This is something I have wanted to do since I saw this by Dave Gorman.
The photographs need a fast shutter speed, careful positioning (so you get all the action in one frame with pleasing alignment), and steady hands so the images all line up nicely. I was greatly helped by the predictable line this chap was going to follow but I only had this one opportunity due to changeable weather and boat traffic. Once you have your scene it’s a case of timing when to hold the shutter button down and hope for the best.
My 350D doesn’t perform all that bad at rapid fire but does struggle a bit more when using RAW, I wasn’t sure how much would come out but I was quite pleased with the frames I captured.
I think I could have done a little better photoshop job by taking more time over it. Procedure is as follows:
- Open each image in photoshop
- Stack the images in layers
- Use the background eraser to reveal the part of the layer below you want to show
- Tidy up using the clone tool
Life is made a lot easier when you do not choose overlapping elements. Unfortunately the water splash required a fair amount of fiddling around which I am not sure I did a great job on.
Try it, it’s a pretty cool effect and fun to do!
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Very nicely done! I haven’t tried this technique myself yet and I don’t know anyone who’ll dive into water while I shoot him but I’l find someone to run past the camera or jump up and down
It is quite effective isn’t it? Dave Gormans are a lot better done than my first attempt but I think it still shows the activity quite nicely