Multiple Exposure - in Camera or Otherwise

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I was attending an iaido marshal arts session today at the local dojo. It is something I do regularly, (though not participating today due to a change of season virus) and I recently graded as second Dan practitioner - any Ninjas out thee had better watch out. In any event sitting the session out allowed me to discover almost by accident (that is, by fiddling with the menus) the fun of in -camera multiple exposures.

I kind of like this one which is very nearly abstract. Perhaps others have samples to share.


The Practice of Iaidoa 2 by Life in Shadows, on Flickr
 
I want to add to this thread and bring it to the top because preterm1 gives this opportunity for someone to join in with the fancy.

This took very little time with the subject close and familiar. Processing took just a minute or two to get the levels to my liking and then clarity/contrast/dehaze/texture adjustments.

I kept the appearance simple and stuck to mostly blue for ease of process.

photony texas has a particular style, but are there just three people around that appreciate this technique.

I could put these photos in the Surreal thread, but this is a niche in a niche in photography.


Multiple Signs in Color--March 26, 2025.jpg


Multiple Signs in Color 2--March 26, 2025.jpg
 
Hmm. Just came across this thread.
I know how to achieve double exposures with a film Leica M, but am not sure if it's possible at all with a digital Leica M. Hmm Hmm.

I wonder if any of my other digital cameras can do multiple exposures...

G

... a bit of hunting and I find my Olympus E-M1 allows multiple exposures :) ...
 
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Hmm. Just came across this thread.
I know how to achieve double exposures with a film Leica M, but am not sure if it's possible at all with a digital Leica M. Hmm Hmm.

I wonder if any of my other digital cameras can do multiple exposures...

G

... a bit of hunting and I find my Olympus E-M1 allows multiple exposures :) ...
In the initial photo I posted of the Iaido sword practitioner, I was using a Panasonic DMC GX-7 which evolved out of one of those Leica / Panasonic joint ventures which saw some of these cameras badged and sold both as Leica and as Panasonic cameras. I do not know if there is a direct Leica equivalent camera in the case of the GX-7 specifically, but many of the lenses for this range of GX cameras were designed by Leica. In fact, the lens presently on the GX-7 is a Pana-Leica 25mm f1.4 which was originally made for the old 4/3 DSLR cameras and used on both the Leica and the Panasonic equivalent models. In my case of course it also requires a 4/3 to M4/3 AF adapter. The GX-7 has a menu setting which allows you to make multiple exposures of a designated number of shots which it then composites and saves as one combined image in camera. This makes it relatively easy to shoot multiple exposures. I am not sure exactly how it balances and handles exposure (to ensure correct exposure in the final shot) but some how it seems to manage reasonably well.

Here is another made at the same time.

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Multiple Lakes 4--March 26, 2025.jpg


Multiple Lakes 6--March 26, 2025.jpg


Taken this evening. Three exposures each. I am trying to not copy other photographer's ideas. Might be interesting for a very limited audience of course. Will try other colors next.

Added for bottom photo: Minimal use of texture/clarity/dehaze sliders, to the right of zero. Big increase in contrast however. Re-cropped.
 
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Layering multiple exposures for color work. Blues needed de-saturation, but not color corrected to maintain the sensor character. Colors near opposite on color wheel. Steel blue associated with the highway. Background trees are miles and miles and miles. No clarity, haze or texture changes.

Do as much as possible in camera.

Multiple Signs 5--March 26, 2025.jpg
 
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