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Normally a 50mm looks like this...





But shoot a little pano from the exact same position etc and it looks like this...





It's wide AND has shallow depth of field ;) Damn my friend Robert is a grumpy Canuck.

Les
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A 35 1.4 E mount would be the perfect solution to get the best combo as you described? None the less, cool trick/
 
Finding neat things out all the time Les, thanks! I will keep this in mind to make portraits more special!
 
wow~ that's amazing, never thought the pano have this kind of trick, Thanks!
 
here are my first two attempts i tried, i have others which turned out better but not with me now. Its a pretty fun technique but would work better with a FF camera in my opinion







 
The last one really jumps out, almost a 3D effect. The narrow depth of field. Thanks.
 
I forgot to mention two factors that help the effect.

(1) Use either a long lens or a fast lens with aperture as open as allows decent resolution.

(2) Aim at your subject of interest - in my case, Robert's face - and half press the shutter button to lock in that exposure. Then, keeping the shutter release half pressed, move left or right and start exposing your pano.

Les

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I feel this Brenizer guy took credit for something that loads of people had done beforehand. It would be like someone taking credit for the miniature/tilt-shift effect.

Les
Lng0004 said:
This is called the Brenizer method. Basically you shoot with a narrow DoF using a long focal length then stitch the images. The results look amazing if done correctly. And it's really fun to do.

Explanation and samples here:
http://blog.buiphotos.com/2009/07/the-brenizer-method-explained-with-directions/



PS: You can recreate the FF FoV and DoF with this method.

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...... you don't get the wide angle distortion in your main subject (big noses, ears, etc.). GREAT idea!

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Thanks Bill. Can't take credit for the idea per se, but using the built-in pano to do it - well yes. Let us call them Hallomieres ;)

Shame the pano feature does not allow aiming the camera all over the place.

Les
Bill McClung said:
...... you don't get the wide angle distortion in your main subject (big noses, ears, etc.). GREAT idea!

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Bill McClung (a.k.a. 'NC BILL')
Image galleries at http://www.pbase.com/nc_bill

NEVER BE AFRAID TO TRY SOMETHING NEW.
REMEMBER, AMATEURS BUILT THE ARK.
PROFESSIONALS BUILT THE TITANIC!
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Definitely not a new concept. And he didn't take credit for it either. People just started using his name to call the method. Why? I have no idea. Maybe it's the way he actually takes the shots? Or the fact that he was the first to use it with wedding photos? Who knows...
Ryan Brenizer said:
So, there was this crazy technique I came up with and streamlined a few years ago to use the effects of a multi-layer panorama, combined with fast lenses shot wide-open, to achieve depth-of-field impossible with current lenses. Ever wanted to shoot with a 24mm f/0.4? This technique gives you the opportunity. I asked a few thousand people if they’d ever seen anything like this before and no one had, so I thought I may be on to something. Still, out of the tens of millions of photographers out there I figured nothing is new under the sun, so I worked and worked on different applications of this. How do I do a 20+ image panorama of moving objects like people? How do I do this with continuous lighting? How can I do this with flash? Along the way, people started calling it “The Brenizer Method,” and while I like to think I have a lot more than one method, I admit I am honored and amused by the way it messes with my siblings’ heads.

It’s pretty simple once you learn the process, but I find for almost everyone it requires hands-on, visual learning to really get it. I’ve wanted to do a really good video of it for a long time, and finally I got the opportunity with the great team at B&H Photo."
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But his works are really stunning.

http://www.ryanbrenizer.com/category/brenizer-method/

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But his works are really stunning.

http://www.ryanbrenizer.com/category/brenizer-method/

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Do you think you could get this effect by stepping further away from your target to allow a wider field of view, then use toy camera mode to enhance a smaller depth of focus?
 
Did you hold your camera vertically and sweep horizontally?
 
Very helpful and creative indeed.
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