Recently I received a Calumet flyer in the mail, the flyer featured several sharp, perfectly exposed images by the landscape photographer Elizabeth Carmel. When asked about her technique she replied, "I will do multiple exposures for both aperture and shutter speed so I can combine exposures for maximum depth of field and dynamic range." WOW! So she could take her camera, a digital Hasselblad, photograph the foreground by focusing on the foreground with overexposure, then focus on the middle ground adjusting exposure again then focus on the sky and underexpose; that's potentially unlimited depth of field at the lens' best aperture, a great overall exposure and with a lower aperture you can now use a faster shutter speed (for those leaves moving in a breeze). A large format photographer could also slightly modify the movements used for each "exposure". That tricky high branch in the foregound not a tilt problem anymore! WOW! I assume there are limitations like the amount of memory in your computer, as several scanned large format images would slow down most computers. I also assume the best scene would have to have little movement so that the photographer has a chance to do these multiple "exposures" so that they can be seamlessly merged together later.
My head is spinning thinking of the possibilities. What do forum members think of this technique? Have any forum members tried it with large format film?
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I guess that is life. Not surprising really when you think about it - there are now photographers working who have never used film or known life without a computer.
Originally Posted by Kirk Gittings
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