Tea Garden

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I’m not sure if the image actually has hints of a tea garden… but this is literally the Japanese Tea Gardens at Butchart Gardens, Victoria BC. From our trip back in Sept last year.

Certain colors, lighting and scenes work better for multiple exposures. Combining the multiple exposure with ICM makes it even more unpredictable.

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As always, all comments and suggestions are appreciated.

I am curiuos whether or not there is any harmony in the color palette? Many shades/hues of green. Do they work together?

Any other impressions? suggestions? Thank you!

Technical Details

Nikon Z7ii 24-200mm @42mm, f/10 1/6s iso64.
2-image multiple exposure with vertical and horizontal ICM movements. slight crop

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Lon, this is very cool! (literally and figuratively)
Just the right shade of green, imo, and the trees and water are very appealing.
I don’t know if it suggests a tea garden, but definitely water, trees, and reflections.
Compelling!

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This does remind me a bit of a Japanese print, Lon, with the exception of the vibrant green palette. The way the lines work horizontally and vertically do the trick. A very pleasant image, though I have a feeling that on the wall the intensity of the greens would start to wear on me, but that’s just personal taste.

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Sorry Lon, but no it does not resemble a tea garden to me, but that does not take anything away from the fascinating graphic. The brush stroke effect of the ICM really makes this look like a painting, and possibly even a Japanese painting.

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Another fascinating ICM – you have mastered this double exposure idea! For me, it suggests a contemplative water environment, but I think it has a generic appeal for more specific interpretation by each viewer, which gives it a unique strength. Definitely belongs in a meditation series. There you go – how about a coffee table book of meditations? Combined with haiku if you are a poet…

And congratulations on the EP – most deserved!

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Love ME ICMs. Was it an in camera ME? I just bought a Nikon to do this since my Sony does not do in camera ME. Going out to Santa Fe in 2 weeks just to do ICM with plenty of ME’s. Anyway I think the color palette is very appealing. I particularly like the tree in the UR and its stand out clarity as a focal point for me.

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Very nice piece of art. It really does look like brush strokes. The various shades of green are eye catching but what makes it for me are the blacks especially the trunk in the URC working with the darker green. Well done.

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I love this piece of art Lon. It has an impressionistic feel of a great garden scene. The green is a bit intense as noted by Dennis. I wonder if it could be toned down just a bit for display.

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Doh! I thought I had responded… A big thank you to @Sandy_Richards-Brown , @Dennis_Plank , @Youssef_Ismail , @Diane_Miller , @Mario_Cornacchione , @Bruce_King and @Ed_Williams .
I very much appreciate the response and comments!

First, and I agree now… that this really doesn’t come across as anything close to a “tea garden.” I get it, and shouldn’t assume that because I was there, that everyone else would get the connection.

Also agree about the green - mostly the neon/electric green up top. The rest of the greens are pretty tame.

I think you’re right Dennis.

Great idea Diane! Maybe someday when I’m driven to do something with my photography… :upside_down_face: :roll_eyes: I do think many ICM’s would be very sutiable for large prints and displayed, say in a medical office facility.
Maybe I’ll contract Ben for the haiku’s…

Indeed Mario, I have both the Z8 and Z7ii - and know others with Sony that lament they don’t have this feature. Yes, you can do up to 9 exposures combined to a single frame. I think there are 4 blending modes, Dark, Add, Light, Avg - or something like that. The resulting images though are output as jpgs, no RAW. That’s fine with me.

Thanks everyone for your comments and observations!

oh, and thank you for the EP. I’m thinking though… maybe there should be a minimum number of posts to qualify for an EP? Not really the “best” post, when it’s the only one… :roll_eyes:

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Sometimes a post is so special that it just screams EP! Why wait for more competitors? Then one of them can have a chance the next week.

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