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08/11/2005 11:03:00 PM · #1 |
Well, I've been fooling around with panoramic shots lately, and got plenty of opportunity during my recent vacation in BC, Canada.
I'd love to know what people think. Hopefully, the print will be available for sale soon.
The small image really does not do this image justice. Please see a slightly larger version here: Vancouver Pano then click on the image to get the larger file.
For the techies: The shot was made using 8 RAW 8MP images, taken vertically with WB set to sun, manual settings of f/8, ISO 100 and 1/200 sec. Also the focus was on manual. There was was close to 30-40% overlap between the frames. The final image covers close to 180 degrees of view. The final image was stitched using AutoStitch, which in my opinion is an awesome program...and it's free!!! It is so easy to use, and makes what seems like seamless seams. The final image produced was close to 3600 x 10800.
Comments are always welcome.
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08/11/2005 11:09:56 PM · #2 |
Hey, Im really stoked to see this, as I'm heading to Vancouver in October, all the way from little ol' New Zealand. Great to see images, let alone Panoramas! Nice work.
Cheers,
Simon |
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08/12/2005 08:46:20 AM · #3 |
Thanks.
Forgot to mention that the shots were taken handheld. I guess at that distance, the panohead wouldn't make much of a difference, since there would be almost no paralax distortions.
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08/12/2005 09:45:13 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by mariomel:
Thanks.
Forgot to mention that the shots were taken handheld. I guess at that distance, the panohead wouldn't make much of a difference, since there would be almost no paralax distortions. |
That's good. I've tried taking quite a few panoramas by hand, but never really had anything worth stitching together. |
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08/12/2005 03:39:18 PM · #5 |
I've been doing panoramic shots for VR tours for my work, and yes, the pano head is generally most important if you're using a program to automatically stitch the images or are doing interiors. Also worth mentioning is that using a rectilinear lens -- I use a 50mm -- makes stitching a breeze. Anything much shorter cranks up the amount of photoshop time required because the distortion makes the edge-matching highly visible. If you need more height, do two passes and stitch top-to-bottom as well as left-to-right.
I'll try to get off my butt and post some of my panos to my portfolio.
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08/12/2005 06:47:07 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by alanbataar:
I've been doing panoramic shots for VR tours for my work, and yes, the pano head is generally most important if you're using a program to automatically stitch the images or are doing interiors. |
I also started doing panos because of needs at work. You're absolutely right that the pano head was a must for doing interiors because of the high paralax distortion that occured because of the close distances. I actually built my own pano head, mostly because I was too cheap to go out and buy one at over $500.
Here is a link to an earlier thread where I decided to build my own panohead: //dpchallenge.com/forum.php?action=read&FORUM_THREAD_ID=199482
Message edited by author 2005-08-12 19:49:25.
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08/12/2005 11:22:14 PM · #7 |
I'm from Vancouver. That's a great shot. See the bridge on the right?
Taken from there 2 weekends ago:
Feel free to PM me when you're in town.
Message edited by author 2005-08-12 23:22:32. |
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