Me, Myself and I
1/4 Photograph A Reflection
In the Mirror / View / Impression
No large mirror or tripod to use for today's prompt and since the suggestion had a photoshop element in the reflection, I thought of another view to make for today. My husband and brother were off skiing in about 8 inches of fresh powder which gave me plenty of time to experiment.
I set up the camera on a cabinet atop a speaker and used a manual focus along with a 10 second timer to take multiple pictures of me around the table. The aperture was set at f/13 to have more in focus with meant that light became a factor due to the smaller opening. To avoid using a flash which would have created highlights and shadows, a slow shutter speed of 2.5 sec was used to even out the lighting throughout the picture from the two windows. I then brought all three images into photoshop elements and placed the on top of each other as three separate layers. A mask was used on the top two layers to "erase'' down to the next image. They were then merged and I now had some "friends" hanging out with me. Looking at it, I guess I could have had another in the seat by the window, another time. The hardest part of the whole project was getting to a spot and remaining still during the shot.
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Sunday Morning Treat (4/365) |
After all that work, it was time for another cup of coffee and cookies which became another 365 photo for the day, plus a #mystillSundaycompetition instagram photo. The photo was brought into Photoshop elements along with two textures from Kimklassen.com. I think by this time, it was about my third cup of coffee. After all that caffeine and sugar, I got dishes put away, packing down and did a 25 second plank.

very clever. didn't think there was a mirror there.
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