Autumn is a season of cooling temperatures and falling leaves. As the temperature starts to cool, the metal chairs in the park become less and less occupied. Golden leaves start to gather on the ground, blown randomly by the wind.
I made this photograph using 2 negatives. The leaves form a carpet, their pattern imbued and reflected in the chairs. The horizontals of the chair backs and long shadows balance out with the verticals of the chair legs. The feeling to me is that summer is past, winter is approaching.
Using multiple images is a niche area of photography. Some photographers apply this extensively in their work, for example, Jerry Uelsmann. Done well, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Done poorly, the results can be a train wreck! Some double exposures can be done accident, when the same film in the camera is unknowingly exposed twice, with the results seen when the film is developed.
My use of double negatives is very selective. For some other examples, see my Mobius images from the Home page. Experimentation can sometimes lead to magical results.
