After the realisation of having the incorrect RAW file size for the last four shoots, I reset this from Medium to Large. I also set the ratio to 2:3 from 16:9. With the camera settings changed and tripod in hand, I returned to the park on 21 May.
In order to see the difference these changes would make, I kept my trip focused to the corner of the Longford River in the Woodland Gardens. This is an area I am extremely familiar with, so I would be able to recognise both improvement and issues, however small.
Before I arrived at my planned spot, I was pleasantly distracted by four moorhen chicks that were in a nest in the river.
Not the best of images, but made the following Black & White, cropped version of this one:
Not necessarily connected with this particular project, but a style I quite like.
With the distraction complete, I continued to my target area. I took five sets of shots, each with a different focus line.
Woodland Gardens 21 May 2020 Set 1
Original Shots – No Edit (Low-res JPGs from Large RAW Files)
In-Camera Multiple Exposure Images – No Edit (Low-Res JPGS from Original JPG Files)
Woodland Gardens 21 May 2020 Set 2
Original Shots – No Edit (Low-res JPGs from Large RAW Files)
In-Camera Multiple Exposure Images – No Edit (Low-Res JPGS from Original JPG Files)
Woodland Gardens 21 May 2020 Set 3
Original Shots – No Edit (Low-res JPGs from Large RAW Files)
In-Camera Multiple Exposure Images – No Edit (Low-Res JPGS from Original JPG Files)
Woodland Gardens 21 May 2020 Set 4
Original Shots – No Edit (Low-res JPGs from Large RAW Files)
In-Camera Multiple Exposure Images – No Edit (Low-Res JPGS from Original JPG Files)
Woodland Gardens 21 May 2020 Set 5
Original Shots – No Edit (Low-res JPGs from Large RAW Files)
In-Camera Multiple Exposure Images – No Edit (Low-Res JPGS from Original JPG Files)
I then tried the following Black & White test using the initial in-camera JPGs from Set 5:
At this stage, this was looking ok, but not ‘great’. The exposure of the top image was too low and the image appeared ‘flat’. Something had to change.
Jennie Meadows MA Photography 