Union Terminal at Midnight

Me&MyCandi(5D)Me&MyCandi(5D) Registered Users Posts: 72 Big grins
edited March 6, 2009 in Other Cool Shots
(50) shots with my 50mm, f1.4 on the Canon 5D mkII stitched together using PTGui. Final size: 30x45 @ 300ppi.

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  • jeffmeyersjeffmeyers Registered Users Posts: 1,535 Major grins
    edited March 2, 2009
    That's something else. I really like it. Great photography! thumb.gifthumb
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  • AzzaroAzzaro Registered Users Posts: 5,643 Major grins
    edited March 2, 2009
    Amazing.....I like itclap.gif
  • summerzsummerz Registered Users Posts: 494 Major grins
    edited March 2, 2009
    Stunning! Thanks.thumb.gif
  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited March 2, 2009
    Unbelievable. bowdown.gif This is fabulous. 50 shots? Please explain.
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  • Me&MyCandi(5D)Me&MyCandi(5D) Registered Users Posts: 72 Big grins
    edited March 2, 2009
    dlplumer wrote:
    Unbelievable. bowdown.gif This is fabulous. 50 shots? Please explain.

    Thanks everyone!

    PTGui can stitch any number of photos and only uses about 256mb of RAM to do it.

    It took (50) shots to cover the Field of View I wanted, (5) rows of (10) shots each.

    I tried it with a 16mm lens (14 shots - 2 rows of 7) but the distortion was to great to overcome. The result had to many mismatched elements.

    Here's an example of the FOV from a single shot of the 50mm lens uncropped:

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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,962 moderator
    edited March 3, 2009
    Me&MyCandi(5D) wrote:

    Here's an example of the FOV from a single shot of the 50mm lens uncropped:

    484211455_S2Da6-XL-1.jpg

    I'm not seeing the single shot. But the original post is stunning. clap.gifclapclap.gif
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  • Jack'll doJack'll do Registered Users Posts: 2,977 Major grins
    edited March 3, 2009
    Awesome doesn't come close to describing this image! This is absolutely amazing. Nice that the place was deserted too. Thanks for sharing.
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  • RogersDARogersDA Registered Users Posts: 3,502 Major grins
    edited March 3, 2009
    Me&MyCandi(5D) wrote:
    (50) shots with my 50mm, f1.4 on the Canon 5D mkII stitched together using PTGui. Final size: 30x45 @ 300ppi.
    thumb.gif Very, very nice and well executed.
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  • RoadkillRoadkill Registered Users Posts: 494 Major grins
    edited March 3, 2009
    Very .. very cool.

    Did that take a lot of time to piece together or was it more of the program doing it for you?
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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited March 3, 2009
    Thanks very much Candi man. I took a look at that ptgui software and for $100 I might give it a try. :ivar
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  • Me&MyCandi(5D)Me&MyCandi(5D) Registered Users Posts: 72 Big grins
    edited March 3, 2009
    Roadkill wrote:
    Very .. very cool.

    Did that take a lot of time to piece together or was it more of the program doing it for you?


    Thanks!

    ...This was a labor of luv. I had two failed attempts using a 16mm focal length. The 50mm worked much better but the more shots you have, the longer the software takes to process the shot.

    A lot of time was spent finding the right output resolution size, proportions, pano projection, and crop. Once that is set, the program does the rest. It took the software about 6 hrs to process the final pano.

    I probably invested about 20-30 hrs trying to get this right. Most of it was trial and error learning the new pano software and some can be attributed to the time on site taking the shots - 3x.

    In the past I used CS3 but it couldn't handle this huge FOV.

    I hope the next one will be much quicker... mwink.gif
  • Me&MyCandi(5D)Me&MyCandi(5D) Registered Users Posts: 72 Big grins
    edited March 3, 2009
    Jack'll do wrote:
    Awesome doesn't come close to describing this image! This is absolutely amazing. Nice that the place was deserted too. Thanks for sharing.

    Thanks!

    ...the building's primary function today is as a museum. It was originally built to be a train station.

    Amtrack still runs a train through here every night at about 3am.

    The museum closes at 5pm and Amtrack reopens at 11pm and stays open till 6:30am every night.

    So I show up about 11:30pm after the cleaning crew has done it's job!
  • DaddyODaddyO Registered Users Posts: 4,466 Major grins
    edited March 3, 2009
    Its a wonderfully beautiful return for your time and effort.
    Its like candy for the eyes.
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  • CuongCuong Registered Users Posts: 1,508 Major grins
    edited March 3, 2009
    Me&MyCandi(5D) wrote:
    ...the building's primary function today is as a museum. It was originally built to be a train station...
    Given the current state of security paranoia, did you have to deal with the security people there? Does PTGui accept more memory allocation beyond 256MB in order to speed up the processing? This stitched pano stuff is addictive for sure. My name is Cuong and I'm a stitched pano addict (SPA).:D

    Cuong
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  • Me&MyCandi(5D)Me&MyCandi(5D) Registered Users Posts: 72 Big grins
    edited March 3, 2009
    Cuong wrote:
    Given the current state of security paranoia, did you have to deal with the security people there? Does PTGui accept more memory allocation beyond 256MB in order to speed up the processing? This stitched pano stuff is addictive for sure. My name is Cuong and I'm a stitched pano addict (SPA).:D

    Cuong

    Security was not a problem at all, they even allowed me to move some plastic carts out of the shot as long as I put them back. The museum allows photography as long as it's not for profit.

    Re: PTGui Ram, I've only had the program about a week so I'm still learning the ins and outs. I haven't seen anything to control the RAM allocation.

    PTGui is capable of stitching multiple exposures as well to generate an HDR result. I haven't attempted that yet...
  • Tee WhyTee Why Registered Users Posts: 2,390 Major grins
    edited March 4, 2009
    wow, that's a nice shot.
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  • Me&MyCandi(5D)Me&MyCandi(5D) Registered Users Posts: 72 Big grins
    edited March 6, 2009
    Thanks for all the comments! iloveyou.gif
  • Darren Troy CDarren Troy C Registered Users Posts: 1,927 Major grins
    edited March 6, 2009
    Absolutely stunning perspective! << drooling Smilie icon >> :D
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