Oddly Calla
Uploaded: December 01, 2005
f/ 8.0, 1/6 sec. and 1/13 sec., ISO-200, tripod mounted, studio ligting, 10:29 PM, Philadelphia, PA.
I have a new favorite florist. One reason is because he has interesting flowers and the main reason is because he is open on Sundays and I can go there after church. He also would like to sell my prints...BW florals....can you imagine? He has one that I printed to sell. I'll get some others to him soon.
So anyway the Sunday before last he had these. There are two, the lighter ones, Mozart Peach Calla Lilies. The other's name I forget but it is a double bloom that he gets from time to time. So while there may be three stems in this image, there are actually four blooms.
I wanted to do them all together but I knew that I would have to light them some way out of my ken if I shot them altogether. Then I thought...hmmm...multiple exposure. So I did. I first shot the flowers in regular exposure to see what settings to go with in the multiple. Then I shot the dark first and
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