Black-tailed Godwit - 3 frame vertical panoramic


Posted by Phil Shaw on Thu May 20, 2004 5:58 pm

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Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) – Texel, The Netherlands.

Canon EOS10D, 600/f4, beanbag from car window.
Manual exposure mode, f5.6, 1/400, iso 200 AWB.
Processed using C1, PSCS, PhotoKit Sharpener - output sharpening only.

This is shot was taken during a workshop with Guy Edwardes, Rene de Here, Bart Breet et al. on Texel in The Netherlands, a couple of weeks ago.

I had drawn up too close to this ‘Blackwit’ to accommodate the whole bird in the frame. I didn’t have any other lens readily available so I took three overlapping shots to create a vertical panoramic and stitched them together in Photoshop. Shooting in manual meant that the exposure in the three frames was consistent, making the process of combining them slightly easier.
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by E.J. Peiker on Thu May 20, 2004 6:23 pm
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Too cool, I've never heard of anyone doing a multi-frame pan on a wildlife subject.
 

by Sandy Mossberg on Thu May 20, 2004 7:13 pm
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Fantastic technique, Phil.
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by Dan Creighton on Thu May 20, 2004 7:51 pm
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Different technique that obviously worked. Try web sharpening in Photokit next time as it looks a bit strong on my monitor.
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by Jill on Thu May 20, 2004 7:55 pm
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Phil, Sure looks like one fine godwit to me!!! Very creative!!! 8) 8)
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by NDCheryl on Thu May 20, 2004 8:11 pm
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Great shot Phil-very resourceful to get your full frame shot.
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by AlexC on Thu May 20, 2004 8:58 pm
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Wonderful technique that I have used often, but rarely do anymore, you did what needed to be done, and did it very well, Congrats!! 8)
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by whf4 on Thu May 20, 2004 9:15 pm
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I have never head of this in a wildlife subject. How long did the whole thing take to do?
 

by Peter Wallack on Thu May 20, 2004 9:50 pm
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Creative problem solving resulted in one beautiful image here. CONGRATS!!!!
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by Alan Murphy on Thu May 20, 2004 10:28 pm
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A very clever photo. Great stitch work and a wonderful photo/
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by LHays on Fri May 21, 2004 4:33 am
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I love the shot......but am I ever impressed with how you got it. Absolutely incredible work. Stitching together a panoramic landscape would be tough.....but a bird......awesome!!
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by Juan E. Bahamon on Fri May 21, 2004 7:18 am
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Phil:

Very nice technique, flawless. Now you can give a little more canvas so it will look less tight. I am glad you had a good time time with Guy, maybe next year I will join you guys. How is the Quantum working ?
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by Alan Melle on Fri May 21, 2004 10:19 am
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Interesting technique and a fine shot.
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by Mike Wilson on Fri May 21, 2004 11:31 am
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Very neat trick. Something to think about the next time you're too close. A beautiful bird and an excellent result.
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by Neil Fitzgerald on Mon May 24, 2004 2:19 am
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Nice work all round.
 

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