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Using Hugin part 4: mosaic images

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

“What is a mosaic image?” people typically ask when I use the term. I explained it before, so I’ll just c&p: Mosaic images A mosaic is created by stitching (planar) photos together where each picture is taken from a different … Continue reading →

Posted in How to, playing with photos | 7 Comments

Using Hugin part 3: aligning and cropping only (medium difficulty)

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

Sometimes, you want to align photos, and remove barrel distortion maybe, but you do not want to stitch them. I detailed one example before, aligning photos for HDR. Typically, this does not work too well in graphics programs if you … Continue reading →

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Using Hugin part 2: medium

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

Last time, I told you how to use the fully-automatic mode of hugin, and how to make a few minor corrections to improve results. Today, we will look at more complex panoramas, and some more manual work in the program. … Continue reading →

Posted in How to, landscapes, non-palaeo | 5 Comments

Using Hugin part 1: easy!

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

I’ve previously described how I use the panorama stitching program hugin – in my opinion the best program out there. It is free, it can be extremely easy to use, and it gives you the opportunity to do every step … Continue reading →

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Aligning photos for HDR in hugin

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

When I tried creating HDR images from some of the photos I took during field work I found that the automatic alignment didn’t work very well. That’s mostly caused by me shooting the photos hand-held, as no tripod or other … Continue reading →

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Zion National Park part 3: critters and more

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

This post will be the last on my visit to Zion National Park, and has miscellaneous photos of the rocks and landscape, plus all the animals that I haven’t shown before. Let’s start with a panorama of the small side … Continue reading →

Posted in Aves, Dinopics, Dinosauria, Maniraptora, Theropoda, Zion National Park | 2 Comments

Palaeontology of SW Germany 3.1.8: a whopper of a fossil

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

Welcome to 2013 on dinosaurpalaeo! I’ll start the year with one whopper of a fossil from the Urweltmuseum Hauff. A Seirocrinus subangularis colony (great NHM page on the genus here), just your old sessile, filter-feeding crinoids, a long-stemmed variant that … Continue reading →

Posted in Hauff, Holzmaden, spineless stuff (invertebrates) | 10 Comments

Panorama stitching – automated or manual?

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

There’s a very nice guy named Steve Cohen volunteering at the AMNH as a fossil explainer. Steve stumbled across this blog and offered to take some pictures of AMNH stuff for me. Obviously, I said ‘no thanks’…. . . . … Continue reading →

Posted in AMNH, Dinopics, Dinosauria, Theropoda, Tyrannosauridae, Tyrannosaurus | 2 Comments

Theropod Thursday 49: Zoo Berlin’s Africa part 1

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

Dieser Beitrag auf Deutsch. Do I have a nice collections of extant theropods for you this Thursday! I’ll simply cover the new bird house of Zoo Berlin’s Africa part, minus the walk-through aviary that is worth a post of its … Continue reading →

Posted in Aves, Dinopics, Dinosauria, Maniraptora, Theropoda, Zoos | 5 Comments

EAVP 2012 part 2: more of Teruel

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

Today, Matteo and I spent some time exploring Teruel. Yesterday, I’d not taken my camera with me when we went to have dinner with colleagues, and regretted leaving it at the apartment pretty soon. The evening light was quite beautiful. … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, EAVP 2012, historical buildings etc., non-palaeo, Travels | 2 Comments

How to…….. 2.2: Panorama images 2

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Heinrich Mallison

Taking pictures – the right way What can you do to improve your chances for a good match? Before we delve into the many little things to keep in mind, let’s get one big thing out of the way. What … Continue reading →

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How to…….. 2.1: Panorama images 1

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Heinrich Mallison

I’ve been fooling around with panorama images for a while now. There’s simply too many things in the world that do not fit well on a standard photograph. The front of a palace, a ship, a bridge, cliffs – many … Continue reading →

Posted in AMNH, Ceratopsia, Dinosauria, How to, landscapes, non-palaeo, Ornithischa | 2 Comments