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26-JUL-2008

7/26/08 - Petunia Explosion

D300 10 image in-camera multiple exposure. Focus on the center petunia and then zoom in (or out, doesn't make much difference) while releasing the shutter ten times. With my D70, which didn't do this in-camera, combining the 10 exposures after the fact during processing was a giant pain.
The reason that I personally prefer zooming in rather than out is that it allows me to decide right at the start where the outer extreme of the subject will be. If you zoom out you may be surprised toward the end of the zoom when something that you weren't expecting intrudes into the frame.
The next time I'll do some via multiple exposure, like this one, and some by a single long exposure while zooming to show the difference. Some prefer one over the other - subjective.

Nikon D300
1/20s f/8.0 at 24.0mm iso200 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Ed Knepley27-Jul-2008 11:21
The shutter speed and aperture info is per shot and it uses the data for the 1st shot of the sequence in the EXIF data. The camera's default will automatically adjust the "gain" to compensate correctly for the exposures and not overexpose. The gain feature can be disabled (the manual suggests this if the background is very dark; never tried that). It really works well - better when shooting RAW than JPEG because the camera makes better utilization of the extra data available to it in RAW - especially color data (or so the manual says).
You can see that the EXIF is for the 1st shot by noting the 24mm focal length (fairly wide) and recalling that the explanation given with the PAD noted that I usually start wide and zoom in (rather than vice versa).
Guest 27-Jul-2008 11:01
Quite interesting. Your info says 1/20 sec. For each shot? How do you determine the exposure, when you will actually be exposing some for many exposures. Would some be overexposed? Or is that taken care of in camera?
Joseph Brennskag26-Jul-2008 18:33
Interesting abstract, very colorful and unique.
Jola Dziubinska26-Jul-2008 15:54
Stunning explosion, very fine image. Vote.