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10/07/2003 11:31:04 AM · #1 |
| A few of the dream challenge shots have ghost-like people in them, what technique is used to get this effect? Just curious. |
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10/07/2003 11:33:16 AM · #2 |
Long exposure - take the picture with flash and then move! The rest of the exposure records a bit of the data in the background.
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10/07/2003 11:33:27 AM · #3 |
The fuji S602 has a double exposure mode, and you can also get the same effect by simply leaving the shutter open a long time, with the person moving out the way half way through to partly expose the background over the top of them
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10/07/2003 11:34:35 AM · #4 |
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10/07/2003 11:36:13 AM · #5 |
| Thanks for the quick replies and info, is it quite hard to get it so precise? |
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10/07/2003 11:40:28 AM · #6 |
It can be. lol But once you've done it a time or two, it's not so bad.
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10/07/2003 11:44:12 AM · #7 |
If you do it with a black background, you can get the same person in the photo twice without the ghost effect, for example my photo here: 
Took me loads of attempts to get that right!
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10/07/2003 12:04:03 PM · #8 |
When I first joined DPC I was tinkering with this ghostly idea myself. My first attempt using the digital camera. I was shooting photos of the night sky and walking into them and pointing at the moon. This was all just for fun. When I got them on the computer and began looking over the shots, in one of the shots a meteor had pass over at the same time which totally took me by surprise.
So just for fun I entered it in the Round challenge for everyone to see and I got crucified! But I learned quickly how it works. I' am the ghostly image on the right. The meteor is on the lower left :)
Press thumbnail for larger image.
Calvus
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10/07/2003 12:05:58 PM · #9 |
Well I ended up with a similar shot one night, but I wasn't really sure how I had gotten it or how to redo it, it is a neat effect, I think I will have to practice it a little, just in time for halloween shots : )
//www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=41252
this was my 'accidental' shot
Message edited by author 2003-10-07 12:43:25. |
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10/07/2003 08:02:52 PM · #10 |
Nice shot Ellamay! V. cool vibe.
This shot for Self-Portrait used the same technique Mavrik mentioned, but I ran around with lights instead!
//www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=25103
It's fun to muck around with ;)
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