Though typically done with landscape photography, panoramas
can also be used to capture wildlife scenes.
As photographer George Lepp explains, creating wildlife panoramas can be
challenging but also very rewarding.
There are some challenges to taking wildlife panoramas, the
biggest one being the fact that the subjects are moving ones as is not usually
the case when making landscape panoramas.
However, Lepp also points out many of the advantages of wildlife
panoramas if properly done. With the
presence of a large herd or flock of animals, it is often difficult to have all
animals properly positioned and unmoving to create a complete, fluent, artistic-looking
photograph. When doing a panorama, a
photographer can take several images of smaller portions of the scene and wait
for the subjects in a particular shot to position themselves correctly instead
of relying on luck for the whole flock or herd to cooperate together. Additionally, a panoramic view of wildlife
allows the entire scene to be properly captured and framed.
Panoramic wildlife shots are also good for either when you
are too close or too far away from a subject/subjects to properly frame the
shot. When piecing the photos together,
Lepp says that it can sometimes be difficult to piece them together properly
with moving subjects. He suggests that
when taking the shots that will be merged into one panorama, you should try to
divide up the shots so that animals are not cut in half on the edges of the
shot. If this does not work, he also
suggests taking a panorama shot of the same scene after the wildlife have
moved. This way, the background can be
properly filled in in the composite.
Lepp adds that sometimes it is okay to remove certain subjects from the
scene if the separate shots cannot be properly merged with them present. However, he does add that while sometimes it
is necessary to remove certain subjects from the scene, it is probably never a
good idea to add subjects where they weren’t originally. In the end, though, it is up to every
photographer to make their own choice.
Though somewhat challenging, I hope to be able to try my
hand at producing my own wildlife panorama as it gives a whole different
perspective to wildlife photography.
Wide-angle shot
VS.
Panorama
Link to Outdoor Photographer article: https://www.outdoorphotographer.com/tips-techniques/wildlife-techniques/wildlife-panoramas/
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