Galapagos Stitched Pano

[Arthur Morris]

At times the 800 is too much lens. I try to turn that negative into a positive by thinking stitched pano. This is a two frame stitched pano. Each orginal was created with the 800mm f/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D MIII. ISO 250. Evaluative metering +2/3 stop: 1/500 sec. at f/10.

I did a bit of BKGR cleanup and smoothing.

Don't be shy; all comments welcome.

[Rod Wiley]

Nice job, can't find the stitch. sometimes I've got to do it with my 500mm

[Harshad Barve]

Nice job Guruji , Will be wery helpful for people with big guns
TFS

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Hi Artie,
Any closeups with a smaller focal length?

Took the liberty to experiment with black and white.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[David Fletcher]

Nice ps work Artie. Like the b&W conversion Sab' did.

[Milan V]

Great dof and details. I would prefere a little more room in the front.

[Arthur Morris]

Nice job, can't find the stitch. sometimes I've got to do it with my 500mm

I use File/Automate/Photomerge in CS-3. When it cranks the image out, you sometimes see little cracks.... When you flatten the image, the cracks disappear. The only time that I have ever seen any seams have been when I screwed up the original captures.....

[Arthur Morris]

Hi Artie, Any closeups with a smaller focal length? Took the liberty to experiment with black and white. Cheers, Sabyasachi

No close-ups with a smaller lens. I like the B&W look but would reduce the contast. TYS. (Thank you sir.)

[Arthur Morris]

Great dof and details. I would prefere a little more room in the front.

Me too. I will see if I have any, but I doubt it....

[Harshad Barve]

Guruji
Is there any simple method to add canvas to image and have tried on this to add on RHS
Harshad

[david cramer]

A little more room would be good. Great detail. This would be an imposing large print.

[Arthur Morris]

Guruji, Is there any simple method to add canvas to image and have tried on this to add on RHS Harshad

Yes. There are several easy ways, all described in Digital Basics. The easiest is to use the crop tool. Crop to the full size of the image and then pull the sides out with the little handles where you want to add canvas.... Then double click to crop and voila... It's magic.

[Arthur Morris]

Arthur, good example of stitching nicely done and a beautiful portrait. Did you do some of the cleaning near the first spike on the back ? It looks a bit softer than the following one. I wouldn't mind a bit more contrast.

Yes, I did get rid of a whitish blob just in front of the first spine. The first spine in the ORIG however looks a bit on the weird side. What do you think???

In any case, you are quite sharp-eyed.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Artie,
It was interesting reading all the comments as I have never considered the stitch pano while at 800.......probably because of the zoom of the Sigmonster....but still glad you planted the idea in our heads. You know I have no problem with the tight crop as for me the eye is in a very good position.....besides.....I know you can add the canvas easily too. Sabyasachi's B&W idea is also a nice and effective presentation but agree with you on the toned down contrast.

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks Peter. I did give it a go at replacing the first spine plus some more but it just was not working so I will just let it be.

[Morkel Erasmus]

If I ever have to complain about 'too much lens', my wife will probably hit me over the head with a skillet ;)

great job here Artie! can just imagine the level of detail you can achieve by doing this with wildlife/birds.
love the subtle colour tones in the lizard but Sabya's B&W quite appeals to me as a viable alternative.