butterfly stand out more from the background. Maybe see how this looks with the highlights decreased on the yellows in those two. In any event, mission accomplished-very nice look at the butterfly in motion.

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This looks like whatever the method is, it works very well. I don’t see any evidence of the cutting and pasting that is the way I probably would have tried it. I’m guessing this slices the scene up and then merges it as if it were a panorama? Regardless of how it’s done, I like the result.