September evening in Camogli

Triple exposure : 1)- Pentax 645n + 300mm f4 Carl Zeiss Sonnar +

Pentax 2x + Pentax 1.4x teleconverter (resulting focal lenght 840mm

f11) for the Moon

2)- bubble levelled camera on tripod : Pentax 645n + 45mm f2.8 Pentax

FA at the "blue hour" 1.5 sec at f8

3)-after 45 minutes without moving the camera : Pentax 645n + 45mm

f2.8 Pentax FA for the city lights 16 sec at 8

A well thoughtout composition carefully crafted with multiple exposures. Looks much more realistic than many of the Photoshop manipulations we see.

 

Thanks for sharing.

Well, I was thinking "hey another guy who wants me to give him a 5 for originality because he overused his computer", but now I say waow, because that's wonderful work you did.... Tough to set up, but you managed it perfectly! Great shot, despite the artificial effect of the moon hanging 4'000 km above Spain, lit by a secondary sun :))

Good work!! It's inspiring to see good technical photography skills. To be picky i think its a bit heavy at the bottom, so If you don't mind i have a cropping suggestion that i feel could improve the composition even further. Regards!!

First of all : thanks to all the Photographers'comments. Everyone who share our passion knows very well the satisfaction to shoot on Real Film.... :)

To Atle, 5 minutes ago I've prepared the same cropped photo you've suggested to me ! (funny!!)

But after some minutes of re-thinking, I decided to go with the full one. Every time I changed something on my photo with the pc I feel ...like I'm gonna fool myself first...

However, with the camera bubble levelled (I was using a wide-angle) sometimes it's impossible to cut some part of the scene...

Gorgeous effect. Looks like something out of a science fiction movie. I like this a lot.

complimenti ! Ottima realizzazione.

You've made a GREAT work on this !

A beautiful example of photographic tecnique !

Am I the only one who still believes in technique rather than PS or am I just too naive? I was sure this was a double exposure when I first saw the thumbnail (why use PS when you can do it for real and it´s not that hard?). But what really surprised me was the other two exposures of the city, I am amazed at the result. The buildings have lots of detail, impossible to get in the dark hours.

 

I think some of the lights are a bit overexposed though. I also prefer the crop, there´s nothing in the bottom worth keeping, and you get rid of those distracting dots in the middle. I also think the moon is too big, I´d prefer it a little smaller (maybe 2/3). It´s as big as that clock tower!!!

 

But overall it´s a great shot, and thanks Alberto for sharing this technique (the two city exposures).

Holy Rollei, Batman! You know, I've tried multiple exposure shots before with the moon, but never with satisfying results. You demonstrate the thought and planning that is being left out of photgraphy more and more today, because of the reliance on PS. This is really wonderful.

Your technique has created an interesting image regardless of the artificial look.In my opinion,this image would be much stronger if it was cropped at the bottom of the valley between the small hill and large one.The brightness of the right one third spoils the romance.Overall nice though.

I was only 19 when I took my first Double Exposure, The shot of Lake Side Amusement Park (You can see this at the top of my photo.net page. Some other double exposed pictures there too). Now I do this with a 4x5. Sometimes if I need to go wider angle I will double expose 4 sheets of film or more and stitch them together, These make very high detail large prints. Something easy to forget on photo.net, This is a very nice triple exposure. The detail in the fore ground with the chairs you captured at the blue hour is amazing, The moon and night exposure are perfect too. You took it on medium format and it looks sharp and well exposed so Im going to rate it higher than if it where taken on 35mm or some digital camera.

 

P.S. Don't crop any thing.

I'd say this is a good first attempt. The moon is grossly exaggerated and because it's a half moon it feels too linear when it should feel passionate. Take away the moon and what do you have? A nice image but that's it.

 

Wanna make a truly great photo? Go back and work for a more dynamic composition and try a double/triple exposure using a quarter or full moon about 1/2 the size of the current one. Then you might be getting somewhere worthy of a stellar rating.

Nice, love the effect with the half moon.

The triple exposure is for sure a very competent work.

I don't like the moon so big: it overdoes the effect of a

'double' exposure. Half of its size would be better IMHO.

This is a competent exercise, but the moon is so hideously large that it looks like, and to my eye is, a mistake. I am somewhat surprised that people like this. I suggest you use the tools at your command to enhance the nicely executed basic scene with an appropriately sized moon that adds to the mood rather than this over-sized white semi-circle in the sky. Another issue might be that it looks as if the sun has set in the western sky, straight ahead, behind the tower, and behind the moon. So why would the right side of the moon be shining? Nice technique, but ill-conceived.

Excellent!

Just awesome! Well thoughtout. Very creative and great for marketing if it isn't being used already.

una buona foto, complimenti

great work and a fascinating photo, a pleasure to see.