A four hour long exposure on a Nikon D2h camera is made possible using multiple shorter exposures (using the C.E.M.E.N.T. algorithm).

In photography, a multiple exposure is an exposure in which the sensitivity to light is reduced and then increased at least once during the total exposure time. Download high resolution version (1024x678, 81 KB)Being Undigital with the Nikon D2h: 4 hour exposure Lightvector paintings are undigital photographs made computationally, using the more continuous analog-like file format known as the PLM (Portable Lightspace Map), and its compressed variant, the JLM (JPEG lightspace map). ... Download high resolution version (1024x678, 81 KB)Being Undigital with the Nikon D2h: 4 hour exposure Lightvector paintings are undigital photographs made computationally, using the more continuous analog-like file format known as the PLM (Portable Lightspace Map), and its compressed variant, the JLM (JPEG lightspace map). ... Photography [fәtɑgrәfi:],[foʊtɑgrәfi:] is the process of recording pictures by means of capturing light on a light-sensitive medium, such as a film or electronic sensor. ...

Overview

Ordinarily cameras have a sensitivity to light that is a function of time. For example, a one second exposure is an exposure in which the camera image is equally responsive to light over the exposure time of one second. The criterion for determining that something is a double exposure is that the sensitivity goes up and then back down. The simplest example of a multiple exposure is a double exposure without flash, i.e. the camera image is responsive to light twice during the complete exposure.

Some single exposures, such as "flash and blur" use a combination of electronic flash and ambient exposure. This effect can be approximated by a Dirac delta measure (flash) and a constant finite rectangular window, in combination. For example, a sensitivity window comprising a Dirac comb combined with a rectangular pulse, is considered a multiple exposure, even though the sensitivity never goes to zero during the exposure. In mathematics, a Dirac measure is a measure δx on a set X (with any σ-algebra of subsets of X) that gives the singleton set {x} the measure 1, for a chosen element x âˆˆ X: In general, the measure is defined by for any measurable set A âŠ† X. The Dirac... In mathematics, a Dirac comb is a periodic Schwartz distribution constructed from Dirac delta functions for some given period T. Some authors, notably Bracewell, refer to it as the Shah function (probably because its graph resembles the shape of the cyrillic letter sha Ш). From the orthogonality of the Fourier series...

Double exposure

Apollo 8 launch. The photo is a double exposure, as the Moon was not visible at the time of launch (NASA).

Download high resolution version (680x1024, 183 KB)Apollo 8 builds thrust after ignition of the F-1 engines (the Moon is double-exposed - it was neither visible nor in the crescent phase at this time) http://www. ... Download high resolution version (680x1024, 183 KB)Apollo 8 builds thrust after ignition of the F-1 engines (the Moon is double-exposed - it was neither visible nor in the crescent phase at this time) http://www. ...

Analog

In film and photography, double exposure is a technique in which a piece of film is exposed twice, to two different images. The resulting photographic image shows the second image superimposed over the first. The technique can be used to create ghostly images or to add people and objects to a scene that were not originally there. It is frequently used in photographic hoaxes. It also is sometimes used as an artistic visual effect, especially when filming singers or musicians. This article is about motion pictures. ... Photography [fәtɑgrәfi:],[foʊtɑgrәfi:] is the process of recording pictures by means of capturing light on a light-sensitive medium, such as a film or electronic sensor. ... A photograph with an exposure time of 25 seconds A photograph of a night-time sky with an exposure time of 8 seconds In photography, exposure is the total amount of light allowed to fall on the photographic medium (photographic film or image sensor) during the process of taking a... A hoax is an attempt to trick an audience into believing that something false is real. ...

It is considered easiest to have a manual winding camera for double exposures. On automatic winding cameras, as soon as a picture is taken the film is typically wound to the next frame. Some more advanced automatic winding cameras have the option for multiple exposures but it must be set before making each exposure. Manual winding cameras with a multiple exposure feature can be set to double-expose after making the first exposure.

