a pleasure of photography, multiple exposure

Photography includes various pleasure.
One pleasure of photography is color popping which has been introduced by previous photo shared with you yesterday.
I'd like to talk about multiple exposure that is another fun of photography.
Today, most of all cameras have a multiple exposure function.
However, there are not many people who use this function practically.
The point of this interesting feature is that you have to think about the contents of the picture to be combined.  In other words, you must imagine before taking of photo what type of effect and result you want.
But,  contrary to your expectation,  you will find unexpected effect on your picture. That is fun of the multiple exposure.
I hope you try it!

slightly out of focus

When I took a stroll on a bank of river, a gorgeous swallowtail crossed in my front and perched on a thistle.

I was impatient to take photos of the swallowtail which was moving continuously and hurriedly.

But, I couldn't set quickly aperture and focus, because I was using an old manual lens at that time. As a result, the swallowtail became out of focus. And it was flying away soon after I've taken only this picture.

a small visitor that perched on potted lavender in my yard

a small visitor that perched on potted lavender in my yard, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

A small visitor will probably be Pale Grass Blue, but it does not matter for me what name of that butterfly is.
Most important for me that is to take a picture like this, and that is to be my most precious time.