Playing With Panoramics 2

 Hi All,

Welcome to My Photographic Observations.

Today is the second part of my panoramic photographs that I want to share.

Just to set reminder I made the photographs hand held and taking between 5 -7 photographs vertically and then stitching them in lightroom.

I would crop them to get a 3x1 Aspect ratio as that is what seems pleasing to the eye without having to look up and down a picture.Also if someone was to hang on a wall you could have two or three possibly different photographs in the space of one normal sized photograph.

The first photograph is the old bit of machinery where they used to have a net at Fremantle harbour which was used to protect from Japanese mini subs during World War 2.

I processed and made it a Black and white and I thought interesting. I'm sharing because its not perfect but at same time it helps with my thought process as to where can improve.

The second photograph is of the South Mole Lighthouse but from the front as a ship would see on the way into harbour. This was a seven shot stitch, All photographs of the last 2 panorama posts were made with an Olympus OMD EM1 Mark II and shot with a 25mm lens which equates to a 50mm full frame lens.

The photograph was shot in the afternoon and I liked the structure at the front which I think used to be somewhere the heavy guns used to be during the war.

Thankyou for taking the time to look and read as is always appreciated. If any comments please leave below.

Vedran

Playing Around With Panoramics

 Hi All,

Welcome to My Photographic Observations.

I recently have been inspired to try something a little different with my photography.

What we see mostly on social media are photographs that are in they're usual aspect ratios. After watching some You Tube videos I came across a person who made mainly panoramic images. His reason being ishe thought it was much easier on the eye as the images were narrow amd took up less wall space if printing and hanging. 

Now depending which type of camera you are using the picture aspect ratio could be 3:2 on normal DSLR'S or 4:3 on medium format or micro four third's cameras. Cell Phones tend to have an aspect ratio of 5:4. A nice aspect ratio that I like is aproximately 3:1 which I generlay try to go for.

I am still trying to figure out how many images to take but at the moment have been trying for between 5-7 images using a vertical style. With the images down below they were hand held and I overlapped each shot by 50% so it would stitch easier when putting it together in editing.

The first image below I kind of got it although it was only 5 Shots and in looks it wasn't quite the 3:1 I was looking for and I couldnt crop it because I wanted to use all the pixels and the shadows.

 

 

The second image was 8 shots vertically hand held and closer to the 3:1 aspect I was looking for.

I still need some practice but I am enjoying the challenge. 

The last image is also an approximate 3:1 aspect.

Of course a good composition is vitaly important as always and there are always challenges with water etc.

What do you think? Panoramas or not really fussed by it?

If any comments of course please leave down below.

Thank you for taking the time to look and read. 

Vedran

When Looking At Light

 Hi All,

Welcome to My Photographic Observations.

Today I have a couple of images where I liked the shadows, lines and shapes.

The first image looked interesting the way the light plays and the lines and shapes that were formed. I underexposed to get a really black looking shadow to emphasize the lines. The image was made with my olympus omd em1 m2 using the 40-150mm lens.

The second image I took at the front of the house and I liked the angles and the dark shadows.

I again underexposed to get the look that I wanted and after changing my positioning a few times I settled on this final shot.

In the end it seemed to work out quite well.

Thank you for taking the time to look and read. If any comments please leave down below as always appreciated.

Vedran