I have to admit that I was somewhat disappointed in the score this was receiving for most of the challenge. It was in the high 5's for most of the challenge but started rising slowly since Sunday and now I am quite happy with the score.
I know everyone will not appreciate the work that went into making this image. So I am going to force you to appreciate it ;)
Here is how I did it. It took forever to get the right settings. And each shot took 1-2 min to make so when one didn't turn out it was very disappointing.
First of all this is a long exposure and is made with only 4 flowers in the vase. I started with a dimly lit room and experimented with leaving the shutter open for different amounts of time and also leaving the flower in each spot for different amounts of time. In the end the best recipe was this.
Put tulips in first spot. Press shutter release. Time for 25 seconds place black cardboard over the front of the lens. Move flowers to second spot, move the black cardboard out of the way and time for another 25 seconds. I moved the flowers a total of 5 times to get the full bouquet of flowers.
Some of you guessed a double exposure, that may have been easier. But not quite as fun :) Thanks for all of those who left comments and took the time to look at it and appreciate the work that went into it.
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I think it was a lovely experiment but the result puts emphasis on the sharp door losing the flowers in the process. Having simpler background may have made this a killer image.
PS Why not use ND filters in a bright room?
Pretty nice use of that effect, live the muted coloring of the flowers, really works nicely against the old door. Ddefinitely under rated in my opinion.
I did something similar to this in the 30 second exposure challenge, only thing is I only had to move the hands on a clock. I tried mine in a completely darkened room and was working with a flashlight. It took many tries to get it right so I can appreciate how much effort went in to making this look as great as it does. Good on you for posting your thread, sometimes I wonder how certain effects are done and since this is a place to learn and grow, I'm glad your shared your technique.
So sorry I didn't get back to bump that one more time or to comment - I'm on vacation and a laptop so time and viewing speed and image quality (on this monitor) all conspired to keep me from doing a last run through. This was my stand-alone favorite, however, and I gave it a 9 my first time through which I almost never do. Thanks so much for the notes and congrats on a fine result - the image itself, not the finish in the challenge :)
Nice textures and nice "movement" of the flowers. Looks a little like that cool effect they use in the movies where they show a plant grow in a few seconds. Okay a different concept but made me think about it.
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