Tourist Remover

[Suhit Gupta]

http://www.snapmania.com/info/en/trm/index.html

"When shooting the sequence, try to capture the same area each time. Hand-held shots work reasonably well. However using a tripod or a fixed support, such as a wall, usually improves the results. Avoid crowds of people! Each part of the background you want to appear in the final image must be captured on at least two photos. The more picture with empty background the better. With too many people on the picture it is usually hard to get rid of them. Take a minimum of three pictures. However, the number of photos does not determine the quality of the result. Best results are achieved when unwanted objects appear as differently as possible on each photo in the series. The lighting should be the same for each photo. If possible with your camera model, set the aperture and shutter speed manually. This is usually the case when compact cameras are used and the same area is photographed."



I have often waited minutes before tourists moved out of a scene that I was trying to shoot. But this really nifty tool should be able to take care of that for you. Simply remember to take a lot of photographs of the same scene, where all the parts of the object that you are trying to capture should exists in at least one of the images. Of course, this seems to work only with photgraphs taken from a camera on a tripod or some other such relatively stationary position. Looks to work quite nicely. And it's free!

[Suhit Gupta]

http://www.snapmania.com/info/en/trm/index.html

"When shooting the sequence, try to capture the same area each time. Hand-held shots work reasonably well. However using a tripod or a fixed support, such as a wall, usually improves the results. Avoid crowds of people! Each part of the background you want to appear in the final image must be captured on at least two photos. The more picture with empty background the better. With too many people on the picture it is usually hard to get rid of them. Take a minimum of three pictures. However, the number of photos does not determine the quality of the result. Best results are achieved when unwanted objects appear as differently as possible on each photo in the series. The lighting should be the same for each photo. If possible with your camera model, set the aperture and shutter speed manually. This is usually the case when compact cameras are used and the same area is photographed."



I have often waited minutes before tourists moved out of a scene that I was trying to shoot. But this really nifty tool should be able to take care of that for you. Simply remember to take a lot of photographs of the same scene, where all the parts of the object that you are trying to capture should exists in at least one of the images. Of course, this seems to work only with photgraphs taken from a camera on a tripod or some other such relatively stationary position. Looks to work quite nicely. And it's free!

[marlof]

Ha! I want one for the road as well, for when I have to follow a scenic route, frequented by tourists.

[randalllewis]

This seems like a lot more trouble than just some creative angles (for which the Canon vari-angle LCD's are great) and a little patience waitng for people to get out of the way. When all else fails, I've wiped out large populations with the smart erase and clone features of editing software. This can take some patience too, but it works. I rarely travel with a tripod, but a monopod is much easier to carry and can even do extra duty as a walking stick or a weapon. :wink: