Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 7/18/01 3:16 PM, Eric at ericm@pobox.com wrote: >> http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/oddments/front-street-gray-tiny.JPG >> http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/oddments/front-street-gray-small.JPG >> http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/oddments/front-street-gray.jpg > > How did you decide where to manually cobble them together? I ask because of > the phantom head about 5/6th of the way to the right. It looks weird. > Other than that, I think both of your shots are fantastic. thanks. I cobbled where I could! the phantom guy is a problem because he was standing on the intersection of two frames, but by the time I took the second frame, he'd moved, and there isn't enough overlap to either (a) remove him or (b) put him all in! actually I don't mind this, it's a feature not a bug in my view I learned a hell of a lot from doing this a) like Andrew Nemeth says, you need a wiiiiiide lens and that means you gotta get very close to people. The 25mm is too long really for this kind of thing. I would say at least a 21, probably a 15 is best. b) cover yourself as much as possible. Shoot lots of variations on each angle. Try to make each frame self-contained as far as possible in terms of people (people on edges are a problem). Someone on the streetphoto list pointed out that you don't have to shoot it quickly, you could take a series of shots one an hour from dawn til dusk and stitch that together if you wanted... a neat idea! c) the architecture/landscape is what glues the photo together so use it d) unless you're on a tripod most of the stitching programs are more of hindrance than a help, particularly with large files e) doing it manually is very painstaking. Also if you are scanning off neg then you have to make sure all your scanner exposures are fixed. f) when people see the results they say 'wow' g) doing this is a VERY good excuse to buy a digital camera. FWIW I think Andrew's shots are WAAAY better than mine but he's a pro so that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it. - -- John Brownlow http://www.pinkheadedbug.com ICQ: 109343205