Vase on black

[stevet1]

Vase on black

T8i 1/10, f/9, ISO 12800

Steve Thomas

[LeeP]

Very captivating

[stevet1]

Lee,

Thank you.

This, and a couple of others that I have done recently, are actually double exposures.

I took one shot with my lens cap on, making a totally black picture. Using that as my background, I copy and paste, or layer another picture on top of it.

Then I go in and with a black eraser, erase any lingering background from the second picture. The result is something that is floating in space and almost three dimensional, don't you think?

Steve Thomas

[LeeP]

It's quite the effect.

[LucyLou]

Love this. It's captivating, drawing the viewer in.  Nice job!

[SignifDigits]

Steve, thanks for sharing the pics and especially for sharing the technique.  I was wondering how you were getting that perfectly deep black background!

[stevet1]

Here is the same technique I used in reverse.

High key.

Double exposure. I took the first shot  using a sheet of typewriter paper.  Copied and pasted the second shot of some gladiolas and then removed any lingering background with a white eraser.

1/250, f8, ISO 12800.

Steve Thomas

[SignifDigits]

Steve, thanks for sharing that.  The black approach seems much more forgiving of fringes and pleasing to my eye.  I'm not sure when I would use the white, but I'm sure there are some situations when it would be just the perfect approach.  I normally don't work with layers, but the photo club has a category for submissions so I played around and made this one for funsies.  That's the shadow of me and the wife hand in hand on a sidewalk in Iceland under the Gateway to the West.

 

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[stevet1]

SignifDigits,

Very cool.

Steve Thomas

[JFG]

Nice shot Steve, great composition !  I like the blues and greens on the black background.  It just happens that blue is my color 😉