BelIblis
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How are these "impossible" shot done?
Posted: 22 Jan 2012 at 23:00 GMT
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I'm quite intrigued by these shots from
www.kultdizajn.com/
For example, the "Avala TV Tower" one. How is this possible? Octocopter with GPS tracking? Or simply a long (very long?) pole & some retouching?
I'm guessing this has to be done as a single-shot pano with a pano-pro or similar, no?
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esub
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Re: How are these "impossible" shot done?
Posted: 23 Jan 2012 at 3:53 GMT
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More likely FPV (First Person Viewpoint) radio camera to pilot the quadcopter, hexacopter, octocopter etc, and remote triggering of a camera. It is getting fairly common now.
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Rosauro
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Re: How are these "impossible" shot done?
Posted: 23 Jan 2012 at 7:51 GMT
updated: 23 Jan 2012 at 7:56 GMT
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I highly doubt FPV was used. It’s not required to shoot aerial panos.
Besides multirotor platforms helis are more common platforms for these aerials with GPS systems.
"I'm guessing this has to be done as a single-shot pano"
No it does not have to be but possible. I would guess it was done with traditional panning.
Of course sky is PSed in.
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DorinDXN
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Re: How are these "impossible" shot done?
Posted: 23 Jan 2012 at 9:31 GMT
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The crane was still there next to the tower at the left side of it, then clonnig was used to remove the crane along with its shadow.
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Dorin
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BelIblis
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Re: How are these "impossible" shot done?
Posted: 23 Jan 2012 at 11:18 GMT
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On closer inspection, I can see more crane uses in his other samples:
Crane shadow clearly visible in the "sports hall arch erection".
So this means he's set up a tripod in a cage which is hanging down from the crane – or done a single-shot pano. RIght?
How about the "Rovinj" example, shot from a tower.
Standing on the very peak of the roof, single shot? The pespective looks like he's quite a bit higher than the roof.
This is the tower by the way: tinyurl.com/87aas2j
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DorinDXN
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Re: How are these "impossible" shot done?
Posted: 23 Jan 2012 at 13:05 GMT
updated: 23 Jan 2012 at 13:13 GMT
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Depending of scene some techique can be suited than other, if you have the cooperation of the place owners, starting with ropes and even using a kite (when is constant wind) can be used as well, just like you see the parachute stay up and distant from shuttle when space shutle lands, that can be used on tall towers as well,
This was not the case when the crane make thinghs somehow simplier.
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Dorin
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gus
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Re: How are these "impossible" shot done?
Posted: 23 Jan 2012 at 16:40 GMT
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I contacted the photographer, and this was his response:
">> Hi Gus,
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>> thanks for your interest in my work. Actually I've shot Avala TV
>> Tower form tower crane basket, form sides, handheld (without tripod)..
>> the sports hall is shot same way. As there's no object really close
>> by, parallax error is not big even if you shoot from sides of the
>> basket (not form nodal point), so you can successfully stitch it... it
>> does require some PS work. Just make sure to get a lot of photos and
>> to get "complicated" or iportant objects in one frame. It's similar as
>> "tower panorama" approach. On Avala TV tower I've also removed crane
>> in PS. I found that approach much better on construction sites than RC
>> helicopter, as security is huge issue there (well, I'm sure you know
>> that  .
>>
>> Best,
>> Nino"
I tried my best to find remnants of sloppy photoshopping to see where the crane must have been - no luck.
Gus
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esub
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Re: How are these "impossible" shot done?
Posted: 29 Jan 2012 at 0:47 GMT
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Rosauro said: I highly doubt FPV was used. It’s not required to shoot aerial panos.
A remote release isn't required to take a photograph but people often use them.
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Rosauro
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Re: How are these "impossible" shot done?
Posted: 29 Jan 2012 at 15:11 GMT
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I see your point.
Have you ever flown FPV? Have you shot an aerial pano via RC aircraft?
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