Bosque 2003, Sandhill Panarama

Posted by Safariguy on Sun Nov 23, 2003 8:18 pm

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This was kind of a science project. We had already shot the cranes every which way we could think of and somebody said it would be an awesome panorama...so I took the challenge. It is not too bad IMHO, considering it is a 7 image merge... You can easily see how the fog was rolling in to the pond as well as myriad activity among the cranes...should make those of you that have been to Bosque smile and those that have not should leave right now and shoot with NSN this coming weeekend...

The orginal of this file is 100MB and would print at 10 X 60....so it really suffers the compression to make it a postable image... the artifacts at the top of the image are barely noticable on my screen at full resolution...

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by Bill Whala on Sun Nov 23, 2003 8:30 pm

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I'll bet this is incredible as a full size print. It appears totally seamless at this size. The fog at the top gives the image depth.

Very nice!!

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by Heather Forcier on Sun Nov 23, 2003 8:38 pm

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Fantastic! Incredible merge of the images, like Bill said it's tough to notice any seams at this size. The fog creates a wonderful effect.

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by Andrew Mc on Sun Nov 23, 2003 8:41 pm

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Very nice. Perhaps you could post a 650x650 slice for detail

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by Alan Murphy on Sun Nov 23, 2003 9:41 pm

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A great looking Pano.

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by George DeCamp on Sun Nov 23, 2003 9:48 pm

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Love it...excellent idea and technique!

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by Safariguy on Sun Nov 23, 2003 10:48 pm

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Here is an insert...this is easily the worst of the seams...I spent about 30 minutes on the version that I posted. It will take about another hour to get it ready for me to send out for printing...I am keen to see how it looks at full size in print....I have a 21" monitor and it looks pretty kewl at home...

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by Juan E. Bahamon on Mon Nov 24, 2003 12:36 am

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Jeff:

Awsome, would look nice as a web banner.

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by Andrew Mc on Mon Nov 24, 2003 3:49 am

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Juan E. Bahamon wrote:Jeff:

Awsome, would look nice as a web banner.

And it even has room for text at the top in the fog

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Thanks for sharing the more detailed stripe, Jeff, I'm sure it will make a great print.

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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Mon Nov 24, 2003 6:34 am

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Jeff,

Excellent work. You did a great job with the merge.

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by Cliff Beittel on Mon Nov 24, 2003 6:59 am

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Good idea, and very nice, though I see some vertical bands. Are those the artifacts you mentioned? Bosque's a great place for this sort of thing, though I think using an X-Pan or Fuji 6 x 17 would be a lot easier (though a lot more expensive!).

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by Jim Zipp on Mon Nov 24, 2003 7:57 am

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Jeff,
I'd love to see this as a mural. With that many birds and that much detail I'm sure it would be beautiful!

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by Greg Downing on Mon Nov 24, 2003 9:44 am

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This is a great effect. I do see what appears to be separations in the fog, but it's a great shot nevertheless. I too would love to see this printed!

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by Safariguy on Mon Nov 24, 2003 10:01 am

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Since I cannot afford the panorama cameras, I fool with this digitally. The banding that in the fog, is what I called the artifacts as they are really invisible on my monitor...once I take some more time with this I will fix the rest of the issues that I find...

Thanks for your encouragement...I will keep on playing with this. The Mt. Pyramid shot that I posted in landscapes was a 2 image merge...much easier to manage that....

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by E.J. Peiker on Mon Nov 24, 2003 10:45 am