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Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX

08/18/2003 07:14:44 PM · #1

Hello, I shot this panormam (three images stitched) at Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, CO this morning. Pikes Peak is in the background. Comments welcome and appreciated!

maranelloboy

Canon PowerShot A70

08/18/2003 07:25:33 PM · #2

Very clean stitching. I have yet to try a panoramic shot with my camera.

joanns

Fujifilm FinePix S5 Pro

08/18/2003 08:09:06 PM · #3

Incredible lighting! Faboulous Panorama. Did you have to hike to get this shot? What software did you use to stitch?

yoshi

Nikon D200

08/18/2003 08:12:26 PM · #4

Beautiful shot! You'd never know it was stiched!

rcrawford

Nikon D300

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 16-85 f/3.5-5.6G ED VR

08/18/2003 08:16:09 PM · #5

This is a beautiful photo and I know from experience that the small size limit on here doesnâ��t do panorama's justice. I had This panorama enlarged to 12 X 36 (from DPCPrints ofcourse) and it is framed and hanging in my son's bedroom (Lake Powell is his favorite place)
I can't tell you how happy I was with the way that it came out and it only cost me $7.20 for the photo and$13 for the mate, I made the frame from some scrap lumber that I had laying around.
Give it a try I'm sure you will be pleased.

08/18/2003 08:20:09 PM · #6

Originally posted by joanns:

Incredible lighting! Faboulous Panorama. Did you have to hike to get this shot? What software did you use to stitch?

I dropped my 5 year old off at Kindergarten and noticed the dramatic sky developing. I drove to the Mesa overlook above Garden of the Gods. There were great clouds to the West over the mountains, and there were patchy clouds to the East giving filtered light to this scene. I jumped out and took a few shots (in a hurry) because my 1 year old and 3 year old were in the car screaming. We then went down and hiked the trails in Garden of the Gods for awhile, where I got some more great shots.

I tried to stitch this in Photoshop, but it was very difficult since I didn't use a tripod. I downloaded Panorama Factory 3.0 from CNET. I put this image together and saved it, only to have their logo and purchase information planted right in the middle of the image! I was happy with how it worked, so I spent the $60 to get a registation code and reprocessed this without the company logo.

I'm really happy with how this came out, and Panorama Factory was easy to use. When I zoom in, I can find some mistakes, but I can fix those in Photoshop.

Thanks for the comments!
JD Anderson

08/18/2003 08:23:33 PM · #7

Originally posted by rcrawford:

That is beautiful!! I have a wood shop, so I make my own frames. I'm about to buy an Epson 1280 printer that can do archival quality 13" x44" panoramas. I have to get some shots together and framed by October, when they will go on display in Starbucks Coffee shop in Woodland Park, CO.

I'll try a DPC print as well... $7.20 is pretty decent!

JD Anderson