Stitching WILDLIFE images together to get the RIGHT COMPOSITION | Nikon Z9 20fps | High Resolution

[@MattShannonPhoto]

Has anyone else stitched wildlife photographs together? Perhaps this technique works in other programs too, not just Photoshop. If you are interested in more content like this, let me know in the comments. Thank you for watching everyone!! Cheers.

[@cuocsongthuyien-sweden.boa3127]

Great video, thanks for sharing 👍👏💫🎁.Have a good day!

[@MattShannonPhoto]

Happy you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching and your comment! Cheers 🙋‍♂️☺️

[@travelwithhithuwakkarayo]

Wow i love photograph and nature thanks bro

[@MattShannonPhoto]

Thank you too for watching! Cheers

[@travelwithhithuwakkarayo]

@@MattShannonPhoto i really love photography thanks

[@shaniarados6909]

wow super captivating - what a magical final product 🤩

[@MattShannonPhoto]

Thanks Shania! Soon this print will be framed and on our wall ☺️

[@rhodesplayer]

Wow! Amazing vid, thank you.

[@MattShannonPhoto]

Thank you! Glad you liked it and I appreciate you taking the time to comment. Cheers 🙋‍♂️🙂

[@StanceMitchell]

You're very underrated, subscribed!

[@MattShannonPhoto]

You are too kind thank you! Cheers

[@StanceMitchell]

@@MattShannonPhoto will continue to wait for your content, will follow you on your socials as well, The knowledge you share are priceles, thank you

[@MrTmiket0007]

Thanks for sharing another wonderful video like always 👍

[@MattShannonPhoto]

Thanks for watching another video 🙋‍♂️😃. I appreciate the comments every time. I’ll have to get out in the field on the next video.

[@barrystreet2046]

very good Matt

[@MattShannonPhoto]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it. Cheers

[@Sandra-qy7rf]

Wow what a game changer. 20fps just got a lot more useful!

[@MattShannonPhoto]

Game changer for sure! At least for me it is. I hope it is useful for everyone. Thanks for watching! Cheers

[@celeritasc9207]

Excellent advice. In similar circumstances I have resorted to small increases in canvas side to the right by using the crop function and either content aware fill or blending in content on the far left to the right (then cropping the left side out). It makes more sense to do it your way if one has been panning and has multiple images. Note to self, continue to pan and shoot as long as practicable. Definitely, an amazing result when you stitching it together into a panorama. Nice job!

[@MattShannonPhoto]

Ah yes, I know what you mean. I’ve done that before in other circumstance when I didn’t have multiple images to stitch together. I always enjoy watching other KZbinrs add content to their images like you mentioned. Thanks for mentioning that. Content aware works so well sometimes. It’s nice to hear from other creators what they do.

[@edbritelight7683]

Hey Matt. Again great content. Will use this technique for a number of too tight shot right away 🥰💡👍. Thank you so much 😄

[@MattShannonPhoto]

Great to hear and thank you for the feedback! My techniques are getting better all the time too from learning how to record and share it on KZbin. Win win! 😄

[@paulkirk5760]

Excellent work! I’m going have to try that in Affinity Photo.

[@MattShannonPhoto]

Thank you! Let me know how it goes in Affinity Photo.

[@paulkirk5760]

@@MattShannonPhoto I will.

[@dychui]

Great video ! Well done !! I’ve never thought of doing this - great idea !!

[@MattShannonPhoto]

Thanks! Great feedback to hear. I was hoping to hear that other wildlife photographers would be pumped to try this out too. It seems to work well for the scenarios I’ve been in. Depends on lens location and subject movement during the shoot. The latest programs seem to do a great job stitching everything together. What do you shoot with?

[@noneedtochange9413]

Amazing what you can do in these programs!

[@MattShannonPhoto]

Yeah, pretty sweet eh. Now I can justify shooting at 20 fps or even more!

[@hayleighshannon1820]

I want that print on my wall!

[@MattShannonPhoto]

We can make that happen! Off to the frame shop.

[@MrDaveB123]

Gorgeous print Matt

[@MattShannonPhoto]

Thank you very much! It’s off to be framed, I can’t wait until it is complete. Thanks for watching

[@MrDaveB123]

@@MattShannonPhoto That will look definitely look incredible framed

[@stevedobbsphoto]

Good to see a more technical video on the use of Photoshop for wildlife photography. I often put the bird on a separate layer for editing and noise removal, but never thought of this approach. Another tool in the arsenal. Also great video layout and explanation.

[@MattShannonPhoto]

Thank you for the feedback! Happy to hear this method will be of some use. Perhaps I will publish more editing videos in the near future on KZbin. I am starting to find my groove in what viewers are interested in watching and learning from. Thank you for the compliments too! Means a lot. Cheers

[@craigwallace166]

This is a great video, just what I needed to see. I have been shooting Short-eared owls and Northern harriers. Now I have options to utilize the nice images I have. Thanks for sharing!

