David Lee Myers. Review of My Efforts: Composite Images. to Extend and Unify Observations.

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1 Review of My Efforts: Composite Images to Extend and Unify Observations David Lee Myers

2 Experience of a Place or Phenomenon More visual aspects, Than fit a single camera view Wide view, closeup details Left, right, all around, up & down Movement, time flow Associations, imagination Put them together in a single, unified presentation. Reality and Integrity My work is about encountering and perceiving the world, and Understanding and thinking about what we see. Combined elements belong together in meaning as well as design. Multiple views are unified by aspects of subject, geography, and time. No phony, made-up reality: Alternate views are obvious panels. Flights of Fancy Occasionally replace reportage I try to make that obvious Mirrored images suggest emerging spirits totems and faces Musical notes or fantasy colors come from imagination.

3 Eight Good Examples Followed by design experiences and prinicples.

4 Alexandra s Walk Olympic National Park, Washington

5 Logging Stump, Long Island Cedars Willapa National Wildlife Refuge, Washington

6 Looking Up to Maples Olympic National Park, Washington

7 Shively Park Rain Astoria, Oregon

8 Kalmiopsis Burned Kalmiopsis Wilderness, southern coast range, Oregon

9 Big Red on the Altar Columbia River at Astoria, Oregon

10 Papillon of Edvard Grieg

11 Bach Basalt: D Minor Chaconne

12 Multiple negative darkroom printing, in a Jerry Uelsmann class Though I loved this, it wasn t what I chose to do in the next 20 years.

13 Collages Physical Laser prints & copies, acrylic medium, and paint. On canvas Pursuit of Prettiness, my first practice collage, using magazine pages

14 A Drunk Driving Death Drunk Driver s Target Autopsy of a Drunk Driver s Victim For details on this work, please see

15 Early experiments with my original photography, collage elements, and paint.

16 Anise Swallowtail 32 x 50 inches

17 Monarch Mask 30 x 26 inches

18 Autumn Concerto 42 x 36 inches

19 Digital Compositing Begun in Design Tools All Methods Darkroom, Collage, Digital Repetition & Rhythm Time Sequence Detail Inset Informal Frame Mirroring & Kaleidoscope Imagined Elements DeSaturation, Ghosting Re-Coloring Scale Inversions

20 Repetition & Rhythm

21 David Lee Myers David Lee Myers Repetition To help train the observer s eye, crucial field marks are repeated. Oregon North Coast Butterfly Guide excerpt from the full page:

22 Repetition David Lee Myers David Lee Myers

23 Time Sequence

24 Detail Inset

25 Detail Inset

26 Informal Frame

27 Informal Frame

28 Mirroring

29 Close-up

30 Kaleidoscope (Two-Axis Mirroring)

31 Mirroring

32 Imagined Elements

33 Imagined Elements

34 Imagined Elements

35 DeSaturation, Ghosting ReColoring David Lee Myers David Lee Myers

36 Scale Inversions smaller panels show the more distant view

37 Scale Inversions smaller panels show the more distant view

38 Development Sequence Viewing Denali Wildlife

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43 Next: tip the lower left yellow flowers & butterfly.

44 Next: Shrink the background.

45 Next: Re-order the top right three.

46 Next: Detailed changes throughout.

47 Next: Crop away excess white border.

48 Next: Increase contrast within many panels.

49 Next: Enlarge left-hand three bus panels.

50 Next: Raise middle & lower rows.

51 Next: enlarge whole bottom row.

52 Next: Remove red photographer, slightly reposition panels on right half.

53 Next: slight shifts in top right, center right panels.

54 Next: Slight size changes in middle row left and next-to-right.

55 Done! Number A21æ Viewing Denali Wildlife

56 Development Sequence I wish I could be heroically quick to understand what combination of features will work. Mores experience will help. In the meantime, here s an honest report of my struggle. Fishing Lynn Canal

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58 Step 4 Next: More contrast in all panels.

59 Step 5 Next: Remove top portion of water & net panel.

60 Step 6 Next: Slide water-net panel upwards.

61 Step 7 Next: Less saturation on mountains, more contrast on water-net.

62 Step 8 Next: More saturation on mountains, monochrome water-net, except for floaat.

63 Step 9 Next: Rearrange panels.

64 Step 10 Next: Enlarge small & medium panels.

65 Step 11 Next: Back up a few steps.

66 Dropping Back to Step 8 Next: Monochrome mountains & small fishboat panel.

67 Step 12, made from Step 8 Next: Restore color to small fishboat panel.

68 Step 13 Next: Restore color to mountains, monochrome small fishboat.

69 Step 14 Next: Restore color to water-net panel.

70 Step 15 Next: Back up a few steps.

71 Dropping back to step 13 Next: Darken mountains, lighten water-net.

72 Step 16 Next: Back up a further.

73 Dropping back to step 11 Next: Subtle contrast changes.

74 Step 17 Next: Decrease contrast in mountains, small fishboat panel.

75 Step 18 Done! Fishing Lynn Canal

76 More Good Examples

77 Visiting Mendenhall Glacier

78 Pipeline in the Brooks Range

79 Doubletail

80 Courtship Dance of Queen Butterflies

81 Winter Solstice Dreams

82 Monarch Mask

83 Review of My Efforts: Composite Images to Extend and Unify Observations David Lee Myers