Multiple exposure

Alan Clark

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Following John Blakemore's death I have been thinking about his use of multiple exposure to convey the energy of the natural world, i.e. the rock in the stream remains still but the multiple exposures give the moving water around it a certain energy. Has anyone here on the forum done multiple exposures? It has always seemed to me that when you cock and re-cock the shutter multiple times you run the risk of spoiling the photo by inadvertently moving the camera, causing everything to be blurred.
I am going to give this a trial today, and would appreciate comments on the subject.

Alan
 
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It's a technique I've used a few times, this was a particularly windy day, I used a Green filter this increased the exposure time. I think it was somewhere around a dozen exposures. You need to add extra to the total exposure because the short multiple exposures cause reciprocity failure.

I don't have others scanned at the moment.

Ian
 
Thanks Ian. The nearest horse and the brick structure look sharp so I guess you managed your 12 exposures without displacing the camera - this was what I was concerned about.
I did a trial this morning and the sheets of film are hanging up to dry at the moment....Can't wait to see what happens.
 
Only just sharp Alan, I have a 24"x20" print which was part of an exhibition some years ago. I think there was some camera shake due to the high wind.

Copal shutters are easy to cock, so that makes it easy, changing the shutter speed takes more care. The other images where I've used the same technique are way sharper.

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I did find this scan, and a small print (actually a reduction from the 5x4 negative.

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Small FB prints don't scan well, but it gives an idea of the movement of the clouds.

Ian
 
Ian, many thanks for your input here. Much appreciated. Both photographs in your second post show what I was hoping to see, i.e. static objects sharp.
I have just processed my test shots. One was a single exposure. One second at f22. The other was five exposures of 1/5th second , at f22. The subject was static - a box with writing on it that would be a good indicator of sharpness. Both exposures were equally sharp. The lens was a Kodak Ektar f7.7 203mm.

Alan
 
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