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The Little Red Hen
The Little Red Hen
michael_p


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark IIn
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM
Location: Warwick, UK
Date: Nov 22, 2006
Aperture: f13
ISO: 100
Shutter: 2.5sec
Galleries: Digital Art, Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: Nov 22, 2006

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 Possibly going to transform>perspective to remove the barrell distortion but quite like it as it at the mo...

Just a bit of fun :0)

To do the shot its very simple but you need a little patience in photoshop.

set up the shot and tidy the room if you dont want any clutter on the shot - think of this before you start. The room needs to remain the same for every shot so for instance you cant after shooting say 3 of 7 shots move the couch or something in the background as it will confuse you later in photoshop.

Now place the camera in the room where it will remain for all 7 exposures, set the camera to 10 second delay and leave in MF (Manual focus - prefocus just less than infinity and use a nice wide lens of 16 to 20mm lets say) I used f13 at 2.5 seconds but just ensure your camera is in AV mode at f13 or more to get most of the room in focus and hence your going to be all over the room.

Take the 7 exposures and then put all the shots in photoshop and drag each picture into a big stack so that you have 7 layers. Place a shot as the bottom layer that has you in the back the most hence me in the back right of the kitchen in the above shot.

with each layer above roughly cut out using the marque tool around you and once done ensure you INVERSE the selection and then feather it by at least 20 pixels too.

Do this for all but the background layer and your done.

* Should you want to show yourself through holes in your arms or similar then ensure that the layers are stacked accordingly and erase any extra parts too, with these simple tips you should be able to create one yourself too, this was my first attempt at this and I have more ideas for further scope of shots in this style...

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 12/07/2006 03:08:52 PM
hi michael ... thank you so much for going to such lengths to explain how this sort of shot is achieved ... i had a tripod which broke on the first use a month ago, and wanted to go buy one, but was told to wait till after xmas!! ...
so after xmas ... all going well regarding pressies etc ... i'll enjoy using this effect with our dog .... coz i'm not very photogenic ...
and i'll keep you posted ....
'the little red hen' is pretty good for a first attempt ...... let me now if you do anymore ...
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 12/02/2006 10:38:42 PM
seen a few images that achieve the same kind of look ..... I LOVE IT ... i saw another one, totally different, but using the same technique today, and the person who did it said it took him an hour from shooting to putting it in dpc ... if thats the case i cant imagine its done with cloning?? ... or is it?? ...

I WOULD BE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME HOW THIS TECHNIQUE IS ACHIEVED ... THANK YOU ...
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 11/22/2006 06:17:18 PM
You could sell this image to IKEA for an advert. It's crisply, clinically depeche mode.

Message edited by author 2006-11-22 18:20:28.
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