It's always a challenge (pun intended) to shoot the Washington, DC monuments creatively because they've been photographed literally millions of times. I initially went out to retake this shot from my portfolio:
I got some very nice results, too. But then I wondered about doing multiple exposures in one shutter click. And I decided that having two Washington Monuments would be better than just one.
Editing was, well, basic: a small rotation, cropping, noise reduction, a slight curve, upped the blacks a bit with a selective color layer, and sharpening. Oh, and I cloned out a few hot pixels.
Post-challenge: yippee! 2nd-most comments ever and 7th-highest score ever. I think it's interesting that the two negative comments are from neighbors. I have no problem with anyone's opinion - how boring it would be if we all liked the same things! It's just interesting.
I'm also not really arguing that the buildings look better this way than in real life, only that the triple exposure added visual interest. :)
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You know, when I voted on this during the challenge, I really liked it for the clarity and the reflections. And I saw it was "validated" and I had no idea what on earth was wrong with it. Well - gee - I sure am unobservant. Knock on head - there is only ONE Washington Monument. So - wow what a great pic! It's very beautiful. Very clever way to design the pic. Thanks for explaning how you did this.
Great work! Amazing shot. You have a great notion of visualizing the shot. Truly unique and glad it did so well for you
I am guessing the low scores were because it was "Basic" and many didn't deem it basic. Too bad it wasn't advanced, because some people just don't give the benefit of the doubt.
Shazaaam, Jeff! Amazing work!! But you may have shot yourself in the foot because I believe many voters will lowball if they think it this was done illegally (even if the red text says otherwise) or if they think it was done through legal trickery. That's the only way I could explain so many votes of 5 and less, IMO.
btw, in your diagram, where it says "camera on tripod" it should have said "grassy knoll" :)
I don't believe that's the case. The only way to know this was done with "one-shot multiple exposure" is if you have actually been there (or at least seen a lot of pictures of the place).
For my part, being an European who have never been in Washington, I had no idea and took this as a normal one-exposure shot. (and a nice one)
Thanks for explaining the process of multiple exposures. I'm going to give that a try. Considering the difficulty of this technique, I think this is a superb accomplishment.
Woo hoo! Great score, Jeffrey! Looks very complicated - that diagram gives me nightmare flashbacks of geometry class :-) Seriously, excellent image and great job of pulling off an illusion successfully in basic editing.
Very clever! I thought this was yours but got confused when in one of the forums you said you tried something different... Then again, this *is* different!
Shazaaam, Jeff! Amazing work!! But you may have shot yourself in the foot because I believe many voters will lowball if they think it this was done illegally (even if the red text says otherwise) or if they think it was done through legal trickery. That's the only way I could explain so many votes of 5 and less, IMO.
btw, in your diagram, where it says "camera on tripod" it should have said "grassy knoll" :)
I got a prett good idea who did this ;p, my guess is you used a black cloth took the phot on the right, covered it, rotated tripod to the left and removed the cloth, nice work jeffrey, good luck. If your name is not jeffrey, I apologize, your shot is very well done!
I guess I am confused as to why you would do this in an image of a well known spot. Why is the Washington monument in the image twice? I don't see it for the sake of art.
Jeffrey is this you?? Love the towers (washingtons) the red lights at the top make them take on an almost living quality, the reflection rocks also!!very nice shot!! 9
WOW!! You did some AMAZING photography here!! If I didn't see the "This photo has been validated" stamp, I'd wonder. I am in awe of this photo. It is so stunningly beautiful. Night photography at its best! Razor sharp and crystal clear. And of course, the magical water with accompanying reflections are out of this world! Bravo!!! 11 (there SHOULD be a 10+ for photos like this!)
Hmmmm, looks like Jeffrey at his memorials again :-) How in the world did you pull off two Washington monuments? It's a conspiracy, I tell you - they are popping up everywhere!
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