Orton imagery, also called an Orton slide sandwich or the Orton Effect, is a photography technique which blends two completely different photos of the same scene, resulting in a distinctive mix of high and low detail areas within the same photo. It was originated by photographer Michael Orton in the mid 1980s.
History
The original technique invented by Michael Orton was to overlay two or more images of an identical scene with very different
exposures on
slide film
In photography, reversal film or slide film is a type of photographic film that produces a positive image on a transparent base. Instead of negatives and prints, reversal film is processed to produce transparencies or diapositives (abbreviated ...
. One image is sharply
focused and the others are very out of focus. Orton has also experimented with similar techniques, substituting one of the images in the composition for one of a different subject, such as a texture layer, or combining a multi-colored image and a monotone one.
Example
Image:Orchid_orton_demo_photo.jpg, Photo from camera.
Image:Orchid_orton_demo_overexposed.jpg, Lightened to produce "overexposed" image.
Image:Orchid_orton_demo_blurred.jpg, Overexposed image blurred out of focus.
Image:Orchid_orton_demo_result.jpg, The two overexposed images are combined to produce the final result.
Legacy
The technique can be replicated using
photo editing software
In computer graphics, graphics software refers to a program or collection of programs that enable a person to manipulate images or models visually on a computer.
Computer graphics can be classified into two distinct categories: raster graphic ...
and a number now include a plug-in to achieve it automatically.
References
External links
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Orton Effect with GimpOrton Effect with Adobe Photoshop
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Photographic techniques