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29 Jul 2024 10:17:30 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Impossible photograph  
From: Bill Pragnell
Date: 5 Jun 2012 14:05:01
Message: <web.4fce49a67efbccb67f3049370@news.povray.org>
Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> > Given that the whole point of the tripod in the first place is to solve
> > the problem of holding the camera perfectly stationary in space while
> > you shoot different angles, moving the tripod would seem to completely
> > defeat that objective.
>
> You don't move the tripod.  You rotate the camera on the tripod so you
> can see what's behind the tripod's legs in the first shot.
>
> Then you overlay the second shot on the first shot to remove the legs
> from the first shot.

Or you can do something like this guy did:
http://www.panoramas.dk/panorama/nadir/

Not exactly trivial, but with practice and planning I imagine it would be quick
to perform.


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