A grizzly sprinting at 35 miles an hour from hundred feet away will sink its teeth into your expedition cargo pants in less than two seconds, giving you just enough time to engage the autofocus, select burst mode, and press the shutter. Depending on your reaction time and camera model, your closest ones may inherit ten or twenty premortal frames that could be made into a very … [Read more...]
Les Palenik
Les Palenik is an Ontario-based photographer. Totally camera-agnostic, he's been using various models of Canon, Nikon, and Fuji film cameras. Prior to using VR Drive, he used also robotic GigaPan Epic panoramic tripod head. All images in this article including the finished panoramas were processed with a cloudless, non-subscription perpetual copy of Adobe Photoshop CS5. Originally a computer engineer, he's always been attracted to panoramic photography, but by now he has run out of all available wall space. When he is not shooting or stitching pano shots, he is still writing programs, among other things also software for automation of the panoramic image workflow.
Panoramic Viewpoint
Following my previous article which was a hands-on review of a Seitz Roundshot VR Drive motorized panoramic head, this essay is more conceptual, and totally hardware independent. I will address panoramic format, immersive viewpoint and panoramic composition, and present various ways of capturing and processing the panoramas. At the end of this essay, I will include a list of … [Read more...]
Seitz Roundshot VR Drive II Review
In this article, I will review the VR Drive II panoramic system using the practical examples and experience I gained from using it in various situations. Due to space considerations, I will not cover the panoramic composition and the panoramic viewpoint, also I won't spend time on the actual stitching methods. If there is an interest in these subjects, I can address them in … [Read more...]
