Brigade Formation
Feb 21, 2018 00:32:01 #
Fort Hood, Texas
Seven frames processed in photoshop. Nikon D300 & 18-200mm lens.
The very first digital panoramic I shot was back in 2009. I was the Public Affairs NCO for a National Guard Brigade our of Wyoming. I had never met any of them nor been to Wyoming prior to going to Fort Hood, Texas for pre-deployment training.
As we were finishing up our training the Brigade commander said back in Wyoming they had a big banner hanging in one of their buildings that was a group shot of the last unit from the Wyoming National Guard that was mobilized and deployed. He said it was from WWII and that when he got home he wanted to be able to hang up a banner with a shot of the brigade he was deploying. He looked at me and asked if I was going to be able to make that happen for him.
I told him I would do everything I could to make it happen. So I googled panoramic and did a little reading and figured out what I thought I needed to do.
Then I requested a lift but got a 5 ton truck instead. I stood on the roof of the truck cab for a little height and shot the series hand held as I didn't have a tripod with me. I overlapped the shots and tried my best to stay as horizontal as possible.
This was the formation of our unit as we had our departure ceremony from Fort Hood and were about to be on our way to Kuwait. The unit consisted of about 2,500 personnel at this formation.
After arriving at Kuwait, I again googled panoramic and figured out how to use photoshop to merge the files into what you see here.
Our brigade commander loved to tell his staff at our regular briefings they should be able to put all the information they needed to present to him on a 3x5 card, so when I had finnished processing the pano, I printed it on a 3x5 card and at the next briefing I told him his banner was ready and presented him with the 3x5 pano. The rest of the staff sat quietly until he busted up laughing and they then followed suit.
I tried to get them to reverse the formation so it wouldn't be backlit but the bleachers would have been behind everyone so I had to go with back light.
Seven frames processed in photoshop. Nikon D300 & 18-200mm lens.
The very first digital panoramic I shot was back in 2009. I was the Public Affairs NCO for a National Guard Brigade our of Wyoming. I had never met any of them nor been to Wyoming prior to going to Fort Hood, Texas for pre-deployment training.
As we were finishing up our training the Brigade commander said back in Wyoming they had a big banner hanging in one of their buildings that was a group shot of the last unit from the Wyoming National Guard that was mobilized and deployed. He said it was from WWII and that when he got home he wanted to be able to hang up a banner with a shot of the brigade he was deploying. He looked at me and asked if I was going to be able to make that happen for him.
I told him I would do everything I could to make it happen. So I googled panoramic and did a little reading and figured out what I thought I needed to do.
Then I requested a lift but got a 5 ton truck instead. I stood on the roof of the truck cab for a little height and shot the series hand held as I didn't have a tripod with me. I overlapped the shots and tried my best to stay as horizontal as possible.
This was the formation of our unit as we had our departure ceremony from Fort Hood and were about to be on our way to Kuwait. The unit consisted of about 2,500 personnel at this formation.
After arriving at Kuwait, I again googled panoramic and figured out how to use photoshop to merge the files into what you see here.
Our brigade commander loved to tell his staff at our regular briefings they should be able to put all the information they needed to present to him on a 3x5 card, so when I had finnished processing the pano, I printed it on a 3x5 card and at the next briefing I told him his banner was ready and presented him with the 3x5 pano. The rest of the staff sat quietly until he busted up laughing and they then followed suit.
I tried to get them to reverse the formation so it wouldn't be backlit but the bleachers would have been behind everyone so I had to go with back light.
Feb 21, 2018 00:55:17 #
Feb 22, 2018 06:59:17 #
Feb 22, 2018 07:07:05 #
Feb 22, 2018 14:10:38 #
Dave, you did a great job in capturing the unit and your presentation of the photo. Congrats on that.
--Bob
--Bob
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