Double exposure skulls...

[wooly]

I was messing around today trying to come up with some funky double exposures.
I've never done this before, so it was frustrating and exciting at the same time.
I put together a couple I liked and am curious what you all think. 
Obviously I used my skulls from this season as my main subjets and then just kinda winged it from there,lol.

All straight out of camera with no Photoshop involved in editing.

 

 

 

 

[Pygmy]

WAAAY cool, Wooly...I like the first one and the last one best.

[Lawdwaz]

Yea, the last one is pretty cool!

 

 

[G-Man]

1st and last for me

[wooly]

Thanks for the feedback guys!

It's still a new technique to me, that's why I was wondering if there was any appeal to this kind of stuff. I'm already cookin' up a few new ideas.

I'm kinda diggin' #2 and #3 myself, but I'm kinda weird like that so my opinion doesn't count,lol

[grampy]

That last one is a work of art. I'd love a print of that for my office! Awesome work wooly.

[crappyice]

1&2 are my votes....awesome shots

[Doc]

So, how do you get your camera to double expose? Is is something that can be done on any digital camera? I used to play with this concept with my film cameras, but have not discovered a way of getting a digital camera to do this.

[Terry]

Very cool wool!

[Paula]

All are cool but i really like 1-4

[philoshop]

Very nice wooly!

1 and 4 are more readily recognizable for what they are because of the skull orientation, while 2 and 3 are a bit more abstract and require more viewer attention.

I like them all!

[wooly]

So, how do you get your camera to double expose? Is is something that can be done on any digital camera? I used to play with this concept with my film cameras, but have not discovered a way of getting a digital camera to do this.

 

Thanks everyone!

This is stepping into unchartered territory for me so I didn't know if I was too far out there or not yet.

 

Doc- my Nikon D-3200 has an in camera setting that allows for overlapping the photos.

That's the easy part. Finding two or more images that work well together gets tricky so I find I do a lot of extra useless picture taking of some really strange things,lol. (not that I have a problem with that)

 

I start out by blowing out the background of my subject by overexposing it in the first photo. I shot these skulls on a snow bank for that reason. Then I take a few random pattern shots that have lots of negative space in the scenes at different angles. (treetops, limbs, leaves.., etc.)

Once the images are layed over one another, all the white areas that overlap wont hold color and you're left with the patterns on the properly exposed areas of the image. For me it's more trial and error than anything right now but I have a ton of pics to work with.

I'm sure there is software out there to do this with a standard digital camera, but I'm not much of a computer geek when it comes to editing photos like that. I've also been shooting primarily in RAW format lately, which gives me a lot more control over other adjustments in the scene during post processing.

[josephmrtn]

Looks absolutely amazing wooly!! 

[chiefbkt]

How about a double exposed skull and American flag???

[wooly]

How about a double exposed skull and American flag???

 

Can do..., I think the flag would work as a good overlay for a variety of things.

The wheels in my head have been turning for a while with that idea.

[Nomad]

You add a lot to this site . Thanks.

[chiefbkt]

Can do..., I think the flag would work as a good overlay for a variety of things.

The wheels in my head have been turning for a while with that idea.

Could be worthy of selling if it turns out good, which I'm sure it will knowing you.

[JALA RUT]

Wooly, amazing as usual!