Creating my first composite image
Composite image from three shots of a single Australian Magpie flying
Canon EOS R5 Mk II with a Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1 L IS USM Zoom [ISO 1600, 500mm, f/8.0 and 1/3200])
I don’t really use Adobe Photoshop but as part of Certificate IV in Photography and Digital Imaging course at the Canberra Institute of Technology, we had to create a composite image in Adobe Photoshop. I know that there are far more complicated composite images out there of birds in flight but I am happy with this image. I captured the base photographs of this Australian Magpie flying at the Yarralumla Equestrian Centre in Canberra in October 2025. It is the same bird over three images with the original background stitched in a panorama. I then added the three magpies in sequence of the wings flapping. I liked that the image ended up showing a full flap of the bird’s wings. Most importantly, I passed that component of the course.
