Showing posts with label Panorama. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Panorama. Show all posts
Thursday, August 9, 2012
All Clouds Lead to Mt. Tahtali
A reprocess of a post from two years ago. This was a technically challenging photo to create. This was taken from a kayak off the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, and consists of 8 photos stitched together to create the final photo.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Cabinet of Ministers
HDR/9 image Panorama
Yeah, this building is quite big. And I needed nine images to capture it, even from this distance. Of course if I had remembered to pack my wide angle, I could have done it in less. :-P
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Hero Cities of the USSR (partial)
Hero Cities shown, from left to right:
Moscow, Leningrad, Volgograd, Kiev, Minsk, Odessa, Sevastopol
Other Hero Cities not shown:
Novorossiysk, Kerch, Tula, Murmansk, Smolensk, Brest (Hero Fortress)
Hero City (Belarusian: горад-герой, horad-heroy, Ukrainian: місто-герой, misto-heroy, Russian: город-герой, gorod-geroy) is a Soviet honorary title awarded for outstanding heroism during the German-Soviet War (World War II) of 1941 to 1945. It was awarded to twelve cities of the Soviet Union. In addition the Brest Fortress was awarded an equivalent title of Hero-Fortress. This symbolic distinction for a city corresponds to the individual distinction Hero of the Soviet Union.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_City
Moscow, Leningrad, Volgograd, Kiev, Minsk, Odessa, Sevastopol
Other Hero Cities not shown:
Novorossiysk, Kerch, Tula, Murmansk, Smolensk, Brest (Hero Fortress)
Hero City (Belarusian: горад-герой, horad-heroy, Ukrainian: місто-герой, misto-heroy, Russian: город-герой, gorod-geroy) is a Soviet honorary title awarded for outstanding heroism during the German-Soviet War (World War II) of 1941 to 1945. It was awarded to twelve cities of the Soviet Union. In addition the Brest Fortress was awarded an equivalent title of Hero-Fortress. This symbolic distinction for a city corresponds to the individual distinction Hero of the Soviet Union.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_City
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Red Square, Chernigov Ukraine
A panorama view of Red Square in Chernigov, Ukraine. Yes, it's still called that!
Monday, August 15, 2011
Friday, July 22, 2011
St. Michael's Golden Domed Monastery (HDR)
• HDR/Panorama
Panorama created from 3 images, then HDR'd. This shot was quite difficult to put together. To create this, I took 3 images using a Sigma 10-20 set at 10mm and stood with my back to a wall behind me. It was not possible to fit this whole building into a single shot!
St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery (Ukrainian: Михайлівський золотоверхий монастир, Mykhaylivs’kyi zolotoverkhyi monastyr; Russian: Михайловский златоверхий монастырь, Mikhaylovsky zlatoverkhy monastyr) is a functioning monastery in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. The monastery is located on the right bank of the Dnieper River on the edge of a bluff northeast of the Saint Sophia Cathedral. The site is located in the historic administrative Uppertown and overlooks the city's historical commercial and merchant quarter, the Podil neighbourhood.
Originally built in the Middle Ages by Sviatopolk II Iziaslavych, the monastery comprises the Cathedral itself, the Refectory of St. John the Divine, built in 1713, the Economic Gates, constructed in 1760 and the monastery's bell tower, which was added circa 1716–1719. The exterior of the structure was rebuilt in the Ukrainian Baroque style in the 18th century while the interior remained in its original Byzantine style. The original cathedral was demolished by the Soviet authorities in the 1930s, but was reconstructed and opened in 1999 following Ukrainian independence.
St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery
Panorama created from 3 images, then HDR'd. This shot was quite difficult to put together. To create this, I took 3 images using a Sigma 10-20 set at 10mm and stood with my back to a wall behind me. It was not possible to fit this whole building into a single shot!
St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery (Ukrainian: Михайлівський золотоверхий монастир, Mykhaylivs’kyi zolotoverkhyi monastyr; Russian: Михайловский златоверхий монастырь, Mikhaylovsky zlatoverkhy monastyr) is a functioning monastery in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. The monastery is located on the right bank of the Dnieper River on the edge of a bluff northeast of the Saint Sophia Cathedral. The site is located in the historic administrative Uppertown and overlooks the city's historical commercial and merchant quarter, the Podil neighbourhood.
Originally built in the Middle Ages by Sviatopolk II Iziaslavych, the monastery comprises the Cathedral itself, the Refectory of St. John the Divine, built in 1713, the Economic Gates, constructed in 1760 and the monastery's bell tower, which was added circa 1716–1719. The exterior of the structure was rebuilt in the Ukrainian Baroque style in the 18th century while the interior remained in its original Byzantine style. The original cathedral was demolished by the Soviet authorities in the 1930s, but was reconstructed and opened in 1999 following Ukrainian independence.
