How to Take Your Own Landscape Photos

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#FFCC80" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="03c8e8e3.jpg"> <div> <IMG SRC="049a46f0.gif" border=0 width="164" height="111" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Digital Photography pushed to new heights. Specialising in Landscape photographs of the finest quality, using latest technological advances to join sequential still images together into one cohesive landscape (or tall portrait)</div> <div> Choose from one of our many Kiwi Scenes, or follow our simple step-by-step instructions and take your own photos (even using conventional film if necessary), get the images to us, and let us do the rest.</div> <div> Printed onto quality roll papers varying from widths of 100mm up to 329mm, framed and ready to hang.</div> <div> Or for those friends overseas, a mailing service of the print only, together with instructions to hand to a picture framer for final completion.</div> <div> The choices remain yours</div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FF9900" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="03d00c82dwnjbj.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Kiwi Landscapes Ltd</B></FONT> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#3366FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>   |     <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kiwi Landscapes Ltd"><U>home</U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Us"><U>About Us</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Galleries and Options"><U>Galleries and Options</U></A>   |   How to Take Your Own Landscape Photos   |   <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A></div> <div> How to Take Your Own Landscape Photos</div> <bR> <div> It's quite important that you take try to take your photos - preferably from left to right, or top to bottom - keeping the camera as steady as possible. Things don't have to be absolutely perfect, but best results may be had using a tripod.</div> <bR> <div> Take each photo, and try and set an overlap of about 20-25% - no more. Less than 5% overlap, and things may not join together that easily. More than 25% overlap, and distortions caused by the camera may make the joining process imperfect.</div> <bR> <div> Look at this sequence:-</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="068efb30.jpg" border=0 width="239" height="179" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">    <IMG SRC="069efb30.jpg" border=0 width="239" height="179" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">    <IMG SRC="06aefb30.jpg" border=0 width="239" height="179" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> It combines fairly well to create:-</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="06784b30.jpg" border=0 width="644" height="179" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> But there are problems. Try and set the exposure before you start, and keep it constant throughout - otherwise small shadows as above may be evident.</div> <bR> <div> Moving objects can be problematic - as below - there's only one boat, but the delay in taking the second image saw this boat "move" 20 or so metres to the right and leave us with a doppelganger.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0655fb60.jpg" border=0 width="351" height="182" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="5">A boat bobbing up and down, people walking, running, cycling; vehicles moving etc. can all create false images that are in different places when the images are joined - usually these are seen as duplicates. Whilst they can be removed electronically, the end result is never quite as good as things might be.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Once you have your photos, do contact us to discuss the best method of delivering them: Visit <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Here</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>