Wildlife Photography across the Water: Panoramics

Thursday 29 July 2010

Panoramics

Last year i mentioned a software called PTgui, Its designed to stitch images together to make a continuous panoramic type image-great for landscapes but can be used for things like tall flowers etc, Yesterday i finished downloading the images i took when i was in the UK last week, For some reason i also went through some images from last year and came across some landscapes that i took in Colorado with the intention of stitching them together but had not gotten around to it, I remember taking the images one morning whilst driving through Rocky Mountain National Park, A beautiful part of the world with stunning vistas at every turn, When taking a set of images for stitching together i shoot in manual mode so that all the exposures will be identical which cant be guaranteed if shooting in AV, I also set the white balance so that its not on AWB which again can make a difference between the frames tone wise, In this instance i set it to daylight, Make sure that your tripod and camera are level so that when you go from left to right or vise versa the horizon will be perfectly level and then take a series of images making sure that they all over lap about 20-30% for easier matching up, I had tried stitching images together years ago using an early version of Photoshop but there would always be one or 2 frames where there would be a tell tale line meaning time spent cloning which i was never 100% happy with, PTgui solved all that and the final image comes out seamless, Photoshop CS4 and CS5 have improved over early versions and i have seen some good results but PTgui is the one for me-Very easy to use and the results look great
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Dave

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Amila Kanchana30 July 2010 at 00:32
That's a neat job!
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David Courtenay, a self taught wildlife and nature photographer, has been capturing images for over 30 years. He has had a passion for wildlife since early childhood and remembers being glued to the television whenever Survival, Wildlife on One and other natural history documentaries were shown. In the 2006 he swapped his established career for the life of a wildlife photographer, such a move demands a measure of uncompromising passion and commitment.

David has travelled extensively throughout Europe as well as spending more than 7 months in India working with local guides and trackers in search of Bengal Tiger, Asian One horned Rhino and Asian Elephant. He has also photographed Wildlife in Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra, Africa, Canada and America. Working closely with Conservation companies he tries to raise funds to help Wildlife that has been put on the endangered list by poaching and habitation loss

Martin Dyer has had a passion for avian wildlife since childhood, particularly raptors. Photography was also another keen interest and it was with the specific availability and control of the whole process that digital offers that Martin was then able to combine the two in 2003. Based in the UK, Martin is a regular visitor to Scotland, specifically the Isle of Mull to watch the Eagles resident there. Other trips to Europe and around the UK are usually part of Martin’s agenda in a typical year.

However, as a firm believer on making the most of the local patch, Martin has spent a lot of time and hard work creating a wildlife garden which is reaping the rewards with many new species and varieties of wildlife. A keen member of a number of wildlife photographic groups, Martin is keen to expand his portfolio into other areas of wildlife, and has already established a wide portfolio of images of fungi.