WOW. It has been one out of control busy summer. I have barely been home. Spent 3 weeks working from Brussels and was able to shoot on the weekends. Tested alot of new gear. My opinions:
Canon S90 - Terrific camera that can make some really nice images up to <24". I put this on my belt loop and it came out whenever I wanetd to document something (like what kinds of beer I was drinking)
Canon 24mm TSE v2 - What can I say. This lens is really superb. It was my 1st TSE and people were telling me how difficult it was going to be to use. Personally I think they are pretty simple. Dont shy away from these lenses. They are all terrific.
Nodal Ninja 5 with RD16 Panohead - This device freakin rocks. ONce setup you can whip out any kind of pano you want. Yes, the detail is as good as my 4x5 (god is going to strike me down for saying that).
Here is a shot from Cologne, Germany and the rest of them you can find here
My wife says I probably shouldn't hang out or go shooting with Rich anymore cause I always come home talking about the toys he has and the new stuff I want to buy. Mostly I just like to hope I can absorb some of the talent from being in his aura.
Wow! What an amazing collection. Where did you find storage for all of those panos? The whole set is one piece of art after another, and for now I guess the Notre Dame stuff is grabbing me most, but too many high quality shots to pick from really.
Posted by Brian Jackson on August 31, 2010 at 6:20 PM
Wow, great stuff Rich.
Posted by Pam Colander on August 31, 2010 at 6:23 PM
So when can we expect your "Travels through Europe" book to come out???
A - MAZ - ING
Posted by Todd Caudle on August 31, 2010 at 6:41 PM
The word that always comes to mind when I view your work is elegant. This is quite some collection, Richie! My faves are "Monastery Window," "Bruges Street Scene," "Bicycle at Sunset," "Building and Cyclilst," and "Cologne Train Station." Your mondo-pano images are unbelievable!
Some beautiful shots Richie. I love the colors in the shot you posted up above.. my only thought would be to crop or clone out the little bit of that support beam sticking out. It isn't terribly distracting, but it adds nothing to the shot since there is not enough of it there. The panos look really great!
Gorgeous work, Richie - and very timely. I leave in a few days for a 3-wk tour of Paris, the Belgian Coast and Gent, Amsterdam, Berlin and Prague. You've set a high bar for travel photos.
Posted by John Mumaw on August 31, 2010 at 10:54 PM
Elegant is right...these are simply superb travel images!
My favorites are the ones taken at Notre Dame.
But, why so many (80! 96!!) images taken for one panorama?
Posted by Nick Moore on September 1, 2010 at 9:06 AM
These are all really good Richie, I really like your nighttime/dusk shots, and the colourful buildings & comp. in the Bruges street scene!.
Posted by Paul Wegemann on September 1, 2010 at 9:39 AM
Great collection, Richie! Monastery Window, Graffiti and Bike, and this one, really stand out for me. I have the same question as John, why so many images for the panos? Just curious.
Posted by Jody Grigg on September 1, 2010 at 12:05 PM
Great stuff Rich, if all goes well I will be back in Europe this time next year.
Posted by Jon LaBass on September 1, 2010 at 1:09 PM
@Kovek - Yup. I need to crop that piece out. Thanks for catching it.
@John/Paul - On the 'why so many images question' For stitching I use a piece of software called Autopano Pro. It has the ability in it's raw processor to handle automatically bracketed images. So for the panos with large numbers of shots you need to divide by 3 (ie: 96 becomes 32 images) . The ability of the code to handle automatic bracketing in order to smooth shots out is really cool. I am contunally amazed at all the controls they offer in order to put the pano together correctly.
@Rick - Ping me if you want some of my suggestions on your tour.
Incredibly rich images--all. The Paris photos, in particular, are very very nice.
Posted by Erik Stensland on September 1, 2010 at 4:25 PM
Wow, this makes me so homesick! Amazing images. I love the shot you posted above from Koln and probably my next favorite is the Monastery Window in Belgium. All of the images you posted were really terrific!
Discussion
19 repliesCanon S90 - Terrific camera that can make some really nice images up to <24". I put this on my belt loop and it came out whenever I wanetd to document something (like what kinds of beer I was drinking)
Canon 24mm TSE v2 - What can I say. This lens is really superb. It was my 1st TSE and people were telling me how difficult it was going to be to use. Personally I think they are pretty simple. Dont shy away from these lenses. They are all terrific.
Nodal Ninja 5 with RD16 Panohead - This device freakin rocks. ONce setup you can whip out any kind of pano you want. Yes, the detail is as good as my 4x5 (god is going to strike me down for saying that).
Here is a shot from Cologne, Germany and the rest of them you can find here
RichieV
Amazing stuff Rich. Thanks for sharing.
A - MAZ - ING
My favorites are the ones taken at Notre Dame.
But, why so many (80! 96!!) images taken for one panorama?
@Kovek - Yup. I need to crop that piece out. Thanks for catching it.
@John/Paul - On the 'why so many images question' For stitching I use a piece of software called Autopano Pro. It has the ability in it's raw processor to handle automatically bracketed images. So for the panos with large numbers of shots you need to divide by 3 (ie: 96 becomes 32 images) . The ability of the code to handle automatic bracketing in order to smooth shots out is really cool. I am contunally amazed at all the controls they offer in order to put the pano together correctly.
@Rick - Ping me if you want some of my suggestions on your tour.
RichieV
Nathan