This is more a proof-of-concept rather than a finished piece of art. This panorama evolved from a series of images following this truck. The first step placed the yellow border on each image. Then I created a panoramic image using Photoshop to auto-align the various layers. I generated layer masks of the truck from each image and moved those above the panorama layers. That order is important. I flattened everything. and made the usual color and contrast adjustments. Finally, I straightened the image and created the borders as I've been doing a lot lately.
I've followed this basic strategy 8-10 times over the last few days and this was the most successful. As most of these were shot from the hip rather than while looking through the viewfinder, a major problem was keeping the subject -- in this case the truck -- in the frame. A wider lens, faster shutter speed, and a clearer sky could have helped.
This concept will be revisited when there is better light. Maybe in the spring.
Proof of Concepts are a fantastic way of learning. Thank you for explaining the setup and procedure.
I haven't seen a 16 door stretch truck before.
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Great explanation. You couldn't have used a better subject for the process that you did. With the borders and the subject effect, it has the feeling of a truck either re-entering from the past/future or leaving for the past/future.
I appreciate the amount of work/fun you must have put into this Andrew, kudos to you. The process, does show promise.
It will be interesting to see what you come up with when conditions change, or you discover other options.
I think it important that we continue to push our own boundaries and learn from such experimentation. I know from my own experiences that even when my experiments fail, I always learn something useful that I can use moving forward.
Thanks for sharing, it's always interesting to see how others are pushing the envelope.