Baby - Using the Orton Effect

[Graeme Harvey]

This is one of my favourite manipulated photos. I artificially blurred out the area around her hood, and applied the Orton effect to soft-focus her face.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Mmmmm, Orton effect? Not heard of that one... What's involved?

 

[Laurie Parker]

Beautiful shot Grez so dreamlike and so well suited for a baby, gives a real feel of innocence ,I love the orton effect myself also looks fab on certain landscapes especially waterfalls giving them a magical feel

 

[Graeme Harvey]

It was originally devised to produce a soft-focus effect using two film-slides in the same mount. What was done was one sharp photograph would be taken but overexposed, and then another blurred picture would also be taken (from memory, I think that was overexposed as well.) Both slides were then put into the same mount and projected to produce a warm, soft-focus effect. You can simulate the effect using any manipulation software that allows you to use layers. I described how to do it on the following thread...

http://www.realphotographersforum.com/showthread.php?246-Soft-Focus-The-Orton-Effect.

If you need any more information, let me know!

 

[Hamish Gill]

Nice one! Got a few tricks up ya sleve eh

 

[Graeme Harvey]

Nice one! Got a few tricks up ya sleve eh

I enjoy faffing about on the computer, more like!

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Thx - will give it a shot on the computer

 

[Graeme Harvey]

Thx - will give it a shot on the computer

Great stuff.

Let us know how you get on.

 

[Larry Bolch]

I find the reverse a more pleasant effect, where the highlights rather than the shadows bleed into the image. It is more like the classic Rodenstock Imagon and similar pictoral lenses.

There is an illustrated tutorial here:
http://www.larry-bolch.com/ephemeral/pictorial/