First attempt at the Brenizer method

Jonathan-Mac · 2011-05-08T08:48:51+0100

I finally went out yesterday afternoon to try my hand at the Brenizer method, which I´ve seen used well by others previously. Someone on here posted a picture of their car a few weeks back, which worked really well. So I wanted to try it out so that I´d be prepared when a situation came along that would work well. More info & some good examples can be found here: http://blog.buiphotography.com/2009/07/the-brenizer-method-explained-with-directions/ I used the M85 f/2 lens wide open, camera in manual mode to maintain exposure at the same values, WB set as daylight (you can´t leave it on auto for this technique), jpegs at a lowly 2mp. The first pic is the result of 19 photos I think, and the second is from 9, but I left a gap so it´s cropped to about half of what I´d hoped for. I used Autostitch software with a few tweaks to the settings. The sharpness of the M85 is not great wide open, but at just 2mp with each shot being only a small part of the whole, it wasn´t a problem, and as you can see, the colour & contrast of this lens really shines. As the shot wasn´t high-contrast, there were no worries with the substantial blue fringing that this lens can produce. I think this is a useful technique to know how to do, so that I´m prepared when a good opportunity comes along and I can make use of it. The only thing to be careful about is making sure not to leave any gaps.

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Jonathan-Mac Jonathan-Mac

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Posted 10/05/2011 - 08:27 Link

karma mechanic wrote:
Yes it takes practice... and small missing pieces like on the right of the first one can generally be filled-in with a bit of cloning.

Ha ha! I hadn´t even noticed that bit!

Pentax hybrid user - Digital K3, film 645 and 35mm SLR and Pentax (&other) lenses adapted to Fuji X and Panasonic L digital
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