Four Tips for Good Subject Cropping
•When shooting the subject image, shoot against a white wall or some other surface whose color is different from that of the subject. The camera will not be able to crop the subject image properly if its color is the same as or similar to the background color.
•Select a blank wall for the subject background, not one with a complex pattern or shapes.
Find a blank wall whose color is different from that of the subject.
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Shooting
Technique 1
Shooting
Technique 2
Look for a flat wall that has no markings.
Best cropping results are obtained when the background is a wall that is completely free of visible markings like the one shown above. In this case, it is not necessary to take pains to position the camera correctly when shooting the second (background only) image required by Dynamic Photo. When shooting against a blank wall, you can move the camera around as much as you like while shooting CS images of a moving subject.
For this type of background, you can select “1” for the “Number of Shots” setting. For details see “Changing the “Number of Shots” Setting” (page 11).
Find some reference points and use a tripod.
When there are reference points in the image as shown above, you need to compose the second (background only) image precisely according to the reference points. In this case, you will need to keep the camera as still as possible when shooting the first image (subject and background) and the second image (background only). Use a tripod whenever possible, and make sure that image is composed exactly the same for both the first image and the second image.
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