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Feedback appreciated
Roger Howard 2004-Mar-23 17:33:00
I wasn't planning on posting before the official submission, but I got
this done last night and am interested in feedback.
I only got a chance to do two tripod-mounted cubics at the event and
neither is as compelling as the handheld crowd panos I shot... given
the crowds, it was just a shoot and pray situation, several cases I
shot overhead (camera raised as far as possible). Somehow on this shot
I had my metering several stops underexposed, and my ISO a bit higher
than necessary (ISO400, not terrible), but thanks to the power of
camera RAW I was able to recovered decent exposures (albeit with a lot
of noise I'm not used to). There are some seams, I still have a bit of
masking work to do in Photoshop, but Stitcher 4 really came through
(despite crashing more than just about every other app combined) where
I'd usually use PTMac (for shoots where my setup is good and
consistent).
Anyway, any feedback is appreciated. This is delivered at fairly
high-rez, so it chugs a bit especially before the tiles are preloaded.
Also wondering what you think of the sound... too much? Too hokey?
I've posted two versions of the page (linked to a still gallery of the
same event):
This first copy has a poster movie which links to the pano, loaded
fullscreen in Quicktime Player:
<http://www.binaryboy.org/galleries/march0304/vr/index.html>
This second copy is embedded in a Web page at normal size:
<http://www.binaryboy.org/galleries/march0304/vr/index2.html>
Also, looking for advice on pulling some additional detail from the
higher angles of the fisheye shots - this was shot on an 8mm Sigma in
portrait orientation, so I have considerably coverage vertically that
got lost when converting to rectilinear for use in Stitcher. Advice on
pulling some detail off the top and bottom of the shots, remapped so I
can add into Stitcher? Didn't shoot a zenith or nadir shot...
-R