Random Panorama Thread.

[Yellabelly]

'Can't see the wood for the trees!'

Sorry Rob, couldn't resist it.

[crmcatee]

Really should be - can't see the bottles or the lake for the trees

[RobDickinson]

Cant say I've ever found the lake!

[baz7175]

Pacific Sunset Panorama by www.bazpics.com, on Flickr

[baz7175]

Badwater Basin saltflat in Death Valley, California


Badwater Basin Panorama 1 by www.bazpics.com, on Flickr

Fullsize version is on Flickr via the link above...

[Dogsey]

baz7175 said:

Badwater Basin saltflat in Death Valley, California


Badwater Basin Panorama 1 by www.bazpics.com, on Flickr

Fullsize version is on Flickr via the link above...

Baz, what software are you using to stitch these? Can see quite a few misaligns in this last one.

[baz7175]

Dogsey said:

Baz, what software are you using to stitch these? Can see quite a few misaligns in this last one.

PS elements (v7 i think), part of the issue is too little shots taken when using the 10-20mm, a few more and it would likely have matched up much better.

[Dogsey]

baz7175 said:

PS elements (v7 i think), part of the issue is too little shots taken when using the 10-20mm, a few more and it would likely have matched up much better.

I use AutoStitch, give it a go and see if it comes out any smoother.

[baz7175]

Dogsey said:

baz7175 said:

PS elements (v7 i think), part of the issue is too little shots taken when using the 10-20mm, a few more and it would likely have matched up much better.

I use AutoStitch, give it a go and see if it comes out any smoother.

Firing up the external HDD now to see how it can do...

[baz7175]

No joy, even more issues, every overlap area produces ghosting, I think it's purely down to shooting too few images with the lens at 10mm, too much angle to compensate for from one shot to the next...

Here's a quick screenshot to show what I mean above...

[Dogsey]

Only one answer then, you're going to have to go back and reshoot it at a more sensible focal length with eleven gazillionity one shots. Happy days.




(More seriously, I'm surprised by that result from AutoStitch, it seems to cope with my 15mm (I realise that there is a big difference between 15mm and 10mm) shots almost perfectly).

[jonnylarge]

Here's a few from me:

Povington Hill, Dorset - overlooking the tank range at Lulworth ( Flickr link)




A shower cloud over the Duxford Air Museum ( Flickr link)





60th Anniversary of Ferrari at Silverston in 2007 ( Flickr link)




Lulworth Cove, Dorset ( Flickr link)




View over the dock from the Sunborn Yacht Hotel, moored outside London's ExCeL ( Flickr link)




Inside a pod on the London Eye ( Flickr link)




York Minster, running from the West Door to the quire ( Flickr link)

[baz7175]

Dogsey said:

Only one answer then, you're going to have to go back and reshoot it at a more sensible focal length with eleven gazillionity one shots. Happy days.

(More seriously, I'm surprised by that result from AutoStitch, it seems to cope with my 15mm (I realise that there is a big difference between 15mm and 10mm) shots almost perfectly).

I do have a few other pieces of pano stitching software back home, the joy of being out on the road with my laptop for 3 months leaves me with the bare essentials (well ok, I have lightroom, CS5 etc, so a little more than the bare essentials)

[crmcatee]

Does Photoshop make a better job of making a pano then with your 'dodgy' images?

[Whitefly Swatter]

Welsh Road Bridge pano-6 by bobshepherdphotography, on Flickr

or processed a bit


Welsh Road Bridge pano-3 by bobshepherdphotography, on Flickr

I find that different programs (CS5, Microsoft ICE and Autostitch) produce different results, but which one is best ????

[Colin RedGriff]

Thought I would resurrect this thread as I recently bought a Sony RX100 which has a sweep panorama setting. I tried it out in New York recently on a trip and was pleasantly surprised with the result.


Jersey City Sunset by Colin RedGriff, on Flickr


Jersey City Sklyline by Colin RedGriff, on Flickr


Grand Central Station panorama by Colin RedGriff, on Flickr


New York north facing panorama by Colin RedGriff, on Flickr


New York south facing panorama by Colin RedGriff, on Flickr

[baz7175]

Colin RedGriff said:

Thought I would resurrect this thread as I recently bought a Sony RX100 which has a sweep panorama setting. I tried it out in New York recently on a trip and was pleasantly surprised with the result.

I picked up an RX100 ready for my trip to Japan, which was then cancelled at the eleventh hour (the trip, not the camera), hopefully will find some time to give it a workout soon, looks like it does quite well

[Colin RedGriff]

It does, I was really pleased with the sunset panoramas, I've tweaked the file slightly with LR but other than that they are straight out of the camera. It took me a couple of tries to get the speed of sweep right but after that there was no stopping me :-) . I wish I'd spent a bit of time thinking about it as I just used it in Landscape mode and did a sweep from left to right. If I 'd changed it to a vertical sweep direction and held the camera in Portrait mode that might have given me some different picture aspect ratios

[HaplessBoyLard]

A view from the top of the hill at UEA.

10 shots in total. 5 for the foreground, which originally had a washed out sky, but then the sky suddenly clouded over and the sun burst through, so I took 5 separate shots for the sky and put it together in CS5.

My photoshop skills still aren't the best, but I was quite pleased with this.

Edited by HaplessBoyLard on Saturday 2nd February 01:31

[baz7175]

Winter Storms Over Plymouth Harbour [Explored] by www.bazpics.com, on Flickr


Santa Cruz Sunrise by www.bazpics.com, on Flickr