Foundation 3D

bmckain · 17th July 2012, 07:28 AM

This last Sunday I spent the entire day from 6:00 am to 5:00 pm shooting two events, Jordan's Ride and Parktacular. The ride was to raise funds and awareness for SIDS, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. I shared a link from our photography page on my FB page if any of you care to have a look.

https://www.facebook.com/RSMcMain

At the moment I am stitching a panorama that shows the magnitude of the event. Hope to have it in the bag when I return home from work this afternoon. And will post a small version of it here.

Bells of Freedom · 17th July 2012, 09:23 AM

That sounds awesome, I'd love to see it, but I'm not on FB anymore. Is it on your photography site?

Bells of Freedom · 17th July 2012, 09:25 AM

Btw, what are you shooting with?

bmckain · 17th July 2012, 06:36 PM

I'm shooting with a Canon 1D MkII for the most part. However it was in the shop for this event so I was using a rented 1D MkIV. I used two lenses for the shoot, a EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM and a EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM.

You can see the images I put up on my site here:

http://www.bmckain.net/portraits/pho...wGallery=10143

Here's that pano I promised.

Bells of Freedom · 18th July 2012, 07:29 AM

Those are great images, Bob. And nice work on the pano. How do you put panos together? Is it fairly automated?

bmckain · 18th July 2012, 07:56 AM

Thanks, I am still using a rather old piece of software for stitching panos (Realviz Stitcher Unlimited 5.5). Autodesk bought the software and I haven't updated it since. I've bought two other programs that are sometimes useful but I keep falling back to Stitcher. In this case it was the only one that could quickly and easily handle all the people who you can imagine were not standing idle for the pictures. I didn't find one, what I call, ghost in the pano. That would be where the stitching software can't decide which pose of the person to use. As to automation, I said quick. I let the the software auto stitch the images and my work was in post processing. That image was a 180 degree pan which is why you get the wrap at the edges. So I had to add some sky and do a little warping of the image so as not to loose too much of the image which I felt was critical to the overall composition. Of course I also adjust shadow/highlight and the sky. It was an extremely hazy day and I went for the stage and crowd so the sky was washed and blah.

Starbase1 · 27th July 2012, 01:22 AM

I find PT Gui VERY effective for pano stitching. There's very little it can't handle automatically, and it can produce a layered PSD file as output, which really makes it easy to fine tune the joins.

17th July 2012, 07:28 AM	#1
bmckain Wire Junkie Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Boise, ID. USA Posts: 15,125	Misc - Jordan's Ride This last Sunday I spent the entire day from 6:00 am to 5:00 pm shooting two events, Jordan's Ride and Parktacular. The ride was to raise funds and awareness for SIDS, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. I shared a link from our photography page on my FB page if any of you care to have a look. https://www.facebook.com/RSMcMain At the moment I am stitching a panorama that shows the magnitude of the event. Hope to have it in the bag when I return home from work this afternoon. And will post a small version of it here.
	__________________ The one thing you need to get past is simply the way you think. - William Vaughan My Photography / My 3D Work

17th July 2012, 09:23 AM	#2
Bells of Freedom Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Minneapolis, MN, USA Posts: 2,303	That sounds awesome, I'd love to see it, but I'm not on FB anymore. Is it on your photography site?
	__________________ Develop the mind of equilibrium. You will always be getting praise and blame, but do not let either affect the poise of the mind: follow the calmness, the absence of pride. Sutta Nipata ". . . the price of success is dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen." - Frank Lloyd Wright

17th July 2012, 09:25 AM	#3
Bells of Freedom Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Minneapolis, MN, USA Posts: 2,303	Btw, what are you shooting with?
	__________________ Develop the mind of equilibrium. You will always be getting praise and blame, but do not let either affect the poise of the mind: follow the calmness, the absence of pride. Sutta Nipata ". . . the price of success is dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen." - Frank Lloyd Wright

17th July 2012, 06:36 PM	#4
bmckain Wire Junkie Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Boise, ID. USA Posts: 15,125	I'm shooting with a Canon 1D MkII for the most part. However it was in the shop for this event so I was using a rented 1D MkIV. I used two lenses for the shoot, a EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM and a EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM. You can see the images I put up on my site here: http://www.bmckain.net/portraits/pho...wGallery=10143 Here's that pano I promised.
	__________________ The one thing you need to get past is simply the way you think. - William Vaughan My Photography / My 3D Work

18th July 2012, 07:29 AM	#5
Bells of Freedom Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Minneapolis, MN, USA Posts: 2,303	Those are great images, Bob. And nice work on the pano. How do you put panos together? Is it fairly automated?
	__________________ Develop the mind of equilibrium. You will always be getting praise and blame, but do not let either affect the poise of the mind: follow the calmness, the absence of pride. Sutta Nipata ". . . the price of success is dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen." - Frank Lloyd Wright

18th July 2012, 07:56 AM	#6
bmckain Wire Junkie Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Boise, ID. USA Posts: 15,125	Thanks, I am still using a rather old piece of software for stitching panos (Realviz Stitcher Unlimited 5.5). Autodesk bought the software and I haven't updated it since. I've bought two other programs that are sometimes useful but I keep falling back to Stitcher. In this case it was the only one that could quickly and easily handle all the people who you can imagine were not standing idle for the pictures. I didn't find one, what I call, ghost in the pano. That would be where the stitching software can't decide which pose of the person to use. As to automation, I said quick. I let the the software auto stitch the images and my work was in post processing. That image was a 180 degree pan which is why you get the wrap at the edges. So I had to add some sky and do a little warping of the image so as not to loose too much of the image which I felt was critical to the overall composition. Of course I also adjust shadow/highlight and the sky. It was an extremely hazy day and I went for the stage and crowd so the sky was washed and blah.
	__________________ The one thing you need to get past is simply the way you think. - William Vaughan My Photography / My 3D Work

27th July 2012, 01:22 AM	#7
Starbase1 Contributing Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: London Posts: 8,183	I find PT Gui VERY effective for pano stitching. There's very little it can't handle automatically, and it can produce a layered PSD file as output, which really makes it easy to fine tune the joins.
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