St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Vortex over Kiev
HDR ~ 4 Image Panorama ~ Independence Square, Kiev
July 3, 2011 ~ It's one of those strange things. I did not see this with my eyes. It wasn't until I got home and viewed the individual images that make up this panorama that I saw this. The HDR process helped me highlight the form of the clouds without the buildings and the street going black.
July 3, 2011 ~ It's one of those strange things. I did not see this with my eyes. It wasn't until I got home and viewed the individual images that make up this panorama that I saw this. The HDR process helped me highlight the form of the clouds without the buildings and the street going black.
Friday, July 1, 2011
We are the Children
• HDR/4 image Panorama photo
Another in the set of interesting mosaics found on "Landscape Alley" in Kiev. Next time I think I need to position myself better so I don't have that tree going through the middle of the kid's face on the left.
Another in the set of interesting mosaics found on "Landscape Alley" in Kiev. Next time I think I need to position myself better so I don't have that tree going through the middle of the kid's face on the left.
Friday, June 24, 2011
A Heavenly Glow
• HDR Photo
And an optical illusion, or rather, an illusion created by optics!
Getting the back of this church into one photo is a difficult task, since this church is quite large (notice the people) and there is a wall behind you limiting how far you can back up. No problem, I thought. I can use the Sigma 10-20 lens. But even then, I couldn't get the whole building into the shot, at least not the way I wanted it. So I opted for a panorama. This is a four image panorama. (Original plan was to have a six image panorama, and include a building to the left of this one).
So, where's the optical illusion?
Anyone who has seen this building in person knows that the crosses on top of the building all face in the same direction. But here, the side crosses are at 45 degree angles to the center cross. How is this possible?
Before there was a Photoshop, before there were stitched panoramas, there were other ways to create an image that did not reflect what you saw with your eyes. Your choice of position, your choice of filters, and yes, your choice of lenses would all effect the eventual outcome. Using a very wide-angle lens on a nearby subject would make the center of the object appear to be much closer than the outer edges of the object. Which in reality IS true, however, your eyes and your brain tend to compensate for that. Stitching together four different images into one only tends to exaggerate this effect even more.
This is the Dormition Cathedral at the Kiev Pechersk Lavra in Kiev.
And an optical illusion, or rather, an illusion created by optics!
Getting the back of this church into one photo is a difficult task, since this church is quite large (notice the people) and there is a wall behind you limiting how far you can back up. No problem, I thought. I can use the Sigma 10-20 lens. But even then, I couldn't get the whole building into the shot, at least not the way I wanted it. So I opted for a panorama. This is a four image panorama. (Original plan was to have a six image panorama, and include a building to the left of this one).
So, where's the optical illusion?
Anyone who has seen this building in person knows that the crosses on top of the building all face in the same direction. But here, the side crosses are at 45 degree angles to the center cross. How is this possible?
Before there was a Photoshop, before there were stitched panoramas, there were other ways to create an image that did not reflect what you saw with your eyes. Your choice of position, your choice of filters, and yes, your choice of lenses would all effect the eventual outcome. Using a very wide-angle lens on a nearby subject would make the center of the object appear to be much closer than the outer edges of the object. Which in reality IS true, however, your eyes and your brain tend to compensate for that. Stitching together four different images into one only tends to exaggerate this effect even more.
This is the Dormition Cathedral at the Kiev Pechersk Lavra in Kiev.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Kiev ~ View Toward the Left Bank
• HDR image, 6 image Panoramic Photo
This photo was taken from the top of a hill at the edge of the Kiev Botanic Gardens. The older, historic, downtown, part of Kiev is the Right Bank. The buildings in the background here are part of the Left Bank of the city. The Left Bank remained relatively undeveloped until the 1960's, when the first Metro (subway) Line opened to move passengers across the Dneiper. The part of the city seen here is even newer, opened up to development with the second cross river Metro Line in the 1990's.
This photo was taken from the top of a hill at the edge of the Kiev Botanic Gardens. The older, historic, downtown, part of Kiev is the Right Bank. The buildings in the background here are part of the Left Bank of the city. The Left Bank remained relatively undeveloped until the 1960's, when the first Metro (subway) Line opened to move passengers across the Dneiper. The part of the city seen here is even newer, opened up to development with the second cross river Metro Line in the 1990's.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Heroes on the Home Front (HDR)
New Website Feature: Translation.
