Dear gents,
I had originally posted a question about a 4x10 workflow for shooting people. On the principle of just doing it, I've decided to shoot with my Dorff and my stash of Readyloads.
Here's what I imagine:
shoot three 4x5 frames from left/center/right of my tripod pivot point,
and stitch them in Photoshop.
I want to place two people in three/quarters foreground size at each edge as a dominant "bookmark" for where every frame meets the next.
Posed close together, but one person leaning left, and the other leaning right.
I suppose in a Landscape photo environment, a large tree can substitute for people, for the sake of argument......
1. How do I frame this so that the software can make an even cut, and a seamless joint between the two people?
Instinct tells me don't frame as if cutting precisely, but include both people in the right edge of Frame 1, and the left edge of Frame 2.
Or is this making matters worse for the software to find the seam?
2. I am told there's software as well that can take a stack of frames, of the same scene but shot at varying planes of focus - and somehow meld all of them to achieve a natural look?
I have never had reason to do stitching, til now, so I'm just catching up on the reading.Again, I am not aiming for achieving a perfect seam for pure landscape. It's more like a panoramic group portrait of clusters of people against a natural background.
To be printed as 3x4ft prints to be joined when hung, though 3x12ft continuous print might work too, if the stitch seems seamless.
thanks again for the usual generous advice.
I had originally posted a question about a 4x10 workflow for shooting people. On the principle of just doing it, I've decided to shoot with my Dorff and my stash of Readyloads.
Here's what I imagine:
shoot three 4x5 frames from left/center/right of my tripod pivot point,
and stitch them in Photoshop.
I want to place two people in three/quarters foreground size at each edge as a dominant "bookmark" for where every frame meets the next.
Posed close together, but one person leaning left, and the other leaning right.
I suppose in a Landscape photo environment, a large tree can substitute for people, for the sake of argument......
1. How do I frame this so that the software can make an even cut, and a seamless joint between the two people?
Instinct tells me don't frame as if cutting precisely, but include both people in the right edge of Frame 1, and the left edge of Frame 2.
Or is this making matters worse for the software to find the seam?
2. I am told there's software as well that can take a stack of frames, of the same scene but shot at varying planes of focus - and somehow meld all of them to achieve a natural look?
I have never had reason to do stitching, til now, so I'm just catching up on the reading.Again, I am not aiming for achieving a perfect seam for pure landscape. It's more like a panoramic group portrait of clusters of people against a natural background.
To be printed as 3x4ft prints to be joined when hung, though 3x12ft continuous print might work too, if the stitch seems seamless.
thanks again for the usual generous advice.