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lershee
Jeff's Wife and Keeper
lershee
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10 Nov 2009, 6:15pm
Ooooohh... pretty sunset! Me likes it!
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Marushka
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10 Nov 2009, 9:44pm
Hey icrontic,
I am in Argentina. Yesterday morning I was in Ushuaia, the southern most city in the world. I took this on the new camera and put it together in photoshop by hand.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1417260/pano...-loquality.jpg

Anyone have any tips for putting together a panorama?
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primesuspect
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10 Nov 2009, 10:15pm
That's awesome.

A) what the hell are you doing there come back to normal world that's too cold you belong in warm

B) Photoshop has an automated photostitch feature

C) There are dedicated stitcher apps; I believe PhotoStitch Pro is one
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Marushka
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10 Nov 2009, 10:20pm
A) I agree! Its a free trip so I can do some research down here at a radar facility. The Astronomica Estacion. If meteors are going to smash into the earth and destroy humanity, consider me your last line of defense.

B) psh "automated stitching feature." It sounds a little... toooo easy.

C) free?
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Snarkasm
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10 Nov 2009, 10:24pm
Canon has a piece of software that will stitch photos as well. Check here.
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primesuspect
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10 Nov 2009, 10:48pm
You should change your user title to "Defender of Earth" then
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ardichoke
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11 Nov 2009, 4:50am
For Panorama stitching there is Hugin which is a free open source project. They even have a Windows port.
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Marushka
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11 Nov 2009, 3:50pm
Cool I will have to try these out! Thanks for the suggestions guys! I also got some great advice from my dad on how to try and shoot a panorama:

1)scan the scene for the brightest and darkest regions, test with the histogram and decide on exposure and then shoot Manual

2)Use a tripod if at all possible – level the tripod (even more important than leveling the camera)

3)Focus then take off the autofocus on the lens for all shots

4)Remove polarizer (too much variability unless you are using fairly long focal lengths) even though they are cool for dark blue sky shots.

5)Overlap the images

6)Optical Correction Software
a.If you don’t use it
Use the sweet spot of your zoom (mid-focal length) - reduces distortion, and overlap even more generously

b.If you DO use optical correction software
Use the longest focal length you can tolerate - when processing remove distortion and remove vignette, wide angle lenses can give fewer shots but still produce stitching issues (perspective), long focal lengths require lots of shots (a problem at sunrise/set with light changes rapidly)

He was kind enough to put it in full outline format but I thought some of the tips were really interesting. I used almost none of them when I took the shot, and didnt have a tripod but there may have been things I could have still applied.
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FelixDeSouze
Bring On The Trumpets!
FelixDeSouze
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11 Nov 2009, 9:40pm
My Girlfriend and I were experimenting with a cube made out of Sugar Cubes..

We created a glowing cube and also added a lick of paint to the cube to make it stand out a little as well..

What do you think?




Also here is the setup we had:

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primesuspect
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11 Nov 2009, 9:49pm
VERY artistic, awesome work!
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lershee
Jeff's Wife and Keeper
lershee
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12 Nov 2009, 1:36am
That is SWEET! I love it!
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FelixDeSouze
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FelixDeSouze
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12 Nov 2009, 7:31am
Thanks guys, we have some more things we have in mind, I will post once done
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Soundy
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12 Nov 2009, 7:54am
There's a nifty old trick, mounting (old holding) a basic SLR lens backward against the lens mount, to achieve macro functionality. I tried it a while back with my 300D and 18-55mm kit lens. Worked surprisingly well!









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FelixDeSouze
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12 Nov 2009, 6:03pm
Can you control much with it like that??
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Soundy
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13 Nov 2009, 2:55am
You can't control the iris, at least not with the Canon EOS system, since you don't have the electrical connection between the lens and body. Without that, the autoexposure doesn't work, since it doesn't know what the aperture is. Obviously, autofocus doesn't function either. Basically, you have to shoot full manual, and manual focus.
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Soundy
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13 Nov 2009, 3:15am
Oh... but when you do set your manual exposure... if you know your lens's maximum aperture, you can dial that into the exposure settings, and it should give you a roughly accurate metering.
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FelixDeSouze
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13 Nov 2009, 9:51am
I've been reading up and found these.. Seem to do the job for you.

http://www.onestop-digital.com/catal...roducts_id=226
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shwaip
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13 Nov 2009, 9:57am
I have them, and they're fun to play with

I can get you some shots that show the difference between with/without them tomorrow.

Here's a few i took for the IC photo thing:

All 3 tubes, a relatively narrow aperture:
LightBulb2

All 3 tubes, at f/2.2 aperture:
LightBulb

Some salt. All 3 tubes, f/4.0, external flash off to the right.
salty

Cog on my bike:
even more post.
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FelixDeSouze
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13 Nov 2009, 1:28pm
Nice shots.. I'm dying to get a zoom lens and a macro lens.. Even though the tubes do add a good amount of macro ability.. Real macro lenses are astonishing.. Below is an example from a forum I'm on from someone with a macro lens

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FelixDeSouze
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FelixDeSouze
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16 Nov 2009, 8:56am
So, my girlfriend and I were experimenting with different items we picked up from the shop this weekend and this is what we came up with.. C&C welcome and wanted

Sparkling Candle:

Holding the flame:

Glow Sticks - Circular:

Glow Sticks - Arty:
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Snarkasm
The Photographer.
Snarkasm
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16 Nov 2009, 9:03am
All quite solid. I think they'd make great abstracts if you felt like layering them with some textures or playing with degradation methods.

I might have cropped the glow sticks - circular a little different - feels very close to the edges. Still excellent colors.
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FelixDeSouze
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16 Nov 2009, 1:09pm
How do you mean by layering them, I can't picture what you mean.. Do you want the original piccies to have a play with?

Also, I went for that crop.. I will be getting rid of the space at the top of the glow sticks.. I like the 'close' feeling it has.
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Snarkasm
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16 Nov 2009, 1:46pm
I meant something like this - adding textures and shadows via layers on top of the colors. Your originals look excellent; for some reason, the content just makes me think, "I wonder what that would look like under some layers."
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FelixDeSouze
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FelixDeSouze
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16 Nov 2009, 5:55pm
Oh, I see what you mean! Yeah.. That'; would be pretty cool.. I haven't had a chance to fiddle with the pictures in that way at all.. We are taking too many of them and are only having time to clean them up lol
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primesuspect
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16 Nov 2009, 6:05pm
The only one I don't really connect with is the sparkler. The rest are really exciting.
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FelixDeSouze
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652 Posts
16 Nov 2009, 11:35pm
thanks prime! I'm really getting into piccies now!!
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