flight of fancy

Clever!

Too blessed clever for me! Well done.

Well done...LIKEd

Super. Difficult to capture this natural display with a still camera but you've pulled it off to perfection with some expert work in post processing.
David

That worked well! Its a shame multi-exposure in camera doesn't have dark priority mode (like one other nameless make) but you have come up with a good solution. Well timed as well to get the even spacing.

POTW territory.

I could never do that !

Thanks all for the appreciation! It was a bit of fun; just need to improve on it sometime.

Great POTW

A fascinating and original photograph Andy, congratulations on POTW

Well deserved POTW. Congratulations.
David

Congrats Andy... missed this first time around... great piece of work... thanks also for the name check... funnily enough, I don't think it was me in this particular instance... but Gary (K10D) posted a link to Xavi Bou's work a few months back, and I'm pretty sure that'll be the chap you're referring to... agree with Rob... would be great if Pentax added dark blend (on top of the existing bright, average and additive modes) to their multiple exposure options, then it could all be done in camera...

Best

Thank you Giulio, Nigel and David for your kind comments. And, Bill, for correcting me - you are correct it was Gary and that link. Will correct my info accompanying the image!

A PS;


Agreed too - would be really useful feature IMO

Great enjoyable image Andy, .. congrats on POTW

Thanks Nuri

A very original concept and great image. Congratulations on POTW!

Great potw
Well executed and conceived shot.
Nice to see it being done one here,
Be great if you gave a run down on how it's done in the threads 👏👏👏👏

Thanks Bjørn and Derek
Derek - the technique is fairly simple. Put camera on tripod where there are birds circling around and fire the camera in rapid shot mode. I stopped after 14 shots.
The photos were then stacked in a programme that allowed a blend mode that picked the dark areas to keep through the stack; hence the silhouetted birds caught at different moments in flight. Having produced one photo with the flight pattern it was then a matter of using curves to brighten the sky a bit. The programme I used is a little known one that is (I think) available for free now as the developer has sort of stopped developing it/ having a major re-think; Picture Window Pro. For some reason although I took 14 shots, only 13 birds appear in each run; not sure what the programme is doing with the last shot!

I should probably try the stacking with something like serif's Affinity Photo, or ACDSee that I use.

As RobL and Bill have mentioned above, it would be great of Pentax added another option in their composite shooting mode that added 'dark' to the bright/ additive/ average that they give us. Then this effect could be done in camera.

Hope that helps

Well deserved POTW. Very well conceived and executed. Thanks for the explanation on how you achieved it.

Phil

Thanks Phil!