"Smoky Mountain Star Trails" - Creative Competition - Did not place
 

This image is a compilation of close to 100 different photos (30-seconds each) that were taken back-to-back over a few hours.  This was taken during my trip to the Smokey Mountains last April, which ended up being a great time!



 

 

2017-03-17 - Did not place - Creative Competition - "Submerged"
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"Submerged" - Creative Competition - Did not place
 

This photo came about by me experimenting with a feature on my camera called Double-Exposure.  It mimics the result of a double exposed piece of film, by overlaying the two images together.  While looking through the menus on the camera, I came to find that you can choose a source image as the first image, as opposed to taking two photos back-to-back.  That being the case, I loaded a few photos I had taken during a model shoot with a friend, and then headed to the park to take the "second shot".  The reeds that the model appears to be submerged in were back-lit by the sun, which gave a neat effect. Aside from a few slight tweaks in Photoshop, this photo was largely done in the camera itself.  Yes, this technique could be solely done in Photoshop, but I wanted to force myself to try something different with the camera itself.  I really love how this image turned out, and have just gotten it printed on canvas!

 

 

 

 

2017-03-17 - Did not place - Creative Competition - "Breaking Through"
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"Breaking Through" - Pictorial Competition - Did not place
 

This photo was also taken during my first attempt at double-exposed photos.  Same technique as the last photo, that I also thought was fairly successful!

 

Well, that's it for now!  I'll keep you posted on the year-end photo competition in the following month or two!
 

Have an awesome day!
 

Regards,

 Dan