The Orton effect is named after photographer Michael Orton who first used the technique making a sandwich of two images, one image is sharply focused and over exposed 2 stops, the other – out of focus and over exposed by 1 stop. So, Orton photos are generated by the overlay of two images of the identical scene to produce a mystical image. Basically, through a combination of blurring and exposure settings the process results in a somewhat dreamlike image that has a slightly fuzzy look while retaining lots of edge details and softness as well. This effect definitely adds a nice glow and ample diffusion. And such surreal quality of the eventual imagery has become very popular. Just look through these awesomely ortonized images which are simple fun when viewed large! The mystical Orton effect feels kind of fitting for every shot mentioned here…
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Some photo geeks have started playing around with the Orton Effect and even manage to create the Orton effect with HDR applied as well. They do it through precise handling of taking two images at different exposures and sharpness or through the use of layers in photo processing with Photoshop, and then add so popular now HDR effect. Here are some of the most interesting Orton+HDR versions we found:
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