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You can Google his name and or the Orton Technique
He use to photograpg a scene with slide film . One tack sharp overexposed and another out of focus overexposed then he would sandwich the two slides and create a soft blur around a sharp object works well with fall foliage and old cars and such things like that.
Now with photoshop it is easier to recreate the effect with layers and blurs
Artie, Fabs originally turned us on to him down here in OOTB. I found an Orton effect action that works on Photoshop that helped teach me what it was all about. You (and anyone else who's interested) can find the free action at www.atn.com. Once you see the action work you can unflatten the layers and it pretty much gives you the process.
It's great on all these landscapes and what not but you should see it on portraits! You have to lower the opacity of the blur quite a bit but it can give an amazing "dreamy" quality to them that clients go ga-ga over.
Thanks a ton to John, Julie, and Fabs. I have actually used the technique without the action.
BIRDS AS ART Blog: great info and lessons, lots of images with our legendary BAA educational Captions; we will not sell you junk. 30+ years of long lens experience/e-mail with gear questions.
BIRDS AS ART Online Store: we will not sell you junk. 35 years of long lens experience. Please e-mail with gear questions.
Check out the new SONY e-Guide and videos that I did with Patrick Sparkman here. Ten percent discount for BPN members,
Fall scene Orton Effect
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