Orton Technique

[miniman]

Thought I'd try my hand at creating some digital approximations of the Orton Technique.







Info about Michael Orton here: www.michaelorton.com/

Technique I used: http://www.pcin.net/update/index.php/2006/11/01/th...

Am also planning to try making some "real" ones (i.e. by setting up with the tripod and actually taking 2 shots, one in-focus and one out, rather than using Gaussian Blur).

C&C welcome!

Edited by miniman on Monday 6th August 20:52

[bramley]

It's a nice effect miniman, thanks for sharing it. It's another thing on my list of things to try now. Have seen someshots with this effect but didn't know how to achieve it.

[stigmundfreud]

its a fun technique to use isnt it.

I've only tried once or twice but would like to give it a real go some time

beofore:



after:

[imperialism2024]

Very nice, but is it becoming the new HDR?

[stigmundfreud]

not for me, but I will be using it more on some works I think

hdr seems to have been a big thing, certainly I got addicted to it for a short while and still use it quite a bit - so long as it is kept subtle it can be nice.