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Multiple Exposure Fall – Part 1

In addition to experimentation with a fisheye lens this fall, I also dabbled with in camera multiple exposure techniques, which offers many possibilities. My results were mixed, ranging from images that I liked to those that were total failures. It appears that I have much to learn about this photographic technique and I will continue working this.

I used only two images and an average of the pixels for all of these images, as that seemed to be a reasonable and simple starting point. More images can be used and there are other options of how the images are combined in camera.

In this series, I will share the images that I think worthy, even if some are not so appealing.

Before I ventured out for an intensive photo shoot, I began by making simple images around our cabin.

I began with the simplest of images, such as the one above with horizontal and vertical images.

Then I began to incorporate ICM (intentional Camera Movement) in at least one of the images.

Sometimes, I just moved the camera a little between shots, to get such images as Multiplying Leaves and Picasso Forest.

Another technique is to shoot the same scene with the first shot a simple, sharply focused image, then completely defocusing the image to a complete blur for the second image. I had most difficulty with this method, but still got a few good images.

The yellow and brown color around these leaves is created by the fully unfocused image of these leaves.

More multiple exposures to follow,

Ken

Road Trip Diversion

My wife and I made a road trip from our Indiana cabin lodging to Madison, Indiana, during our traditional fall stay in Indiana.

Madison is a picturesque, small city in Southern Indiana. There are a number of enticing antique and craft venues, favorite shopping for my wife, in Madison. A river runs through the area and one of the larger antique markets is located within sight of the river, maybe a block or two away, with open areas between that venue and the river and the park along the river. This provides me with an opportunity to walk around by the riverside, while my wife shops.

There were many of these trees with their red/yellow fall foliage along the streets and in the yards of homes in Madison and many fallen leaves beneath the trees and in the streets. This is probably a mundane fall event for those in this part of the country, but rare for one from Texas.

We were here a couple of days before Halloween. I noted natural features in the trees along the riverside that would make good Halloween photos. I captured images of a number of these features, but did not get the images processed in time for a Halloween post.

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Ken

Fish Walk 2 – A Fall Photo Hike with a Fisheye Lens – Part 3

This is the final part of my fall photo hike series with images shot with a fisheye lens.

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Ken

Fish Walk 2 – A Fall Photo Hike with a Fisheye Lens – Part 2

This is a continuation of my second fall photo hike with a fisheye lens.

To be continued,

Ken

Fish Walk 2 – A Fall Photo Hike with a Fisheye Lens – Part 1

In the fall of 2024, I began to experiment with using a 16mm fisheye lens for forest photography. This blog series contains images from my second woodland hike with this lens.

The old, mossy log in this image gets its curved shape from the fisheye lens, making it appear to be embracing the small tree with its yellow leaves of fall.

Below the Dam – At Strahl Lake, Brown County State Park, Indiana

To be continued,

Ken

Indiana Fall 2024 – Leaf Clusters on Trees

I published a two part series on this topic on Substack, kenkemp650.substack.com. This post contains selected photos from the Substack series.

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Ken

Hanging Leaves Part 2

This is a continuation of my photography of 2024 fall leaves that have been arrested on their way to the ground, hanging tenuously onto some natural object.

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Ken

Indiana Fall 2024 – Hanging Leaves – Part 1

I’m always amazed at how falling fall leaves are caught, often in a tenuous manner, by something on their way to the ground. This series of posts is dedicated to images of such hanging leaves.

Stay tuned for Hanging Leaves Part 2,

Ken

Indiana Fall 2024 – Grounded Leaves

I published a number of Substack posts (kenkemp650.substack.com) with images of fall leaves. This post contains a subset of images from my Substack series “Grounded Leaves”.

These photos depict ordinary scenes one can see in the fall, especially on a forest floor. Which means these are not unique artistic creations and are only a capture of the ordinary, natural beauty we often take for granted, while we trample these fallen leaves beneath our feet.