Since shooting multiple exposures will expose the same frame multiple times, negative exposure compensation must first be set to avoid overexposure. For example, to expose the frame twice with correct exposure, a -1 EV compensation have to be done, and -2 EV for exposing four times. This may not be necessary when photographing a lit subject in two (or more) different positions against a perfectly dark background, as the background area will be essentially unexposed.

Medium to low light is ideal for double exposures. A tripod may not be necessary if combining different scenes in one shot. In some conditions, for example, recording the whole progress of a lunar eclipse in multiple exposures, a stable tripod is essential.

More than two exposures can be combined, with care not to overexpose the film.

Digital

Digital photographs can be superimposed by using a software photo editor such as Adobe Photoshop or GIMP. Simply alter the opacity of the two images and line them up over each other, or set the layers to multiply mode, which 'adds' the colors together rather than making the colors of either image pale and translucent. In computer graphics, graphics software is a program or collection of programs that enable a person to manipulate visual images on a computer. ... Photoshop redirects here. ... For other uses, see Gimp (disambiguation). ...

Examples of Double Exposure in Movies and Television

• On the Ed Sullivan Show, this effect was sometimes used with singers and rock groups. An image of the stage set was superimposed on the performer(s).

• In the movie Mary Poppins, when Julie Andrews is singing "Feed the Birds" to the children, there's an instrumental section of the song. During this section, an image of St. Paul's Cathedral is superimposed on Julie Andrews' face.

• On the popular 1960's situation comedy The Dick Van Dyke Show, there's a special Christmas episode called "The Alan Brady Show Presents". On that episode, the double exposure effect is used on Larry Mathews (who played Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore's cute young son, Ritchie). He's singing the Christmas song "Little Drummer Boy", and at one point, an image of the stage set (a stained glass window) is superimposed on his face.

• On a current commercial for Fruit of the Loom underwear, this effect is used. In this commercial, the "Fruit of the Loom" men are a pop music group (with the "Apple" as the lead singer), and they're performing a ballad about a little boy who loves his "Fruit of the Loom" underwear.

• At the beginning of an episode of the popular '70's action series Wonder Woman, the double exposure effect is used on Lynda Carter (Wonder Woman). An outer-space style background (i.e. black sky, stars and lights) is superimposed on an image of her face and shoulders.

Film based multiple exposures

Photographic film is sensitive to light in an integral way, i.e. functions like a true integral over time, and therefore "sifts out" the effect of a delta measure (flash).

C.E.M.E.N.T.

Multiple exposure picture of a jogger cooling off in the Dundas Square splash fountains This image was captured with a Nikon D2H camera, and aided with the use of the CEMENT algorithm.

With electronic imaging, long duration sensitivity is not practical, so multiple exposures are usually made using CEMENT (Computer Enhanced Multiple Exposure Numerical Technique). This simulates the effect of multiple exposures numerically, by using a computer, or computation. Download high resolution version (1024x678, 96 KB)A jogger cools off in the Dundas Square splash fountains. ... Download high resolution version (1024x678, 96 KB)A jogger cools off in the Dundas Square splash fountains. ... Dundas Square. ... Urban beach style splash pad located within the municipal swimming baths of Torontos High Park A splash pad is an area for water play that has no standing water. ... The Nikon D2H is a professional-grade digital single-lens reflex camera introduced by Nikon Corporation the 2003-07-22. ...

The use of CEMENT as a medium of artistic expression dates back to the 1970s and early 1980s with the invention of the wearable computer as a tool for visual artists. Using CEMENT for the production of visual art, especially when walking around with a flash lamp, is called light-vectoring. A more colloquial term for light-vectoring is dusting.

Long exposures

With traditional film cameras, a long exposure is a single exposure, whereas with electronic cameras a long exposure is best attained by integrating together many exposures. This averaging also permits there to be a time-windowing function, such as a Gaussian, that weights time periods near the center of the exposure time more strongly. Another possibility for synthesizing long exposure from multiple-exposure is to use an exponential decay in which the current frame has the strongest weight, and previous frames are faded out with a sliding exponential window.

External links

• Examples of using CEMENT for dusting
• How to multiple expose with an APS camera
• How to multiple expose with any 35mm camera