Twins

[John 2]

Two much loved treasures and I'm pleased to say that they are still both with me.

[Mike Buckley]

Very nice lighting of the camera, John, so much so that I'd like to see other compositions as well.

[bnnrcn]

Very nice.

[Manfred M]

There seems to be something wrong with the anti-reflection coating on your lenses...

[DEAN01]

John,
Nice shot and you got the parallax is correct.

[wilgk]

Nice

[Shadowman]

Very nice.

[just me]

I love this image, but wonder how you manage to put the two images into the lenses ?

Also, do you still have the camera in use ?

Griddi.....

[jcuknz]

Most editors will do that for you Griddi, just some make it easier to do .... from MS Paint to PSP etc... with the simpler programmes you have to make the 'person' image the same size as where it is going and then just 'paste' ... with the likes of PSP you can adjust the size of one layer without changing other layers, and then merge the layers. Along with other 'tricks' like reducing the density of one layer for accurate registering of one image to the other .... you can 'see through' the top layer to the one beneath ...I use it most often to register up hand-held frames of a panorama.

[jcuknz]

I cannot find the photo composite from 2001 that I made of my souvenirs of an eastern American trip when I collected a teddy bear illustrating each city which I know was done with MS Paint as described previously but here is a page of my recollections of two weeks in New York as my wife and I house-sat our son and wife's dog, Placide, while they did a S American trip ... not sure if it was done with Paint or PSP7AE which was my first good editor. Central photo is my feeling about NY as a city protecting the haves from the have-nots with razor wire, and other comments about the place. I was using a 3.3Mp P&S Canon s20 in those days.

Posted as encouragement to any who may not have the most complicated editor as what can be possible with a simpler programme with forethought, care and organisation



I realize on reflection I was shooting rather like if I had my SLR with just its 50mm and is pre-bridge days.

[just me]

Most editors will do that for you Griddi, just some make it easier to do .... from MS Paint to PSP etc... with the simpler programmes you have to make the 'person' image the same size as where it is going and then just 'paste' ... with the likes of PSP you can adjust the size of one layer without changing other layers, and then merge the layers. Along with other 'tricks' like reducing the density of one layer for accurate registering of one image to the other .... you can 'see through' the top layer to the one beneath ...I use it most often to register up hand-held frames of a panorama.

John, thank you for your explanation, I find it interesting, but I am sure I could not do something like this, and would not have the patience anyway.......but it looks nice .......

Griddi......

[John 2]

Thanks all for your comments. Just a bit of fun.

Mike, I'm clueless when it comes to lighting, which is why I appreciate your regular explanations. I should spend some time having a go. The lighting for the camera was care of the fact that we have an orangery with a glass roof. My other half has draped a tent like net curtain below it and on a bright overcast day, it provides a nice soft light.

Griddi, John has explained how to achieve the effect above. It is not difficult provided your editor will let you place one image over another (i.e. "layer them). Except for the layering, it's just like copying and pasting in a word processor. In this case I selected my wife from one image, copied it then pasted it twice onto the camera image having first re sized it to suit the lens space. Then as john suggested, I reduced the opacity of each of the images of my wife in turn so that I could see through them and move them into the right position. I then increased the opacity back to what it was and after that it was just a matter of using the Eraser with a soft brush to clean up the edges. There are other ways of doing it, some a bit more elegant than this but it gave the required effect. Give it a try. Start by trying a simple montage as John suggests, to get some practice.

[just me]

Thank you John.....yes, I will try it, have used the snipping tool for the explanation, and will save this for a rainy day.......

Kind regards,
Griddi.......