Monday, January 14th Panorama
Another thing I have wanted to try for a while now is panoramas. This is one of my first tries. This is a shot of downtown Salt Lake City from high up in the avenues. Again photoshop makes this easy to do, it stitches things together nicely for you. The main things to keep in mind, is to figure out your exposure and lock that in for all the shots, different exposures can make things look off. Also overlap your images by about 25% so photoshop can stitch them together easily. Also it tends to shrink the outside images, so it is best if you take a shot with more in it than you expect to keep so you can crop it later. Also, shoot things in portrait position so you can get more of the scene from top to bottom. HHCC always welcome and wanted.
f/11 @ 1/125 ISO 200
Sunday, January 13th HDR
Okay, for my first photoshop technique I will start with something I have been wanting to try for a long time. I actually posted an example in my last post, here is my second attempt at it. I think this was a great opportunity for HDR (High Dynamic Range) because of the difficulty exposing a shot properly when near a lot of snow. Using this technique I can expose for the highlights and for the shadows and then have photoshop try to get the correct exposure at each spot in the picture. None of these shots have been adjusted other than the final merged product.This is the darkest exposure used to bring out the details in the highlights.
f/8 @ 1/320 ISO 200
This was what my camera wanted to use for the exposure. I took shots at 1/3 stop increments down to the picture above, and up to the picture beneath.
f/8 @ 1/80 ISO 200
This is the brightest shot used to bring out the details in the shadows.
f/8 @ 1/20 ISO 200
And finally after merging all 13 shots together we get this HDR version of the scene.
This technique is a lot of fun, and I still have a lot to learn. Check out this thread I started at 2 Peas talking about how I did it, and hopefully more experienced people will way in and discuss things I missed. I definitely think that the finished product is better than any of the individual shots that make it up. HHCC welcome and wanted.
31 comments:
I read about this technic earlier today on a different post. Looks pretty complicated but it looks like you have it down. Great job.
I think you've done a great job with this. I love the final product.
very cool. i've been wanting to try this myself, but am too lazy to do it in camera.... i'm thinking of getting the different exposures in raw and going from there.
Wow! You made it look great!
Very very cool! Will photoshop merge them for you once you have all the images you need?
very well done! the final picture is definitely worth all the work it took. looks like you've got the HDR down pat.
You do just amazing work. I love it! Toni
wow! this looks like a lot of work...but very cool to get the highlights and shadows properly exposed...thanks for posting examples...
Travis--nice work. You explained it well.
I have heard about this technique. but I am not so good with photoshop. like what you have done here.
this is great. i'll have to try this out, one day.
Thanks for showing us all the differences. The final shot has a nice moody feel.
I think is a great example on how this works...looking forward to more examples. Can you write out the steps for us, or is that simple? Thanks for the tips.
Thanks for sharing this, Travis. I definitely think the technique worked. I need to get out there and try this!
Love the shot, too. Great composition.
it looks wonderful! sounds like a lot of work, but your photo makes it look worth it!
it looks wonderful! sounds like a lot of work, but your photo makes it look worth it!
wow...Impressive!
Wow, love that you can get all these techniques from this one picture!!
I've also heard about this technique, I haven't tried it yet. The final result looks really nice!
This is a very cool technique, the last picture looks really good exposure and light wise.
This is a fascinating technique. i look foward to seeing more examples. Too bad I didn't read this earlier with the snow and white sky we had this am!
This is a neat technique. For some reason it makes me think of sports fields at night when they are all lit up by the strong flood lights. you know it's not supposed to be that easy to see, but it looks so cool to be as bright as day when it's dark out.
Nice job on making it into a panorama, I did this a few years ago at a lake and printed it and framed it.
Good job making the panorama. I would have loved to see more of the foreground in the image however, it feels a little cut off at the bottom. What a beautiful place to live, you are very luck!
I love the finished product, well worth the effort! I live in SLC as well, I love the panorama!!
Copying my earlier comment here that I inadvertently put under the incorrect week... sorry about that.
Tomboymama said...
Commenting on the panorama. Very pretty. How many photos are merged here? Looking at it, I think I would have liked to see the base of the tall buildings as well. I would like to learn how to do this. Thanks for the tips.
January 14, 2008 7:39 PM
Very cool! I'd like to see more of the foreground as well, but I honestly can't tell that this was more than one image stitched together!
Nice work, I have lots to learn in ps and I am so looking forward to it.
Thanks for sharing your panorama tips. Very helpful. Looks good!
really cool idea. I would like to try this. My only suggestion would be less of the valley view and more of the city. It looks incomplete like the bottom half of the photo is missing. However you did a great job executing the technique
Wow!! That is really really neat! Can't wait to try this! And thanks again for answering my question over at 2peas! I'm going to bookmark your blog! Mahalo!
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