Our Writers’ Monthly Critique
Hello and welcome to another month’s critique. This month’s photo comes from Lynne Daley who mentions, “I came to serious photography a bit later in life than most photographers as I was busy with my family, but my camera is my constant companion now. I live in Georgia and shoot mostly food and food related photographs which I publish to my blog, Cafe Lynnylu ” While food is her main area of interest, I was struck by the photo above. It’s a combination of two photographs, a process Jim mentions below as the Orton Effect . Here is her description of how the shot was created, “The oak lined avenue leading to the tabby ruins of the home of Noble Jones, a physician who came to settle Georgia along with James Oglethorpe in 1733. The photo is actually two digital photos sandwiched together, one shot at f/22, +2 stops over, the second one is shot at the widest aperture on the lens at +1 stop over and defocused. Then sandwiched together for the final photo. It takes some practice to get the effect desired.” Helen Brady This photo is a spectacular example of a technique that is made so much easier to achieve nowadays with the advent of digital photography and Photoshop. However, as good as our tools are, you still need to be a crack photographer to nail the images to use to create the effect. Lynne has done just that. Her choice of subject for this image is a great one and it really lends itself to an ethereal presentation like this.