[@MattShannonPhoto]

🙌🙌 awesome! I hope it helps. I’ve tried it on a few other burst with a different background and it worked the same way. It’s easy to get bogged down into talking about tools, layer masks, exposure…etc. glad I could help! What frame rate were you photographing the short-eared owls and Northern harriers at?

[@craigwallace166]

@@MattShannonPhoto Some times 10fps some 20fps with my new z9. Also your Short-eared owl video was also very useful.

[@MattShannonPhoto]

@@craigwallace166 thanks, glad you saw the short-eared owl video. I thought about going back out and doing another video with more filming and still shots. Are there short-eared owls where you are at? What lens do you have paired with your Z9?

[@craigwallace166]

@@MattShannonPhoto the short-eared owls are by where I live in Vancouver, Washington. I use either the Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6 or the Sigma 150-600mm sport lens.

[@MattShannonPhoto]

@@craigwallace166 Both are great lenses. Funny how many places are named Vancouver around these parts lol

[@davidwebb3076]

Superb

[@alexandrelafontaine6789]

Cool video! I sometimes take pictures of the surrounding of the animal in case I want to do such a panorama afterwards. It also has the advantage that the animal is not present in every frame and so you dont need to clone it out, which would be acceptable in many contests vs cloning which is banned.

[@lukeiamyourfather7736]

This is a great video for those who photograph at a high frame rate. Curious to know if it would have been possible if you took images at 10fps or less 🤷‍♂️

[@MattShannonPhoto]

This will work regardless of the frame rate. What is important is that the images overlap one another by 30% or more. 50% I think is a safe bet which is why a higher frame rate with a moving subject has a higher chance of stitching together more easily. Thanks for watching.

[@coastalforgecoffee1507]

That is a lot of work but the end result is worth it! If you didn't have lightroom but just photoshop, could you do this technique anyways?

[@MattShannonPhoto]

Thanks for watching! Yes, you can still stitch the images together without needing Lightroom. I find it easier to lay them out in Lightroom as a base for my editing process. I think most people who have Photoshop, already have Lightroom.

[@andycoleman2708]

It ended up amazing! But, can I ask why you were shooting portrait? Was it because you were intending to do this process and it captured more of the sky? (sort of how landscape photographers shoot panos in portrait?)

[@MattShannonPhoto]

Thanks Andy! I’ve done this process a few times. I was pumped to see the results in this scenario. I was shooting portrait to get the foreground colors (reddish from the thorn bushes) and depth as well the skyline. When the owl dipped down low, a horizontal shot didn’t capture the range of environment I wanted in a photograph. I like switch it up too and I’ve tried this technique before so in the end it worked out perfectly.

[@MattShannonPhoto]

…so yes, you guessed right as to why I shot portrait 😄. Thanks for watching and the question and compliment! Cheers

[@JonathanAyers]

Random thought, because you used so many photos, if you did it all at once, I wonder if you could use Median on all the layers except the on with the bird as an option to remove the noise that everyone with Photoshop would have. Vs. some other plug-in/app.

[@MattShannonPhoto]

Hi Jonathan, what do you mean by using Median? Is that a photo editing software? Keep the random thoughts coming, it is great to hear what others think and do.

[@JonathanAyers]

@@MattShannonPhoto - right, so a technique to get rid of noise in photos is to use Median in Photoshop. It basically analyzes the photos and uses what is the "median" for each pixel. So, if it's raining or snowing, or there's noise, since it uses the median color for each pixel, if you took 10 photos of a scene, if the snowflake is only in that exact spot for 2 of the 10 frames, it will essentially remove those. I use it when shooting Real Estate if it's snowing, raining, etc. You can also use it in crowded spaces to effectively "remove" the people from the scene. These are all static shots, but I am curious if it would work in this instance. I'll have to give it a try myself. If not, I'll do what you did, ha. I made a video about using Median to remove snow and rain once before, but it was forever ago and I need to make a new one. All this is just off the top of my head and I'm at work, ha.

[@MattShannonPhoto]

@@JonathanAyers I took a crash course on Median just now from a few other sources online. Funny thing is, I used this technique 4 or 5 years ago but completely forgot. It was for a few images in Venice when I was there. You are right that it is for static shots but that is a great question....would it work on the shots of the owls.....hmmmm I am away from the computer right now but I should plunk it in photoshop and try it... Great idea to try thank you!!

[@JonathanAyers]

@@MattShannonPhoto - I'm definitely going to try it myself when I have the opportunity to take a similar set of photos! very curious how this would work.

[@MattShannonPhoto]

Be sure to let me know if it works for you too! :)

[@stephaneclaveau9736]

Send me the print :)

[@MattShannonPhoto]

My wife has first dibs 😄. It has been sent off for a mat and frame! 🙌

[@stephaneclaveau9736]

@@MattShannonPhoto 😁