William Neill
William Neill, an American photographer and resident of Yosemite National Park area since 1977, is a renowned nature and landscape photographer. Neill's award-winning photography has been widely published in books, magazines, calendars, posters, and his limited-edition prints have been collected and exhibited in museums and galleries nationally. Neill has received the Sierra Club's Ansel Adams Award for conservation photography.
Neill's assignment and published credits include National Geographic, Smithsonian, Natural History, National Wildlife, Conde Nast Traveler, Gentlemen's Quarterly, Travel and Leisure, Wilderness, Sunset, Sierra and Outside magazines. Also, he writes a regular column, On Landscape, for Outdoor Photographer magazine. Feature articles about his work have appeared in Life, Outdoor Photographer, and Communication Arts. His corporate clients have included Sony Japan, Canon USA, Nike, Nikon, and The Nature Company.
He is the photographic author of many books, including The Sense of Wonder, The Tree, By Nature's Design, The Color of Nature, Traces of Time, Yosemite: The Promise of Wildness, Landscapes Of The Spirit, William Neill – Photographer, a Retrospective, and Light on the Landscape.
March 20, 2010 at 9:38 AM
Bill, when you say “blended,” am i to assume you mean in PS? If so, then i totally misunderstood when i first read the post. I tried something similar after reading this, but did it in-camera. I set my Nikon for multiple exposures on the same frame. After each image, i would change the aperture. I got some really interesting results using three exposures, the first at f22, second at f2.8, and the third also at f2.8. it created quite a “dreamy” effect. I was shooting a flower, with the glass vase behind it. Nothing i would want to post, the comp wasn’t the best, and it was just an experiment. But i’m really anxious for Spring to make it to Michigan so i can try the same technique on a larger scale!
thanks again for all you do!
Rich
March 8, 2010 at 10:18 PM
Stacey,
For this image, http://www.flickr.com/photos/williamneill/4409241119/, I used the 50mm macro.
Thanks, Dave!
March 8, 2010 at 2:49 PM
This is an incredible image. I love that the blended background is the same color palette as the flower and stem. Quite a powerful effect when well-executed. I’ll have to try it.
March 7, 2010 at 9:51 AM
Great photo Bill. Thanks for sharing your technique.
March 7, 2010 at 12:20 AM
The Flickr image is nice as well, but with a darker tone. Same technique?
March 6, 2010 at 12:00 PM
Thanks for sharing this Stacey. Yes, the plum blossoms always catch my eye. Esp since they are in front of my living room window! Another one from a few years ago:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/williamneill/4409241119/
March 6, 2010 at 9:57 AM
Hey Bill, looks like we were both shooting similar subjects last weekend. Interesting to see the difference in treatment, color, etc. I was doing soft focus work and overlays as well.
http://staceyglloyd.blogspot.com/2010/03/spring-continues-to-flourish.html
March 4, 2010 at 1:41 AM
Beautiful. It’s like showing the material and immaterial side of the flower
March 3, 2010 at 10:11 PM
Thanks Jay and Patti.
March 3, 2010 at 9:20 PM
Ditto…it’s gorgeous! I, too, will attempt this technique. Your art is beautiful, as always!
Patti
March 3, 2010 at 6:48 PM
I like this. Thanks for the technical, I am going to go out and try the technique.