I finally created a panorama that I thought looked fairly natural.
Tips:
- If possible, use a tripod and level to create a consistent position for each photo taken. I hadn't done that before and it's pretty amazing just how little of a tilt shift will create lines that are impossible to line up.
- Overlap the image by about 1/4. Look for vertical lines, and avoid them. The bridge was "overlapped" at near mid-span, so that each tower was seen in one image.
- Look for objects in motion. You can avoid odd looking motion by calculating what the object is doing, or going to do.
- I post processed each image by working on the far left one first, then cloning the changes to the remaining three photos. I did not crop.
- I used Photoshop Element 9 to stitch the images together. There are several other programs out there, and of course you can do it manually with an editing program.
I didn't like the haze I had to deal with, but I figured this was a practice run before this winter, when the air can be unusually clear. I hope to get the same vista soon! Have fun!
@emsabh very nice, I just used the Pano app and have it a bit rounded. I can see the ocean. I spent lots of time saying goodby to the the big blue Pacific.
I used Pano Tools Assembler to do the below ones. Don't know how powerful CS5 is at doing this, but PTA rocks bells.Very smooth process, just define pairs of points of adjacent images, and it does the rest.
I use elements 9, & have found the key to a good, well joined panoramic is to overlap much more than you'd expect. I normally work on about 50%.
And avoid a really wide angle lens as it will inherently distort the edges of each image making smooth blends harder.
@sammygirl89 You can do it! There's some good advice already off the thread. Ask questions and have fun! @sburbidge as always, play with the settings or read the manual (I know, last resort ;-))
Another tip is to lock your exposure and your white balance. And if you have a spherical panoramic tripod head it really helps to eliminate stitching errors can be caused by parallax.
And I like to stitch using hugin, an open source panorama program.
I've started shooting my panos vertically, rather than horizontally. It creates a larger file for prints. This one was not shot vertically, but wish I had.
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Used cs5 photomerge.
9 images (3 x 3) stitched:
5 images (5 x 1) stitched:
6 (6 x 1) blah:
And avoid a really wide angle lens as it will inherently distort the edges of each image making smooth blends harder.
And I like to stitch using hugin, an open source panorama program.
This is a 12 image stitch I did a while back. It covers 360 degrees x 180 degrees.
This image doesn't really do it justice, you really should view it using this link.
http://fieldofview.com/flickr/?page=photos/sudweeks/4779371432/