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Cape Camera February 2025

Martin Dudley Barber's zoom E&D presenta-
tion was a masterclass to prepare us for our
next two Set Subjects — 'Architecture and
Interiors' in April and 'Scapes' in May. His
valuable tips on shooting multiple photos

and then stitching them together to produce
one pin sharp image, is an excellent prepa-
ration for our outing this month (see more

p13). Martin kindly allowed us to record the
session so that members may revisit it if they
forgot some of the steps and those who
were unable to attend, can catch up. Follow
the link in 'Snapshot Week 9'.

E&D report back — 19 February 2025

Stitching perspectives by Martin Barber

Report by Trudi du Toit

Martin Barber's E&D presentation certainly gave CTPS spectives in Camera Raw as well as Photoshop.
members seeking tips to take their photography to the Martin kindly allowed us to record the session for mem-
next level plenty to think about. The broad subject of his bers who were unable to attend and those who want to
presentation was how to shoot and edit narrow vertical refresh their memories. Do yourself a favour and watch
images of interiors and wide-angle landscapes to create the presentation replay here.
perfectly symmetrical perspectives, but like a true men-
tor he offered so much more.
He demonstrated how to shoot multiple images by tilt-
ing the lens, rather than the bottom of the camera, and
moving the back of camera while keeping the nodal
point of the lens straight.
Shoot many images in portrait mode to stitch together.
Create more overlap than what you believe you might
need — as much as 50% — as this will allow you to cap-
ture plenty of detail in a photo.
Generally keep the focus area and exposure the same,
however, you can do an HDR Panorama where you shoot
at least three images at one focus point, one normal ex-
posure and then two stop lighter and two stops darker.
Use Merge to HDR-Panorama to process them all. Don't
use this when you have moving subjects.
A longer lens will bring the background and foreground
items closer with more emphasis on detail throughout,
even if you want to produce a wide landscape image.
" Take lots and lots of photos so that you can use the
best," he advises. The image above is the ceiling of one of the mosques in
Istanbul. Martin used a 30mm lens to capture detail, but
He also demonstrated the latest tools to assist with found that he couldn't get the whole picture in the frame.
stitching vertical and horizontal panoramas, creating He solved the problem by taking four images and stitching
guides and straightening vertical and horizontal per- them together.

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