This is just a light painting exercise for the creative photography course I am attending this fall. I provided a co-operative granddaughter with a pack of glow sticks and some music. Annoyingly, I had forgotten to bring the tripod and had to discard a lot of blurry frames, and these are not too good either. Fuji XT-4, hand held, f/4, 21.3-48 mm, 1/5 -1/1.2 s, ISO 3200. - ”Metamorphosis” is a collage of three of the images that I put through DxO Pure Raw, took the black level up to make the background uniformly dark, and added some vibrance. In Affinity Photo, I enlarged the canvas round the middle image to panorama format and pasted the two other characters on, like in a biology textbook diagram about the development of a butterfly. I liked the way they change with the movement and go more and more towards abstract image by image. What do you think?
This round’s discussion is now closed! 10 comments posted
Jose Cartas
Clever idea! It's a pity that you didn't bring your tripod. It's true that the photos are not as sharp as they should, but since they capture movement, the problem is not so evident; at least at this small size. As was your plan, your granddaughter becomes less and less visible from shot to shot. Posted: 11/11/2023 09:33:46
Kirsti Näntö-Salonen
Thank you, Jose! The good thing is that I think that it will probably not be hard to have her repeat the game! Posted: 11/12/2023 13:17:29
Mervyn Hurwitz
This is so creative, colorful, and clever. I love the movement, and the way your granddaughter fades from left to right. Keep it up and we look forward to lots more creative images from you. Posted: 11/12/2023 11:13:19
Kirsti Näntö-Salonen
Thank you, Mervyn! Posted: 11/12/2023 13:17:54
Bob Benson
Except for the face blur issue, the blurring worked in your advantage by increasing the glow effect. I would say reversing the image flow would work also, as your granddaughter goes from first stage to mature butterfly. Posted: 11/12/2023 15:02:16
Kirsti Näntö-Salonen
Thank you, Bob! Reversing the process is a grand idea! Posted: 11/21/2023 00:05:41
Anges van der Logt
Very creative! Well done! Agree with Bob that reversing the image flow would also work well here. I do not find the blurring such an issue as it is a creative image anyway. Posted: 11/20/2023 19:25:30
Kirsti Näntö-Salonen
Thank you, Agnes! Bobs idea made me think of another variation. I thought that I might try to show that child imagines the process, and dug up some more frames. What do you think about this one? Is it too busy? Posted: 11/21/2023 02:37:12
Bob Benson
Another interesting variant, but you lose the linear "timeline" of the other. Posted: 11/25/2023 09:08:07
Tony Au Yeong
A very interesting and creative image. As you said, the initial image looks like a biology textbook diagram, whereas in your next version they look like small angels. You can use them for Christmas decoration. I agree that blurring is not an issue. Well done. Posted: 11/25/2023 07:51:26