Yesterday I added a new feature to the website. Translation by Google. See the word [translate]? Click that and you will see a list of languages that you can translate this website to. Of course, if you're reading this in English already, you may not need this feature. But it will be handy for some people, I'm sure!
And since it's a translation by a computer, it's not always going to be 100% accurate!
Heroes on the Home Front.
These statues have been a difficult quest for me. And I'm still not 100% happy with this.
These statues are in an outdoor mostly enclosed corridor, with open air openings at each end, and several open shafts going up. These statues come out dull and uninteresting in any kind of sunlight, and with shafts of light coming from above, you often get an impossible mix of shadows and sunlight. So, they must be photographed on an overcast day. But the combination of a mostly enclosed corridor and gray skies lead to challenging low-light conditions.
My intention was to go elsewhere this day, so I did not have my tripod handy. But for all the difficulties encountered, this actually turned out fairly well. This is a HDR, and a four image panorama, with a bit of Topaz Adjust added.
Yesterday I added a new feature to the website. Translation by Google. See the word [translate]? Click that and you will see a list of languages that you can translate this website to. Of course, if you're reading this in English already, you may not need this feature. But it will be handy for some people, I'm sure!
And since it's a translation by a computer, it's not always going to be 100% accurate!
Heroes on the Home Front.
These statues have been a difficult quest for me. And I'm still not 100% happy with this.
These statues are in an outdoor mostly enclosed corridor, with open air openings at each end, and several open shafts going up. These statues come out dull and uninteresting in any kind of sunlight, and with shafts of light coming from above, you often get an impossible mix of shadows and sunlight. So, they must be photographed on an overcast day. But the combination of a mostly enclosed corridor and gray skies lead to challenging low-light conditions.
My intention was to go elsewhere this day, so I did not have my tripod handy. But for all the difficulties encountered, this actually turned out fairly well. This is a HDR, and a four image panorama, with a bit of Topaz Adjust added.
Friday, December 3, 2010
All Clouds Lead to Mt. Tahtali (HDR)
It was quite a technical challenge putting this together, even before I got to the HDR part.
This set of photos, seven in all, were taken in a kayak off the Antalya coast of Turkey, on the Mediterranean Sea. Back on land, these seven photos were aligned and stitched into a panorama using Hugin. (It was only then that I noticed the cloud formation seen in the final photo). The uneven edges were trimmed in Lightroom. Created virtual copies at 0EV, -1EV, +1EV. Created the HDR in Photomatix, then added final touches in Topaz Adjust. Whew!
Taken during a family vacation at Simena Sun Club, Kemer Turkey.
Have a Great Weekend, all!
This set of photos, seven in all, were taken in a kayak off the Antalya coast of Turkey, on the Mediterranean Sea. Back on land, these seven photos were aligned and stitched into a panorama using Hugin. (It was only then that I noticed the cloud formation seen in the final photo). The uneven edges were trimmed in Lightroom. Created virtual copies at 0EV, -1EV, +1EV. Created the HDR in Photomatix, then added final touches in Topaz Adjust. Whew!
Taken during a family vacation at Simena Sun Club, Kemer Turkey.
Have a Great Weekend, all!
Monday, November 1, 2010
Drama Theater of Chernigov (HDR)
Two image panorama using Hugin. Then a three image HDR of the two image panorama using Photomatix.
This is the Drama Theater on Red Square (yes, it's still called that), in Chernigov.
This is the Drama Theater on Red Square (yes, it's still called that), in Chernigov.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Sunrise over Kiev (HDR)
Four image panorama using Hugin. Then a five image HDR of the four image panorama using Photomatix.
First, I stitched together the four images in Hugin to create one panoramic photo. Cropped the panorama the way I wanted. I then created five different versions of this panorama, at values -2EV, -1EV, 0EV, +1EV, +2EV. Then created the HDR using these five versions. Pretty much stuck to the settings Photomatix selected. Did a few final adjustments, like toning down the greens a bit.
This photo was taken September 11, 2010, in Park Slavy (Glory) in Kiev. This view is from the right bank of the river Dnieper, looking toward the left bank.
First, I stitched together the four images in Hugin to create one panoramic photo. Cropped the panorama the way I wanted. I then created five different versions of this panorama, at values -2EV, -1EV, 0EV, +1EV, +2EV. Then created the HDR using these five versions. Pretty much stuck to the settings Photomatix selected. Did a few final adjustments, like toning down the greens a bit.
This photo was taken September 11, 2010, in Park Slavy (Glory) in Kiev. This view is from the right bank of the river Dnieper, looking toward the left bank.
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