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 01/24/2012 10:20:46 AM · #1
Has anyone fabricated a cover to make double exposures easier?
(to do things like this)
A sort of hinged flap that can be raised for the second firing of the flash.

I know I can make one out of cardboard, but I was looking for something a little more durable and consistant.

Any Ideas?
Thanks

BTW, thank you scalvert for that very inspiring shot!

Message edited by author 2012-01-24 10:21:48.
 01/24/2012 10:40:36 AM · #2
Photoshop would yield better rand more consistent results. unless of course it for entering challenges here.
 01/24/2012 11:19:27 AM · #3
But there is certainly a pride and a joy in creating it OUTSIDE of Ps, or at least I think so. There's value in renewing curiosity and interest in those who dismiss such work out of hand as "oh that's just Ps."
 01/24/2012 12:03:53 PM · #4
Right, I'd rather do it without photoshop. My example was done with basic editing. It is for a non-expert challenge, and I'd like to have it handy for the future.
 01/24/2012 02:27:36 PM · #5
no card or ps dbl exposure here, just plenty of takes. Sad it faired so poorly in the challenge - didn't even make the top 100!



This scored slightly better but finished much higher :)



This failed miserably :) and used a 'pelmet' to hide my head during he first flash...

01/27/2012 01:00:33 PM · #6
OK, I made something. I'll put up a picture later.
I wish it weighed less, but I was limited to my supplies.
It is a 6"x6"x1" of wood with a 3" hole drilled in the center. Then I took two small hinges and attached 2"x4" black thin plastic that meet at the center of the circle.

The idea is to put this at the end of my lens with one "door" open, fire the flash, switch doors and fire it again...

I'll let you know if it works...
 01/27/2012 05:33:48 PM · #7
Originally posted by sinistral_leo:
OK, I made something. I'll put up a picture later.
I wish it weighed less, but I was limited to my supplies.
It is a 6"x6"x1" of wood with a 3" hole drilled in the center. Then I took two small hinges and attached 2"x4" black thin plastic that meet at the center of the circle.

The idea is to put this at the end of my lens with one "door" open, fire the flash, switch doors and fire it again...

I'll let you know if it works...


Please do.
I have been thinking of something like tha, with a flap,t since a few weeks, but with bulb exposure in mind rather than flash.
Even experimented covering half the lens with a black card and then switching to the other side. Not exactly masterpieces but it was good fun :)
 01/27/2012 06:22:53 PM · #8
would a normal lens cover with half of it cut out work the same

leaving the outer rim or enough to hold it in the lens then you could mark and rotate through 180 degree to have the effect?
 01/27/2012 07:01:19 PM · #9
Originally posted by Giles_uk:
would a normal lens cover with half of it cut out work the same

leaving the outer rim or enough to hold it in the lens then you could mark and rotate through 180 degree to have the effect?


Much harder to do in the dark though.

R.
 01/27/2012 08:14:34 PM · #10
Originally posted by mcaldo:

Please do.
I have been thinking of something like tha, with a flap,t since a few weeks, but with bulb exposure in mind rather than flash.


I would do it in bulb mode (or a long enough exposure to complete the task of posing, fire the flash, flip the "doors", repose, fire the flash again, end exposure.
 01/27/2012 08:45:58 PM · #11
Originally posted by sinistral_leo:
Originally posted by mcaldo:

Please do.
I have been thinking of something like tha, with a flap,t since a few weeks, but with bulb exposure in mind rather than flash.


I would do it in bulb mode (or a long enough exposure to complete the task of posing, fire the flash, flip the "doors", repose, fire the flash again, end exposure.


Mmm, yep, silly me, that makes perfectly sense :)
It didn't occur to me because the only time I have tried that was with a camera which didn't have bulb, so I would just set shutter to 5 sec and fire the flash few times within that time span.
What I meant was in bulb but with natural light, that's what I am playing around with now.
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