I've been having a lot of fun lately with "stitching" images and shooting pano's... Here's some stuff I shot today while taking the dog out for a good time at the lake and surrounding area.
This is the last bit of yellow left around these parts for the season. The water level of the lake is about 15' below it's spring time high, but that's normal for this time of year. The receded water level reveals some cool stuff that makes for interesting shots. http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv326/HallamPhotography/lakestumpsFGlt.jpg
8 vertical frames, 4 on top, 4 below. Each frame was shot at 1/60s, f/14, ISO 100 at 105mm.
Well, these are sure to be very breathtaking at a more representative size! Your decision on how to orient the camera for eac pano, as well as how many shots to use, really suits these 2 subjects. I particularly like the square result of #1 for your subject, it really makes the river seem to be coming right at the viewer (I feel like my feet MUST be getting wet while I am looking at it )
#2 is a very interesting juxtaposition between the stark trunks in the foreground and the wonderful vibrant trees in the background, and must be 'da bomb' in full size!
Wonderful pano shots. Do you use a dedicated specialized pano head, or something more 'stock'? You sure get excellent results. No hint of any stitching - at least not at this size - that I can detect.
another_mikey wrote:
Do you use a dedicated specialized pano head, or something more 'stock'? You sure get excellent results. No hint of any stitching - at least not at this size - that I can detect.
Thanks for sharing!
ML
No, no dedicated specialized pano gear... Just my normal tripod with a swivel/ball head on it. It has a little bubble level on it so I just use that to set up the tripod as level as possible and then I swivel the head around to where I want to start shooting and shoot. I overlap each frame by about 1/4th. I find that by overlapping that much it really helps the stitching in photoshop. There's no trace of stitching in either of these shots, even at 100% +.
Very nice really like your POV on #1 really gives you a feel of the flow of the River. #2 is equally impressive as you have great contrast between the foreground, mid-ground and background. Really like the background yellows contrasting with the background greens, Nice work Tim
I walked up that creek for about 30 minutes until I found a really nice little piece of land protruding into the creek a bit. I set up my tripod on that. The shot turned pretty nice as far as the POV is concerned. I'll go back to that spot after some fresh snow.
Tim,
I like them both but for different reasons.
#1 for the depth of the river/rapids.
#2 for the contrasts of the stand of trees against the cleared trees.
Dan
Many of the scenes I post here on FM are a completely different world in the winter. I'm looking forward to returning to both of these location after a good snow storm. It snows 1-3 feet per storm here and can sometimes snow even more, a lot more. Last February it snowed 40" in 12 hours.
Very cool! #2 has a very dramatic feel to it. And I really like #1. One thing I might suggest for you, and maybe you already did it. But even on rivers and creeks where there is moving water, I really have been liking 1/5th of sec shutter speed. I like the water motion that it gives, and yet it retains a lot of detail in the water. If you haven't been using that when you shoot water, perhaps you can try it and maybe add it to your routine of shots.
In fact, I have been shooting a lot of not-so-slow shutter speeds of water lately. I like it! I used to shoot water at the slowest possible shutter speed but I have found that by doing so it doesn't always produce the "best" possible shot.
I didn't shoot this particular scene using a different shutter speed but this location is literally 4 minutes from my house and I pass right by it at least 2, 3 times/week so I'll have plenty of chances to re-visit.
By the way, we've been having some really killer sunrises up here lately... Unfortunately I always see them from work and I can't seem to get a good shot from the parking lot... Believe me, I've tried! I went this morning to shoot the sunrise but nothing really unfolded, it was pretty gray.
Thanks for the comment! I'm glad you like the shots...
I'll let you know if I re-do the first using a faster shutter speed.
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