Below you’ll see a pic that’s more of an abstract than anything else.  You’ve seen this treatment from me before, but I think this has far better results.  I call this the “Sweet” treatment after Tony Sweet, who shows this technique in his Visual Literacy: Photography Workshop DVD.

The basics and the pic itself, after the jump…So the basics (this assumes you have a pro- or semi-pro-level DSLR):

• Turn on multiple exposures.  You’ll find it in the menu, usually the shooting menu.
• Set number of exposures to something higher than 5 (I used 7 for this shot, usually 9 is better).
• Set EV to -1.3, maybe even -1.6 (this is particularly true for film, I find digital isn’t quite so touchy)
• Set trigger mode to burst (multiple exposures with a single press of the button).
• Click & hold while you “sweep” up.  Think like panning, but move up instead of side-by-side.

Multiple Fireweeds