More Panoramas

***NOTE***In process of digitally editing...

Telephoto Panorama

Wide Angle Panorama

Panorama Round 1

Photoshop

Here's a quick test with photoshop to make sure it looks right. I think it's pretty close, I just need to add a few more rocks and get the lighting better then I'll have a finished image.

New Methods

Currently trying a new method where you grid off the original picture and grid the live view feed to get a more accurate picture. So in order to get that done, I downloaded a software called NKRemote so I could use a live feed from my camera, and it also grids off in the rule of thirds for me as well. In order to mach it, I had to take the original photo and grid it in thirds as well.

Here's a screencap of my laptop of what it looked like when I was working (added to text so you can tell which was which). This pic was taken before I started to rework the landscape to match it better.

As of right now, I have two squares (bottom right corner and middle right side) done. It took me a long time to get the big corner rock done, i went through several mud rocks trying to sculpt it but most fell apart in my hands. Unfortunately I do not have an external power for my camera, so my camera died on me in the middle of working on my third square, so currently I'm waiting for it to charge again. Because it died before I could take a pic, I don't have a current in state pic yet.

Recreating Mars

So for my final project I will just solely be focusing on mars while exploring different methods on creating the landscapes. So for this week I focused on recreating a picture from mars.

Color Corrected to Match

Original

I tried getting the shadows about right to match the lighting in both. Honestly the hardest part was finding the right shape of rocks, and I molded some clay pieces to try to match. Its not completely matched in rock shapes, but I believe it's close. I also use a wide angle lens with a deep depth of field to match the Viking camera.

I also thought about how different the scene would look with different depth of fields/focus and lighting conditions. So I did a series to see if there was any significant impact.

focus: foreground

 focus: middle ground

 focus: background

And here are different lighting conditions

Next week I will have a panorama done.