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02/06/2007 01:29:07 PM · #1 |
Hi Guys,
Have been wanting to do one of those big pictures that are made up of lots of little 6x4's - I presume there is some sort of technique that would help me accomplish this but after looking on the net I have found very little. Maybe I am using the wrong word to search. Any help would be much appreciated. I am after creating something like this below.
Hockney pic
There are plenty of examples on the net but not much in the way of how - Like do you use matt prints or glossy - Do you use a 50mm - Do you always focus on every frame so that the whole pic is in focus or do you shoot just the person etc in focus and then move the camera around without re-focusing. I can feel a lot of trial and error coming on!!
Cheers
Jeff |
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02/06/2007 02:11:47 PM · #2 |
| I'd never seen something like that before, but I followed your link and now I would really love to know how to do that....would make a very cool display I think. |
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02/06/2007 02:17:52 PM · #3 |
| seems like it could be done in photoshop. as far as focusing that depends on the effect you want. i would think that a prime lens would be good so you know you had about the same look all around |
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02/06/2007 02:20:08 PM · #4 |
As for you questions, I would suggest, as you said, lots of trial and error. There's absolutely no right way to do it, and I've seen many variations on the theme. As you said lots of trial and error.
You could also create such a thing in Photoshop instead of on paper. It would probably be easier on you and the environment.
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02/06/2007 02:27:37 PM · #5 |
That example seems to have been done using many 4x6 prints from a regular SLR film camera or point-n-shoot camera. Could you verify more exactly what you're after. Taking many digital shots or taking shots of printed 4x6's, or what?
I'm sure your example can be imitated with a DSLR. Or you can try to stitch them together like a panarama, only in both Horizontal and Vertical directions. Panorama stitching software tries to allign the pixels and get the colors to mesh together more.
I've created very large Google or MSN maps by putting many layers of screen captures on a large white background. I reduce the top layer to about 43% transparent, then zoom in to a few pixels and allign to the layer underneath. Then merge the two layers after setting the transparency back to none. |
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02/06/2007 02:30:31 PM · #6 |
I use this.
AutoStitch
It's free, and functional.
I've used it to make these:
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02/06/2007 02:56:36 PM · #7 |
Yes I have seen the stitched pictures but to be honest I kind of like the rough look to the real 6x4's stuck together. Basically I have 4 panel doors that open up but when closed are just a boring white door - So I am going to photograph a landscape possibly with a person in it with my digi camera and then have several hundred 6x4's printed up . Paste them to the door then cover them with a varnish of some sort that wouldn't ruin the pics - Any idea on what varnish etc would also be much appreciated. Will let you know how I get on. I have the feeling I am going to be using a 50mm prime and shoot the whole scene with that - All the pics I have seen so far made up of montages seem to have the whole picture sharp - Sooooooooo of course as a photographer and trying something different I will shoot the scene at maybe 2.8 possibly 5.6 depending on the subject and not re-focus each time I take a picture - That way ensuring that the person or main subject in the pic is in focus and the rest blurred out which on a grand scale (And these doors are big!) could look quite effective - Looks like I will have to get one of those upgraded Shutterfly accounts to get the 200 pics i need!
Cheers
Jeff |
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02/06/2007 04:10:15 PM · #8 |
Here is a conversion idea. Get a large photo, maybe 4-or more raw shots saved as tiffs (Top-Left, Top-Right, Bottom-Left, Bottom-Right). Combine them into one large file. Resize to the finished size of the door panels. Just use a wide open lens and DOF to shoot the blurring you want.
Then set the Photoshop cropping tool set to 4x6 size and use it as a cookie-cutter to cut out 4x6 overlapping pieces and save them each to a file giving them a row-and-column prefix number, so after printing, you can assemble them manually on the door. Each 4x6 piece can be adjusted for exposure, and rotated slightly, and ewven add a photograph border of your choice.
Then you can cover it with clear liquid acrylic. I would ask a craft/hobby shop for instructions about sealing it with acrylic.
You can even preview them by Copying/Pasting onto a large empty white backgroun. Then print it as a poster-sized print. That would be less three dimensional. |
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02/06/2007 04:45:11 PM · #9 |
I normally do "normal" stitches with Pano Tools Assembler but i did this one  by opening all of the composing images then pasted them into a very large white blank page. Setting the transparency level down to 50% allows you to move the layer over to match the layer below. This was a strange image because i didn't want it to match perfectly, i hope you like this one.
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02/06/2007 10:53:43 PM · #10 |
There are some good ideas here especially with the Photoshop - However I really think these things look best when they are not quite perfect - The exposure is a little off in some and not in others etc.
Thanks for all the help and you are right I will hit the craft shop and see how best to seal them. Great bike shot Bob - Liking the not so perfect exposure all through the pic.
Cheers again guys. Loving the site for all the help
Jeff |
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