ODP POTY2011 - Panorama Winners

[Forgiss - Sean Nel]

The winners are finally up!



1. Tranquil Elephant Plains by Frits Hoogendijk



2. Witsand by Monica Teunissen



3. Looking at you by Francois Loubser



4. Overwhelming by Morkel Erasmus

[Forgiss - Sean Nel]

5. Sunrise with Mood by Alta Oosthuizen



6. Full Moon by Frans Swanepoel



7. Hong Kong by Night by Peter McKellar



8. The Atlantic Sea by Elsa Hoffmann

http://www.odpcompetitions.co.za/ind...d=40&Itemid=60

[Forgiss - Sean Nel]

Congratulations to the winners and all that gained points!

[andreklopper]

Congrats to Frits Hoogendijk!

But I must say I'm really surprised to see some of those entries in the top 8

[AlbertDeJongh]

André - which ones did you like more then? It was a difficult subject for me :-)

[Philip Meyer (El Capitan)]

Off-side question: How many of the winner images were stitched from more than one image?

[Forgiss - Sean Nel]

Off-side question: How many of the winner images were stitched from more than one image?

Will have to ask them. We didn't require that information as part of the entry.

[elsahoffmann]

Mine was stitched from 5 images.
begs the question - does a panorama have to be stitched?
I often hear the comment - its the end result that counts (not that I agree at all)

[Forgiss - Sean Nel]

begs the question - does a panorama have to be stitched?

Well... in a traditional sense you had the option of cropping down or had to have a camera that would shoot over a selection of frames in a single shot (Horseman, Linhof or Fuji G-series, etc) I don't think that a "stitch" is a requirement for a panoramic shot, just a wide enough field of view? It really depends who you ask... one group feels that an image with a size ratio of 4:1 or larger is a panoramic regardless of the field of view, others feel a panoramic is a field of view wider than what the human eye can perceive at once (so about 150 degrees I think...)

[leo27]

Congrats to Frits Hoogendijk! Beautiful shot!!! Well done to all...

[JVW Photography]

Well done to the winners!!

[Richard CFD]

Category 4: Panoramas

Time to get out your wide angle lenses and stitching software!

This was on the entry page to the competition - to me it is quite clear that STITCHING was a requirement!?? I.M.H.O. many of the entries are simply wide angle or cropped images - to me this is not in the spirit of what the competition required!?

[andreklopper]

Category 4: Panoramas

Time to get out your wide angle lenses and stitching software!

This was on the entry page to the competition - to me it is quite clear that STITCHING was a requirement!?? I.M.H.O. many of the entries are simply wide angle or cropped images - to me this is not in the spirit of what the competition required!?

Agree

[Forgiss - Sean Nel]

It wasnt listed as a requirement under the criteria. It was just the entry blurb referring to how people generally create panoramas.

[Footprint]

One day when I'm big, I'm also going to take photos like that...........Well done guys your shots are fabulous, congratulations to each and every one of you, you are deserving winners!

[Frits Hoogendijk]

Thanks all for the congrats and congrats to all the other winners!!

(Mine was 8 images taken in portrait orientation stitched to produce a single image )

[Morkel Erasmus]

Congrats Frits! And to everyone also in Top8...good to finally have a placing hehe
Mine was stitched from 3/4 horizontal (landscape) format images...

[Piet Venter]

Well done all - inspiring images.

[ABDurbs]

Outstanding from all of the togs.
VWD