Photographing the cow-parsley, that blooms on the bank behind my house, has become an annual ritual. Of course, if the subject doesn't change the approach to shooting it should. This year I decided to try in-camera multiple exposure images. I wanted to get something impressionistic and painterly, rather than totally abstract.
One of the annoying things about the Olympus Om-D E-M1 is that its multiple exposure mode only allows two images to be combined. It is possible to select that double image as the first image in a second double shot, and build up from there. But, honestly, who can be bothered? Instead it was back to the trusty old Canon 7D. This has a lot more options regarding both the number of images that can be combined and the blending method. The drawback of the 7D is the lack of electronic viewfinder, meaning I couldn't see the overlay of the previous shot(s). I tried using the rear screen to compose, but the light was too strong to see properly, so in the end I just trusted to luck.
Each of these images is an 8-shot in-camera multiple exposure, combined in additive mode. I made very slight movements between shots, whilst trying to focus on a single point. I found that the least amount of movement gave me the look I was after.
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