Past History: Balloon Invasion! by max-
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I finally got around to finding my own balloons, all because I got inspired by another famous artist right here;-)
The wide pics are panoramas which I stitched together manually from 3 or 4 photos, because I always found auto-stitching to have bad flaws.
Comments (8)
Outstanding balloon photos!
Thank you, Blue:-)
Nice job in putting together the balloon panoramas...the one's you took at night, looks spectacular! :)
Thanks, Johnny:-)
I recall how time consuming it was to stitch just 2 photos. I guess back then I had more patience than I have now ... lol, I should post another panorama where I stitched about 5 or 6 photos together ... That was a crazy task!
cool set of hot air balloons. had fun myself this year taking several,
Thanks, Eek:-)
That was actually the first time I got to see big balloons up close.
So now I am playing 99 Luftballons in the BG by Nena as I take in these wondrous panoramas... Awesome creations here :)
Ah ... I remember that famous song, lol;-)
The only time I saw plenty balloons like that, I just know I was under 10 years old. No camera under the hand, not for me nor my cousins nor my grandparents. But the remembering of balloons in the fields and in the air.
Before this, the only balloons I saw was at birthday parties;-)
kudos on the stitching! You said you always found auto stitching to have flaws---I found ANY stitching to be maddening...I have never been able to do it well. ..
The first shot is a big panorama of ballloons and people, and it's almost an abstract of colors and forms. Zoomed, we see a bolloon who passed out, several on their sides, and so much color and detail. A real mix. And I love when the balloons are swallowed by trees.(And wtf are "rotary funnel cakes"??? sounds like something you feed a machine...)
And then after a spacious shot of balloons spread out in the sky, a great night shot. Really vivid and clear. Steve spoke of pulling out his back when shooting these beasts, bending and twisting to get closeups. It looks like you had to run a distance to find the right perch for wide shots. Sweet work! Love that night shot. (And there's a moon on the far right, I think. Nice addition, whatever it is.)
I never even noticed the "rotary funnel cakes" -- lol.
And I thought the moon might spoil my shot, but it was respectful and stayed well off to the side;-)
The stitching was tough at first, but when you learn to tilt and layer overlapping edges, with careful touch-ups, it can be done. Of course, using a narrower-angle lens helps a lot to minimize overall distortions.
Panorama at it's best!
These are spectacular! OMG, that night shot is off the scale!
Yeah, that other famous artist here has inspired me for years..
Thanks, Rod!