May 2008 Photo Competition - Chit Chat

[nick_bbb]

The theme for May is:

Circle

Have fun!

[Jenx]

Martin.

[stigmundfreud]

hmmm confusing

Edited by stigmundfreud on Friday 2nd May 00:25

[Scho]

360:



panorama's never work that well on the web sadly :-(

[stigmundfreud]

nice panorama shco, how many shots were blended? I'm just getting in to trying panoramas with canons autostitch. Are you just using AV priority and letting the camera do the rest to hope for like for like exposures?

I found when doing shots with varying contrasts you can get banding but perhaps I am not taking enough shots close enough together to over come this.

[Mrs Fish]

[White Fly Swater]

stigmundfreud said:

nice panorama shco, how many shots were blended? I'm just getting in to trying panoramas with canons autostitch. Are you just using AV priority and letting the camera do the rest to hope for like for like exposures?

I found when doing shots with varying contrasts you can get banding but perhaps I am not taking enough shots close enough together to over come this.

Stignundfreud
you should really be using manually exposure - take an average of the readings all the way around or just meter on the area you are most interested in.

the banding is due to different exposure values

if there are obcts close to you the focusing is phun too!!

[4hero]

hmm, I'll have to pop out and get some shots for this one.

[stigmundfreud]

White Fly Swater said:

stigmundfreud said:

nice panorama shco, how many shots were blended? I'm just getting in to trying panoramas with canons autostitch. Are you just using AV priority and letting the camera do the rest to hope for like for like exposures?

I found when doing shots with varying contrasts you can get banding but perhaps I am not taking enough shots close enough together to over come this.

Stignundfreud
you should really be using manually exposure - take an average of the readings all the way around or just meter on the area you are most interested in.

the banding is due to different exposure values

if there are obcts close to you the focusing is phun too!!

yeah figured on the exposures = banding but it was more a question of the best way to expose. If you are saying take a reading at all ranges then average then surely even then you chould still end up with varying results where as in AV mode the camera will always try to get it to 18% grey?

Edited by stigmundfreud on Friday 2nd May 13:27

4hreo always like seeing that moon shot!

Edited by stigmundfreud on Friday 2nd May 13:27

[CVP]

stigmundfreud said:

Now that I really like, great image

Chris

[stigmundfreud]

Cheers Chris, I'm possibly using this loction tomorrow night with a male model that is coming (he is in a band too) so might get some more up there

[Daisy Duke]

That's not on the Circle Line!

Some good images there though.

[stigmundfreud]

mornington cresent!

[furtive]

All thoughts welcome...

Interlocking Circles



Clock


Wading through circles


Indoor sun


Look up!

[Scho]

stigmundfreud said:

nice panorama shco, how many shots were blended? I'm just getting in to trying panoramas with canons autostitch. Are you just using AV priority and letting the camera do the rest to hope for like for like exposures?

I found when doing shots with varying contrasts you can get banding but perhaps I am not taking enough shots close enough together to over come this.

thanks man,

think it was 12 shots. portrait format. used 303sph tripon head and realviz stitcher (highly reccomended). 30% overlap i think? banding shouldnt be a problem as long as exposure the same and decent software. i allways got poor results with auto stitch but it might have come on sice i last used it.

all shot same exposure, no hdri. just took reading of brihghtest area and darkest and split.

scho

[john185k]

[stigmundfreud]

furtive, personally I think the car ones and the others are a bit boring but your indoor sun is very nice! I'd go with that one if it was my choice

[MartinP]

[MartinP]

Mrs Fish - I love the dandelion!

Scho said:

stigmundfreud said:

nice panorama shco, how many shots were blended? I'm just getting in to trying panoramas with canons autostitch. Are you just using AV priority and letting the camera do the rest to hope for like for like exposures?

I found when doing shots with varying contrasts you can get banding but perhaps I am not taking enough shots close enough together to over come this.

thanks man,

think it was 12 shots. portrait format. used 303sph tripon head and realviz stitcher (highly reccomended). 30% overlap i think? banding shouldnt be a problem as long as exposure the same and decent software. i allways got poor results with auto stitch but it might have come on sice i last used it.

all shot same exposure, no hdri. just took reading of brihghtest area and darkest and split.

scho

I never had any joy from Canon's autostich either. The latest photomerge facility in Photoshop CS3 and Elements 6.0 is absolutely fantastic though.

[windandwave]