Check out this test photo!

[Geoff]

Vroom_skies knows what this is, I took 6 shots at 15.1MP each using a 100mm macro lens on my Canon 50D (the sharpest lens I have). I just felt like seeing what it looks like when I combined all the images, I think it came out pretty good when you consider that the exposure was slightly different in the various shots.

 

[vroom_skies]

That came out quite well indeed.

 

[tremmor]

Yes......it is vivid, with a lot of fine detail.
like it.

 

[Ramodkk]

In my opinion it's not vivid. It does look great though, lots of detail.

Still, I don't know if I am missing something with the whole "6 pictures merged" thing...

 

[TFT]

In my opinion it's not vivid. It does look great though, lots of detail.

Still, I don't know if I am missing something with the whole "6 pictures merged" thing...

It looks very detailed but like ramodkk I don't know what I'm suppose to be looking for
How about posting a comparison photo for our education

 

[Irishwhistle]

Nice! Now all it needs is a little edit job, which I have taken the liberty of doing myself.

 

[Geoff]

Nice! Now all it needs is a little edit job, which I have taken the liberty of doing myself.

Looks fake IMO, but thanks for trying

Here is the original photo at 100%, the top of the tower is out of focus but the rest is much sharper:

 

[TFT]

Bloody hell nearly 16Mb, I thought my computer crashed

 

[Motoxrdude]

Hahha, holy cow. You might want to just make that a link instead omega

 

[Shane]

wow thats a real nice pic,love how you can see so much detail.

That must be one hell expensive camera.

 

[Irishwhistle]

Looks fake IMO, but thanks for trying

Oh no!!! Not another photography traditionalist!!!

wow thats a real nice pic,love how you can see so much detail.

That must be one hell expensive camera.

Well, It's a 50D, so go figure.


EDIT: Oh yeah, Geoff, you might want to link the big version of the picture... it's fine on my computer, but I know my old one wouldn't of been able o handle it.

 

[diduknowthat]

Nice, isn't that called an HDR image?

I took one a while back with my friends point and shoot camera

 

[speedyink]

Oh no!!! Not another photography traditionalist!!!

I agree with Omega on this one. It looked a bit over done in my opinion.

Here's my take on it.

 

[Irishwhistle]

I agree with Omega on this one. It looked a bit over done in my opinion.

Here's my take on it.

OK, fair enough.

 

[Egon]

I can't read the little plates at the bottom that are attached to the chain. Not impressive.

 

[Geoff]

Bloody hell nearly 16Mb, I thought my computer crashed

Hahha, holy cow. You might want to just make that a link instead omega

Oh no!!! Not another photography traditionalist!!!



Well, It's a 50D, so go figure.


EDIT: Oh yeah, Geoff, you might want to link the big version of the picture... it's fine on my computer, but I know my old one wouldn't of been able o handle it.

That was the photo I had posted originally, the point I was trying to make was that when I merged 6, 15MP photos together you can see quite a bit of detail when zoomed up 100%, I'm going to try this more often

My goal was to capture the whole building, but since I had my 100mm lens I could only capture a portion of the building.

Nice, isn't that called an HDR image?

I took one a while back with my friends point and shoot camera

Not really, an HDR image is when you take multiple identical photos with different exposures and combine them together.

I agree with Omega on this one. It looked a bit over done in my opinion.

Here's my take on it.

Looks good

I should mention though that I did ZERO editing on this photo, this was simply taking from the camera in RAW, combined in Photoshop, and then saved as a JPEG.

I can't read the little plates at the bottom that are attached to the chain. Not impressive.

haha, wait until I try again

 

[TFT]

Ok I'm thick

How does merging 6 photos together give you a better photo, also what does it improve on over 1 15MP photo ?

 

[Geoff]

Ok I'm thick

How does merging 6 photos together give you a better photo, also what does it improve on over 1 15MP photo ?

The purpose was that by using my 100mm lens which is sharper then my 10-20mm lens, I could take 6 shots (since with the 100mm lens I can only capture a portion of the building) and then combine them together in Photoshop. Also by doing that you increase the resolution of the photo, making it something like a 30MP image, allowing the image to overall be sharper and allowing you to zoom in further without as much loss in quality/sharpness.

 

[Punk]

I'm curious Omega, I had never heard this technique (or maybe I have but I didn't realize it...).

Do you mind posting the six pictures so I can see exactly how you did it? Basically it's like a panorama right?

 

[dubesinhower]

im amazed how software nowadays lets you combine photos into a single picture. i have no idea how it works lol.