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Published: 2006-10-30 23:28:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 22709; Favourites: 623; Downloads: 14
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March 20, 2007: I've updated the image for this devisation with one including the documentary of the image being made (copyright ), the frames which were used to create it, and a 100% crop of the final image.The image was made with an infrared converted Nikon D70 and three lenses - 50mm, 85mm and 105mm in focal length. The final photograph was sititched together from more than forty files, giving it a final resolution of almost 40"x60" @ 300 ppi (14,424 x 11,738 pixels) - 968mb as a 16 bit PSD file (flattened, no layers).
December 11, 2006: I'd like to thank everyone who voted for this image - it was the most popular, with 3x the votes of the next most popular image! Many thanks for all the votes.
October 30, 2006: The next issue of PhotoArt (www.photoart.cz) will be featuring an article on my work; on their website they permit visitors to vote for their favorite image. The winning twelve photographers who will have photos published in the special issue of Photo Art magazine in early 2007, and even better will be asked to particupate in an exhibition in Prague.
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Thanks for the compliment on the image, I am glad you enjoyed viewing it. Sadly, the plinth was destroyed by some vandals a couple of years ago...stupid people.
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That's a shame. Well, good thing you got there before them......
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Thank you, as always, glad you enjoyed viewing the image!
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Will you produce this as a print? It's a gorgeous piece, and one that I would love to have a physical print of.
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Hi, thanks for your comment. The image is available as a print through my website, where I have control over the quality of the prints, and can sign and number prints as they go out. Prices are available in the "Evolving Beauty Store" section. Print sizes for Sirens begin at 10x13, and go up to the full 40" wide image.
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Thankye kindly. I'll check it out.
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I loe seeing the documentatin of you taking the shot. I nver would have guessed that the land formation was like that. It gives me a unique insight into how you sw the zen (so to speak) of the place and created art from life.
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I agree the documentary images add to understanding how the photographs are made; there haven't been many sessions with documentary images in the past couple of years sadly, but this session was a forutnate exception.
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Thanks - I think it makes it easier to understand how the image was made.
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Well, it isn't much of a tutorial (more of a glance under the hood), but I am glad you enjoyed it!
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Anyway I have a question. Of course i did some composite panorama photos, but even having a tripod results in curve. How is it with this, I think there must be some distortion. how do you deal with that while assembling the final picture?
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You are going to get a curve to a stitched image, unless you assemble it correcting for the curve, or use shift lenses (keeping the lens still, and shifting the body - like a rear shift on a view camera). Having a panoramic head avoids alignment issues, but there is nothing that can be done about the curving of lines, as that is an optical reality. In this image, the actual frame of view is only about equal to a 20mm lens on a DSLR (30mm on a 35mm camera), so there is very little distortion, as the view is just not very wide.
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This is awesome... stunning piece of work, and U really have put effort in producing an extremely high res pic. I see from the documentary image that you have not been too far from the subject itself. What kind of objective did U use, and how on earth did you cope with the "distorting effect" of having to pann/rotate the camera...
I'm really looking forward to your new projects.
cheers
/explo
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Thanks for the compliment on the image, I am glad you enjoyed viewing it.
The image was made with three lenses actually - an 85mm lens was used for for the images of the location as a whole, a 105mm lens was used for for the figures (to give even more resolution to that part of the image), and a a 50mm lens for the sky (it was starting to rain at that point, so I needed to work faster).
The image frames aligned almost perfectly when assembling the image as I used a panoramic tripod head when producing it, which rotated the camera around the centre of the lens.
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The panning tripodexplains the perfect fit ... three lenses WAU - perfection takes effort
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mmm...can you explain wat WAU means?
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wauuuuu .. like well wauuuu - you are using three different lenses to come up with what you are looking for in a pic.... that is what I call devotion my friend.
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Well, in my mind, if it makes the work, it is worth the effort. The only digital techniques I didn't use were exposure blending, and shutterspeed blending...perhaps next time.
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Thank you, I am glad you enjoyed the image!
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youre welcome my friend.
you have a amazing gallery, i like your works
caRRy on my friend
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Thanks! I hope you'll continue to follow my work as it evolves!
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Thanks, I am glad you enjoyed viewing my work!
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You're works are always so stunningly beautiful. I love seeing new deviations from you in my inbox. Not that my little self would be any encouragement to you, but please keep it coming. It is so inspirational to see your efforts and compositions.
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Thank you for your comment, and for taking the time to leave me your thoughts. As to the encouragement, it is always welcome - there is no reason to make an image if no-one sees it!
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exceptionally beautiful work as always.... a girl hopes to work with photographers such as yourself. you have a knack for making everyone look so divinely peaceful.
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Thank you for the compliment, I am glad you enjoy my work so much 
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if you have time, it would be super cool if you could post a link directly to the place where I can vote for your photo, as I'm lame and couldn't find it on my own. thanks.
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Ah, thanks for the desire to vote, but the contest closed (I won)...but thsanks for wanting to vote for me
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oh... right!
*duh*
see what happens when you don't take the time to read the whole thing?
I'm so used to being in scan mode. (I was researching something on the internet all night)
well yay for winning!
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What a stunning rock formation and such an original way to display your nude work. I can see why you won! I wish I could have a micro ship of your brain and knowledge!
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The web is one of the best things (I think) that has happened to the arts - it permits and incredible sharing of ideas and images, which was impossible before!
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Well, I've had two in six months, which is pretty good...I think...
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well i hope this encourages you for more good work!
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you've got my vote. just out of curiosity, who were your models?
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Ah, well the contest is long done (I won), but thanks for the vote - I'll take it as one of confidence. As for the models, they are Krista, in the background, and Hannah, in for front (and the detail).
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