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On my way up to my Grandmothers place is a little city furries are very fond of: Pittsburgh, PA. Home to Anthrocon. I opted to leave at 11pm the preceding day so I could drive through the night to photograph the sunrise. I wasn't happy with any of the shots I took. Wanted another opportunity, so I did it again coming back from my Grandmothers house. The results came out a lot better.
This is a 5x shot panoramic. First time I've ever gone over the 2 gig filesize limit of Photoshop's .PSD file. I love this shot. It's large enough to print at decent sizes. I edited this photo specifically with metal printing in mind. The process involves printing INTO an aluminum sheet. The results absolutely sparkle. It's expensive but the results are worth it. I'll be making a print for myself and I may make a print for auction at Midwest Furfest 2013 and/or Anthrocon 2014.
Utilized a few new Photoshop techniques for this image. I think the results speak for themselves.
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On my way up to my Grandmothers place is a little city furries are very fond of: Pittsburgh, PA. Home to Anthrocon. I opted to leave at 11pm the preceding day so I could drive through the night to photograph the sunrise. I wasn't happy with any of the shots I took. Wanted another opportunity, so I did it again coming back from my Grandmothers house. The results came out a lot better.
This is a 5x shot panoramic. First time I've ever gone over the 2 gig filesize limit of Photoshop's .PSD file. I love this shot. It's large enough to print at decent sizes. I edited this photo specifically with metal printing in mind. The process involves printing INTO an aluminum sheet. The results absolutely sparkle. It's expensive but the results are worth it. I'll be making a print for myself and I may make a print for auction at Midwest Furfest 2013 and/or Anthrocon 2014.
Utilized a few new Photoshop techniques for this image. I think the results speak for themselves.
Category Photography / Scenery
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 2793 x 1000px
File Size 2.9 MB
Haha, what were the final dimensions of the file that it ended up more than 2 gb in size? That's pretty amazing. :O This definitely is a nice shot of the city. Might not be much of a market on FA, but it would definitely work as a more commercial print. Great work. :)
Good thought trying to market it into buildings like that. Not quite sure how they do it. I know that typically the company in the building doesn't usually own the building. They usually just rent it, or part of it. Not sure otherwise.
Given the dimensions, this can be printed at 300 dpi to about 16"x45". Using proper techniques to enlarge it, it could be blown up pretty damn big.
Given the dimensions, this can be printed at 300 dpi to about 16"x45". Using proper techniques to enlarge it, it could be blown up pretty damn big.
13460 x 4820 px. There were quite a few full image layers, which added a lot of data, given my editing process: Luminosity layer, A layer, B layer (for LAB color editing), the original image layer, a layer for taking out any spots or imperfections, and another layer for final contrast edits. That many full sized layers, at those dimensions, the final file size came to 4.59 gigs.
Yea, a couple good tips:
1) Take shots with the camera in the opposite orientation from the pan. What that means is, if you are going to have a horizontal panoramic (like I did here), photograph each shot with the camera in the portrait (vertical) orientation. That way you get a BIGGER picture with better details. It also helps with...
2) ...overlap. Overlap is important. You don't want to try and stitch these photos by hand. You'll use something like Photoshop. For Photoshop to have the best chance it can to make a proper seamless stitch, you'll want about 15-20% overlap for each photo. Less than that and Photoshop may not be able to join them or, if it does, it will not look seamless.
3) The distortion is less when you shoot parallel to the horizon, not down or up. Geometric distortion gets worse the more up or down you shoot and the wider the focal length of the lens. Cleanest results come with longer lenses and flatter elevation shots. This means a lot of shots oftentimes. The 5 I took here is nothing. Many can be 30+.
4) If shooting an HDR pano. Combine the panoramic photos for each exposure separately first (BE SURE to use the same settings). THEN merge them into HDR. Don't HDR each shot then merge.
5) Try the different Photoshop settings for pano stitching. Some settings that work great for phone photo, may not work well with another. Try them all. You may be surprised which the best one is.
That's about all I can think of ATM.
1) Take shots with the camera in the opposite orientation from the pan. What that means is, if you are going to have a horizontal panoramic (like I did here), photograph each shot with the camera in the portrait (vertical) orientation. That way you get a BIGGER picture with better details. It also helps with...
2) ...overlap. Overlap is important. You don't want to try and stitch these photos by hand. You'll use something like Photoshop. For Photoshop to have the best chance it can to make a proper seamless stitch, you'll want about 15-20% overlap for each photo. Less than that and Photoshop may not be able to join them or, if it does, it will not look seamless.
3) The distortion is less when you shoot parallel to the horizon, not down or up. Geometric distortion gets worse the more up or down you shoot and the wider the focal length of the lens. Cleanest results come with longer lenses and flatter elevation shots. This means a lot of shots oftentimes. The 5 I took here is nothing. Many can be 30+.
4) If shooting an HDR pano. Combine the panoramic photos for each exposure separately first (BE SURE to use the same settings). THEN merge them into HDR. Don't HDR each shot then merge.
5) Try the different Photoshop settings for pano stitching. Some settings that work great for phone photo, may not work well with another. Try them all. You may be surprised which the best one is.
That's about all I can think of ATM.
That's a good idea; it would definitely sell. Pittsburgh is an uniquely important city among furs. It left a huge impression on me, and I REALLY want to go back. I have been to many different cities in the US, and a few around the world, yet Pittsburgh has managed to instantly become one of my favorites. A HQ print on a large canvas (or that metal sheet you mentioned), especially of such a magnificent shot of the city, and taken by a fellow fur, sounds pretty appealing to me
Dunno. I've heard it both ways. About a 50/50 split for those who think it would sell and those who think it wouldn't. I suppose at the end of the day, it only needs ONE person who's actually there that thinks it will (as in they buy it themselves). So maybe the odds aren't too bad.
Thank you =) Really glad to hear it. Want to start printing and this is my first concerted effort. Having a high degree of detail is really important for that. Other than the clouds, it was a really good ambiance. Thankfully, I don't think the lack of interesting clouds distracts and allows better focus on the city and boats. You'll be pretty biased I'm sure XD, but still: Think furs would bid on a decently sized, decently expensive version of this at AC's art show? (something akin to a dazzling metal print at 45"x16" for ~$225)
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