Nicool
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Hi all,
I have long been a fan of Nicolas Barraque's wreck panoramas, for he shoots extra-large wrecks, typically over 250ft/70m in length, and manages to turn them into a single image!
The conventional way to shoot wreck panos is to choose a spot near the center of the ship, and from there rotate and shoot images with at least 30% overlap, then get your favorite editing software to do the hard job of assembling them (which works quite well). The problem is that it only works with smaller wrecks, those which you can see whole from one view point.
For larger wreck, you have to swim along and take images from various viewpoints, and then... assemble the whole thing manually in phototshop, and this is what Nicolas Barraque has been doing since 2006, creating images of these comlete wrecks and grabbing a number of photographic awards in the process.
I am so grateful that he accepted to share this technique as a detailed guest post, on The Underwater Club's blog. Enjoy the read!
theunderwaterclub.com
I have long been a fan of Nicolas Barraque's wreck panoramas, for he shoots extra-large wrecks, typically over 250ft/70m in length, and manages to turn them into a single image!
The conventional way to shoot wreck panos is to choose a spot near the center of the ship, and from there rotate and shoot images with at least 30% overlap, then get your favorite editing software to do the hard job of assembling them (which works quite well). The problem is that it only works with smaller wrecks, those which you can see whole from one view point.
For larger wreck, you have to swim along and take images from various viewpoints, and then... assemble the whole thing manually in phototshop, and this is what Nicolas Barraque has been doing since 2006, creating images of these comlete wrecks and grabbing a number of photographic awards in the process.
I am so grateful that he accepted to share this technique as a detailed guest post, on The Underwater Club's blog. Enjoy the read!
Shooting XXL Wreck Panoramas Underwater
Considering the limited visibility we have underwater, photographing a complete 50m+ (165+ ft) long wreck appears unfeasible, unless you could empty the sea around it! This is why wreck photographs typically showcase only a fraction of the vessel, such as the stern, the bow or other recognizable...
theunderwaterclub.com
