Much apologies for the silence in general and the late reply on this specific posting.
(My days are currently under much stress).
The picture "Up rapids!" was made from a sequence of 9 pictures (out of 13)
of the fearless individual on his Seadoo. I basically shot these pictures handheld
without much concern about framing etc... I just wanted to record as many pictures
as I could of the chap moving up rapids - possibly capsizing as he did on the first pass
which I didn't get a chance to record.
From the very same position, I subsequently shot a large sequence
-- 40 or so overlapping frames, handheld once again -- of the empty rapids.
Back home, I then used my favorite pano software AutoPano Pro VI 3.0 first to assemble
several panos of the empty rapids and then to assemble them into a larger single pano.
I wanted to have as much space as I could around the action, but in the end, I chose to
crop the picture very tightly for my gallery posting. I have another version with shows much more
of the rapids, but it only works on a large-format print where the viewer can move
back and forth, close or away from the scene.
I then created layers with the frames of the individual which I positionned exactly where
they should be against the panoramic background. Adjust light, contrast, etc....
Slowly erase around the edges to remove parts that don't fit and flatten the image.
Straighten the horizon line as needed. That's it.
You've just created a nice panoramic picture of a fearless Seadoo-er moving up rapids.
This procedure is relatively easy and can be applied in a variety of circumstances,
fom water activities to land sports or winter sports...
It would be nice to see what others could come up with along a theme of this sort.
Regards,
Guy
2008/10/25 ADavidhazy <andpph@xxxxxxx>
As seen at: http://people.rit.edu/andpph/gallery.html
Guy Glorieux - Up rapids!
Neat use of PS or other software. I guess it is too much to assume that the photograph was made with a
moving mask and a "matte-box"! Must have taken quite some time to assemble the
sequence so that seams would appear natural. I spent some time trying to figure out
where you had difficulty with the process. Was stumped.
