When photoshopping out a rig REALLY works

[GetCarter]

Apologies if this a re-post. Grant sent me a link to this STUNNER - use the mouse to rotate. I assume the rig for the camera (and the shadow) has been 'shopped out. If not, then there is a God and he took this photo.

http://www.360cities.net/image/helicopter-rescue-a...

[Tuna]

Can't see the one you linked to, but found this one:

http://krpano.com/krpano.html?pano=panos/balkon/ba...

Interesting that the lens refractions move with the camera angle (turn towards the sun, then right) - this isn't just a stitching of photos.

[tegwin]

Taken with a panoball proberably

Either a conical reflector or a multisensor pod.... and some clever software...

[furtive]

Tuna said:

Interesting that the lens refractions move with the camera angle (turn towards the sun, then right) - this isn't just a stitching of photos.

The lens flare and the sun is added by the computer. Click the Editor button and you can add as many suns and lens flares in as many directions as you want...

[stu_the_flat]

I just have to say that it is stunning however it was done!

[Tuna]

furtive said:

Tuna said:

Interesting that the lens refractions move with the camera angle (turn towards the sun, then right) - this isn't just a stitching of photos.

The lens flare and the sun is added by the computer. Click the Editor button and you can add as many suns and lens flares in as many directions as you want...

Makes sense - it's a nice detail that makes the whole effect more convincing.

[Kermit power]

You can see the camera, can't you?

Surely it's behind the little glass window on the end of the winch mount, isn't it?

[GetCarter]

Kermit power said:

You can see the camera, can't you?

Surely it's behind the little glass window on the end of the winch mount, isn't it?

err... the camera is taking the picture?

[J111]

How it's done

ETA - although being in a chopper would require rather more planning than photographing your back garden !

Edited by J111 on Thursday 5th March 14:49

[Scho]

fk me!

those are the best 360 VR movies i've ever seen, the way you can move from scene to scene is also fantastic.

love the light on this shot: http://www.360cities.net/image/valle-de-pineta-vis...

so hard to light a 360 with any sort of drama.

GREAT FIND!

might be shot with a fisheye, you can cover 180 in one shot. whole scene in 2 i think.

[Kermit power]

GetCarter said:

Kermit power said:

You can see the camera, can't you?

Surely it's behind the little glass window on the end of the winch mount, isn't it?

err... the camera is taking the picture?

Good point!

[Yellabelly]

Friend of mine specialises in these 360 degree panos, he lurks on the PH but has not yet posted. I'll mail him and get him to post some comments. The link to his photos is

http://www.worldwidepanorama.org/worldwidepanorama...

I especially like the pano of Lincoln Cathedral.

YB

[LukeBird]

Incredible!

[Pete Baraka]

Thanks Yellabelly!

Ignacio Ferrando did the Helicopter 360 using a Nikon D3 with a 10.5mm fisheye lens. I'm guessing he was positioned inside the 'copter and reached out with the camera & pano-head on a pole.

How about this mind-bender from Eric Rougier? -
http://www.qtbridge.com/pleinpot/gallery_pleinpot/...

I did this Ginetta 360 with the camera on a 3.5 metre pole -
http://tinyurl.com/arv9qr
(using a Sigma 8mm on an old 350D with a wireless shutter release)



Pete B

[GetCarter]

Pete Baraka said:

How about this mind-bender from Eric Rougier? -
http://www.qtbridge.com/pleinpot/gallery_pleinpot/...

Pete B

He must have taken it as he fell!

BTW: Welcome Pete.

[LukeBird]

Pete Baraka said:

Pete B

Wow!
Lovely picture!

Oh and welcome..

[sa_20v]

This thread is superb - just spent my coffee break looking through the examples. Are pano-heads difficult to use - also I'm guessing they must be fairly expensive given they're likely to be powered and stabilised in some way? I'd love one!

[Whitefly Swatter]

sa_20v said:

This thread is superb - just spent my coffee break looking through the examples. Are pano-heads difficult to use - also I'm guessing they must be fairly expensive given they're likely to be powered and stabilised in some way? I'd love one!

depends on what you want

have a look at http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/929730.htm for a cheep manual everything intro to panoheads

[Yellabelly]

Welcome mate, told you it was time to stop lurking (that word 'lurking'is just sooo....descriptive, err sorry!)

Look forward to some more postings especially ones that NickBBB might recognise, VeeDubs!

YB

[Mroad]

Tuna said:

Can't see the one you linked to, but found this one:

http://krpano.com/krpano.html?pano=panos/balkon/ba...

Interesting that the lens refractions move with the camera angle (turn towards the sun, then right) - this isn't just a stitching of photos.

You can see the shadow of the person taking the photo! Rotate 90 to the left so you are looking along the railings. The shadow of the person can be seen to the left of the railings on the wall. Looks like they are holding the camera above their head.

Nice shots, lot of photoshopping though!