Tutorial: Multiple Exposures regardelss of camera system

[Fabs Forns]

As many of you know, I have been doing multiple exposures, a feature of many Nikon cameras.
There is a way, though, to do is with software, and I'll explain it here.

If your camera is capable of doing this, all you have to do is set it up, keep Auto gain on, in case you do a different number of EXP other than what the camera was programmed to and EXP will be adjusted automatically. Remember that you need to do set the camera for multiples EVERY TIME you do it.
You can just move the camera in very small increments following the subjects shape (ex: up and down for trees), I am talking like half an inch movement. Get an aperture that would grant a sharp capture.

For users of systems that do not allow multiple exposures, you can take the same 6 or 8 images, with the bit of movement and place them as layers this way:
First/background layer: 100% opacity, of course.
Second layer: (100 divided by 2) 50% opacity
Third layer (100 divided by 3) 33% opacity and so forth.
Change the blending mode of the last two layers to Overlay.

If your multiple does not have zooming images or rotation you can capture it wider and use only one image, using the moving tool on the layers to create misalignment, and crop the borders to get rid of the lines.

You can do multiples using a different focal length of the zoom or rotating an object to create a swirl. For thee effects you will need to do the 6 or 8 captures.

This is a short version of the tutorial explained by Tony Sweet, who got it from our friend and PS guru Ellen Anon.

For more on this techniques an others, see Tony's book:
"Fine Art Digital Nature Photography
Tips, Techniques, and Creative Options" , available at TonySweet.com