September Photo Thread

[ZENNON]

Could have sworn I posted this but doesn't look like it...

This was taken on the 1st - its my first "little planet" ever:

The 360x180 degree pano

Cropped version of the little planet

The Anzac Square little planet

[MaTBoY]

i had a go at this last night and my results were.... well, absolutely terrible!

[siddr20]

^ hahah thats awesome love the last one. good work yo

[ZENNON]

Thanks Sidd

i had a go at this last night and my results were.... well, absolutely terrible!

Haha yeah I did two on the 1st - and both came out ok'ish (will post the another one up as well).

Then went camping up the beach and did 3 up there and none of them would even stitch correctly

[ZENNON]

Here is my second one

[siddr20]

so how do you actually do it? never tried it before? Guessing you need a pano shot first?

[ZENNON]

Yeah added a quick description here under the photo:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/zennondamant/4960040974/

but pretty much you need a 360x180 pano

where you try and keep the camera in the same spot

(this might be a lot depending on how wide your widest lens is)

then you stitch them into a pano - can use hugin for this but i used my normal pano software

then you stitch it into a little planet using hugin

(its harder than what it sounds lol)

[NickR33]

love that last one, so cool!... gotta give that a try I don't have a tripod or a wide lense

I made this pano by lining the camera up on the horizon and just shooting about 10 shots handheld... then an hour in photoshop and I have something that could have been done in 5 minutes with the proper gear lol

[MaTBoY]

It's finished

my light box.... light wand, light wang, whatever you want to call it... maybe a led brush?

anyway, finished I'll try it out tonight if it's not to wet and see how it goes.

damn phone never uploads a full pic to picasa.

[ZENNON]

damn phone never uploads a full pic to picasa.

that might be picasa doing that - think default (from web anyway) is 1600 or something

ps nice wang

[FST513]

Nice Matt! Might need longer exposures as it doesn't look like its that bright. I'm going to try with a LED Torch that you use when you work on your car at night. Otherwise going to try the hard way with a 64" Octabox and a strobe inside with the power pack on my shoulder. Shall be a tremendous effort lol.

[MaTBoY]

It's variable power. But when its bright its no dimmer than f**k off bright. the camera auto exposed and the light is fairly directional. It's perfect for I need. Brighter than torch and no hot spots. Might try some later before beer o clock.

[MaTBoY]

Ok Managed to test the light rig out (And get a no standing ticket :'( )

Here's a couple test shots. first is the gratutitous evo shot. THis is straight outtta cam. No editting.

Now here's a black car, everyone's worst enemy.

Minor edits here. removed some bird crap, adjusted curves of pic.

[NA_Goodness]

Nice shots Matt!! Your really getting the hang of the light thing.

[siddr20]

^ nice looking forward to seeing more pics from the setup So far it looks good. Maybe needs more power?

We had this swinging in the back of our car lol..

Drive back to Christchurch: incredible views

[siddr20]

Yeah added a quick description here under the photo:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/zennondamant/4960040974/

but pretty much you need a 360x180 pano

where you try and keep the camera in the same spot

(this might be a lot depending on how wide your widest lens is)

then you stitch them into a pano - can use hugin for this but i used my normal pano software

then you stitch it into a little planet using hugin

(its harder than what it sounds lol)

THanks for that Will give it a try one day. ta

[ZENNON]

First one from my Simpson Desert series

[siddr20]

^ love the clouds dude. nice shot.

[MaTBoY]

awesome lighting sidd, you have much to teach me one day i think

[siddr20]

Dude i love your shot. Such simple, elegant shot. Would love to just sit there and relax. Where was it taken?

Man im just learning, and trying things out etc... but yea organise a model shoot and we can go have some fun.