A totem pole (56K warning)

Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
edited July 24, 2006 in Holy Macro
A panorama shot made up of 11 landscape shots (heavily overlapped) of this Southern Hawker dragonfly.
Brian V.
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  • Antonio CorreiaAntonio Correia Registered Users Posts: 6,241 Major grins
    edited July 20, 2006
    Improvements everyday.clap.gif
    Amazing picture ...
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited July 20, 2006
    Awwwwwww Man!!
    Lord Vetinari wrote:
    A panorama shot made up of 11 landscape shots (heavily overlapped) of this Southern Hawker dragonfly.
    Brian V.


    Awwwwww Geezz Brian you just continue to amaze me with your Brilliance at Macro work nod.gif ...that is an awesome shot :jawdrop
    Man if I could be just 10% as good as you, I'd be real happy.....
    Thanks for sharing this amazing shot Brian...... Skippy (Australia)
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited July 20, 2006
    Brian,
    What can I say.. WOW! Stunning! clap.gif
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  • SystemSystem Registered Users Posts: 8,186 moderator
    edited July 20, 2006
    That's incredible. NICE work!

    How the hack did you manage to get it to hold still long enough to grap 11 frames? I've been having zero luck with dragonfly's.
  • rjpatrjpat Registered Users Posts: 248 Major grins
    edited July 20, 2006
    Truly amazing.
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  • Red BullRed Bull Registered Users Posts: 719 Major grins
    edited July 20, 2006
    Very cool and creative. I never would have thought to do something like that. I really like the idea, and great photo.
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  • firedancing4lifefiredancing4life Registered Users Posts: 550 Major grins
    edited July 21, 2006
    awesome!. what did you use? ps cs? Did you think about cropping off the sides a bit to eliminate the black?

    either way...i love up. I've been staring at it for 10 minutes.
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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited July 21, 2006
    That is very cool indeed. thumb.gif
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  • ultravoxultravox Registered Users Posts: 776 Major grins
    edited July 21, 2006
    Brian that is unbelievable!
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited July 21, 2006
    Thanks for the comments all- much appreciated- I only did it to see if it was possible. I was going to try for the whole dragonfly but got bored after one wing and the body took 17 pics :)

    Truth- I normally find with bugs they either move off as soon as they catch sight of you or as long as you are carefull they will stay put- after a while you get quite good at not scaring them off :)

    Kevin You are right it does need a little more cropping- I was so pleased it seemed to have worked I didn't notice those black areas :uhoh
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  • bigpixbigpix Registered Users Posts: 371 Major grins
    edited July 21, 2006
    fantastic........ I will just have to try harder
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  • TristanPTristanP Registered Users Posts: 1,107 Major grins
    edited July 22, 2006
    You once again demonstrate why you are the macro master. bowdown.gif
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited July 22, 2006
    rolleyes1.gif i knew there must be some thing cool so waited long time on dailup and saw half shot this is one excellent panorama i have ever seen this is award winning work iloveyou.gif
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  • SystemSystem Registered Users Posts: 8,186 moderator
    edited July 22, 2006
    wow.. had to pick socks up off floor...
    great shot. my wife loves dragonflies can't wait to show her..
  • DanteDante Registered Users Posts: 109 Major grins
    edited July 23, 2006
    Wow - nice!
    Wow - very nice!
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  • wolfieswolfies Registered Users Posts: 152 Major grins
    edited July 23, 2006
    Real nice shot and I like all the detail
    thanks,
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited July 23, 2006
    Thanks again for all the comments.
    Apologies for the size Awais but think it loses it's impact if I made it any smaller. The original image is 3500 * 12700 pixels size.
    Brian V.
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited July 23, 2006
    Wow, what can I say? Simply stunning Brian! clap.gif

    I never thought about stitching several macros together -I'm gonna have to give it a try!
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  • SushantSushant Registered Users Posts: 125 Major grins
    edited July 23, 2006
    Incredible shot!
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  • boogieboogie Registered Users Posts: 553 Major grins
    edited July 23, 2006
    Unbelievably great Brian. Such fine detail. clap.gif

    Now I have to pick my jaw off of the floor.
  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited July 24, 2006
    Thanks for the comments- glad you liked it. Just demonstrating it doesn't have to be a landscape shot to use panorama software.
    Brian V.
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