Back to Double Exposures

Being ancient of days, I tend to move on from something and then forget to return to it.

Recently Val/Mulewings posted a double-exposure photo and noted that I had a small part in inspiring her to try this technique. You see, I had experimented with double exposures in early spring, but then the practice sank into the sea of my forgetfulness. At least I can proudly say that I remember that I had forgotten. lol

After that reminder, I decided to try a few double-exposure macros in a patch of Queen Anne's Lace. I had thought there were also blue chicory plants in that location, and I was right, but there weren't many, and my attempts to use them in photos were not very successful.

Following, are a few results, always with some editing and/or cropping in post. I tend to process one photo one way and the next photo another way, as the spirit moves. One of the first four photos was doubly-exposed in post and not in camera, but I am not sure which one right now. Whatever the case, the other three were blended by my trusty Canon although I do, subsequently, edit to my highly variable taste.

The two parts of this first image involved an unfocused photo (background) and then a more or less focused flower as the foreground subject. I cropped it into a square format and turned the background to mono or almost. It's a gentle look. While the background may look like clouds, it is of other flowers.

This ↓ is a similar idea as above but without converting the background. It is the type of photo that could have been a single exposure without displaying much of a difference, but it is a double.

I processed this third photo maximally by adding a radial blur among other things. I am not sure if I like it, but I like to play, and some of my Flickr friends said that they liked it.

Finally, another double that could also have as easily been a single exposure but wasn't.

This final offering is completely a single exposure. I had used it in a double exposure in camera, but I didn't like it. I did see potential in the single exposure, however. By the way, I have programmed the camera to also keep the singles, even when I am shooting double exposures. Every attempt of a double exposure yields three images: the blend plus the two single photos.

Now, will I forget all about this technique again for a few months? I'll try not to.