Monday 7 April 2014

Photography tips (#2)

Here is the second of five tips that I have previously posted in Google+ and Facebook.
( If you can't wait for the rest: here are all my tips: http://www.groblerdupreez.co.za/phototips.htm )

Shooting a wide scene without using a wide-angle lens


By making stitched panoramas using a 24 mm or longer lens, you get get a more natural photo without the distortion of an ultra wide zoom like the 12-24. If I used my 12-24 zoom lens at 12mm, I could have fitted the whole scene in one shot, but the extreme ends of the photo would have been distorted. This method also gives a larger image with more megapixels which could be printed at a larger size.

Put your camera on a tripod (hand-held could also work if no tripod and light is sufficient), make sure your horizon is level, and shoot a few photos, ensuring that adjacent photos overlap. Manual exposure works best to ensure that all photos have the same exposure. Use a program like the Photomerge function in Photoshop to combine the photos. You will have to crop the final product to make it presentable.

Elephants at the Okaukeujo waterhole, Etosha National Park, Namibia. Panorama made from 3 separate photos using the Photomerge function in Photoshop CS4
Camera: NIKON D300S, Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/400), Aperture: f/11, Focal Length: 50 mm, ISO Speed:200, Manual exposure

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