A 222 Megapixel Picture

aguntheragunther Registered Users Posts: 242 Major grins
edited October 25, 2006 in The Big Picture
Hello,

I am new here (currently setting up my smugmug account). I thought, I'd introduce myself with a really "big picture":
Machu Picchu 222 MP
I stitched it last Jan.
The resulting TIF was over 1.95GB (compressed zip format).
I struggled quite a bit on it.

The picture can be viewed inside a Flash App. You can zoom in and browse around. There are 4 people in the picture, but most people on find 2 :D

Even though the photo was shot with a long lens, the resulting FOV is wideangle ;). This makes some problems due to compression of DOF.

Machu Picchu is the most amazing place I have ever been at.

I am hoping to do San Francisco in 1 Gigapixel soon (not sure when I will find the time though).
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited October 22, 2006
    And even a tutorial for stitching this giant image!
    agunther wrote:
    I struggled quite a bit on it.

    http://www.aguntherphotography.com/projects/highresimg.htm

    w000t clap.gif

    bowdown.gif

    Thank you for posting this!
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  • Fred MaurerFred Maurer Registered Users Posts: 131 Major grins
    edited October 22, 2006
    Absolutely unbelievable photo. I cannot imagine the amount of time that went into this image! Thanks for sharing.
    (PS Where are the second 2 people?)
  • thebigskythebigsky Registered Users Posts: 1,052 Major grins
    edited October 23, 2006
    That's extraordinary I love it, respect, as they say.
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  • aguntheragunther Registered Users Posts: 242 Major grins
    edited October 23, 2006
    Thanks guys. I appreciate the comments. One guy has contacted me regarding a 160" wide print. Not sure if he is for real or if he knows that printing costs alone will be over $1000. Another guy got turned off right away when he found out what it costs to print.

    I have tons of wide panoramas. Does smugmug support priting the 12" x howeverlong" format?

    BTW: Nice forum. I can see I will be hanging out here a lot.

    Andy: If you like tutorials there is more here:
    http://www.aguntherphotography.com/projects/tutorials.htm
    The one about using Google Earth to find Photo Opps might be of interest.
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  • DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited October 23, 2006
    Awesome image, I can't imagine all the work that went into that. I had fun zooming around in it.

    I like it just as is, and yet I'd also like to see a bunch of people in it. That would be fun, to zoom around and play Where's Waldo?

    Also, if there is a tutorial in this that you think would be of use to others, I'd love to be able to add it to our How To section, up in the navbar here on dgrin. Let me know if you've got any in you!
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  • SystemSystem Registered Users Posts: 8,186 moderator
    edited October 23, 2006
    Amazing photo. Two people are sitting next to each other, one is in the shadows next to a wall and you can see what looks like a backpack in front of him to the right in the sun, the 4th person is half obscured by some sort of plant.
  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited October 23, 2006
    Wow Superb thanks for sharing !!
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  • aguntheragunther Registered Users Posts: 242 Major grins
    edited October 23, 2006
    truth wrote:
    Amazing photo. Two people are sitting next to each other, one is in the shadows next to a wall and you can see what looks like a backpack in front of him to the right in the sun, the 4th person is half obscured by some sort of plant.
    Hah. You are correct clap.gif. The two in the shadow are hard to find. Good job.
    I took the photo after I was sure everyone had left (couldn't see them with bare eyes).
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  • aguntheragunther Registered Users Posts: 242 Major grins
    edited October 23, 2006
    DavidTO wrote:
    Awesome image, I can't imagine all the work that went into that. I had fun zooming around in it.

    I like it just as is, and yet I'd also like to see a bunch of people in it. That would be fun, to zoom around and play Where's Waldo?

    Also, if there is a tutorial in this that you think would be of use to others, I'd love to be able to add it to our How To section, up in the navbar here on dgrin. Let me know if you've got any in you!
    The link to the tutorial is in the post above.
    Let me know if you need anything else.
    I surely hope that my tutorials are of use to others nod.gif.
    I am currently working on the complete digital workflow (several tutorials) in Photoshop CS2.
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited October 23, 2006
    Welcome!
    agunther wrote:
    Hello,
    I am new here (currently setting up my smugmug account). I thought, I'd introduce myself with a really "big picture":
    Machu Picchu 222 MP

    Amazing work! Glad you decided to join our family!
    Don't forget to sign up for next year Smugmug Shootout.
    It's gonna be in Montana, Glacier NP.
    I can see 1Gp zoomable pano of the Glacier coming out:-)

    Cheers! 1drink.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • aguntheragunther Registered Users Posts: 242 Major grins
    edited October 23, 2006
    Nikolai wrote:
    Amazing work! Glad you decided to join our family!
    Don't forget to sign up for next year Smugmug Shootout.
    It's gonna be in Montana, Glacier NP.
    I can see 1Gp zoomable pano of the Glacier coming out:-)

    Cheers! 1drink.gif
    Montana. Hm. Sounds exciting.
    I will give it some serious thought,headscratch.gif but there seems to be a waiting list already.
    Why shootout? Is it some sort of competition?

    I already got a large print of Bryce Canyon on my wall.
    http://www.aguntherphotography.com/winstuff.htm
    I had to shrink it too, since the upload limit was somewhere near 50MB/image. But that didn't matter, since I still got 300dpi at 40"x30". Its pretty cool. When you put your nose onto the picture you can still see a lot of detail. It always impresses my visitors.
    The lady at the framing store wouldn't leave me alone until I had explained how I did it. Guess she never saw a large high quality print before rolleyes1.gif
    With stitching you can beat any large format camera resolution easily, but it only works for static scenes (to some degree with dynamic scenes if you plan the overlap).
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  • DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited October 23, 2006
    agunther wrote:
    Montana. Hm. Sounds exciting.
    I will give it some serious thought,headscratch.gif but there seems to be a waiting list already.
    Why shootout? Is it some sort of competition?


    No competition. Just what we call it. Ask Andy, he named it. :D

    If you get on the waiting list now your chances of going are very good. It would be great to have you along.
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited October 23, 2006
    agunther wrote:
    Why shootout? Is it some sort of competition?
    I personally always thought of this event name as of "shoot your heart out" :-)
    And no, no competition. Guys (and gals) usually would share everything if you ask: tripods, hdd space, CFs, lenses, filters, bodies, and, in some cases, traveling mates... rolleyes1.gif
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  • aguntheragunther Registered Users Posts: 242 Major grins
    edited October 23, 2006
    Nikolai wrote:
    I personally always thought of this event name as of "shoot your heart out" :-)
    And no, no competition. Guys (and gals) usually would share everything if you ask: tripods, hdd space, CFs, lenses, filters, bodies, and, in some cases, traveling mates... rolleyes1.gif

    Sounds good oh evil Sith Lord bowdown.gif
    Will run it by my better half and see what she has to say rolleyes1.gif
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited October 23, 2006
    Gunther,
    agunther wrote:
    Sounds good oh evil Sith Lord bowdown.gif
    For the record, I'm not evil. Just a common Sith Lord:-) :D
    agunther wrote:
    Will run it by my better half and see what she has to say rolleyes1.gif
    That's what we Real Macho Men usually say! thumb.gif

    It would be awesome if you guys could make it!iloveyou.gif
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  • aguntheragunther Registered Users Posts: 242 Major grins
    edited October 23, 2006
    Nikolai wrote:
    For the record, I'm not evil. Just a common Sith Lord:-) :D

    Hm. I didn't know there was such a thing as a common Sith Lord.<img>
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  • Twisted ImageTwisted Image Registered Users Posts: 110 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2006
    amazing image. I saw 4 people..
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