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- NiftyG, on 05/19/2009, -1/+7Tip #9 - use manual exposure.
If you set your camera to auto, as you pan, the exposure will change depending on the brightness of each image, causing potential color shifts. A shot with mostly sky will expose the sky darker than a shot with mostly ground, for example. Manual exposure eliminates this problem. Set your exposure to accommodate the brightest part of the shot and the rest will be fine. - dack42, on 05/19/2009, -1/+6Burried for innacuracies. The article makes attributes parallax problems (although it never mentions the term) to using wide angle lenses and not leveling the camera. In fact, it's caused by failing to rotate around the correct point on the lens. Having foreground objects close to the camera makes the effect worse.
Wide angle lenses are usually the best for making panoramas. Failing to level your camera will result in a panorama that stitches just fine, but will have a wavy edge on the top and bottom. To create a rectangular crop you'll have to sacrifice some of your shot.
http://www.panoguide.com/howto/panoramas/parallax. ... - mynameisrod, on 05/19/2009, -0/+5That's covered by #4: Choosing Your Metering Well. The reference to "set the camera to manual" should have been a clue.
- ShooterMcGavin, on 05/19/2009, -0/+4You really can take a panorama shot with any camera. I took these with a old Canon point and shoot. Turned out pretty nice, I think.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonhaberman/sets/72 ... - gbarger, on 05/19/2009, -0/+4Not just manual exposure, but you should have it on manual white balance as well, or make sure you're using a gray card in front for white balance metering on every shot. If you don't do that, and the camera is metering against the blue sky it will try to make the shot warmer, or if it's metering against clouds it could stay neutral, or in the case of the grand canyon where you have the warm rock against the cool sky and the camera is metering the white balance against rock it will try to cool the picture. Ideally, the camera should be completely manual. You could also take bracketed shots of every frame, then stitch each bracketed shot together (1st brackets with first, 2nd with second etc...) so you get 3 huge panorama shots at each bracket, then make one awesome HDR picture with a great blues at the sky, and wonderful clarity on the rock.
- BossKey, on 05/19/2009, -0/+318mm on a 1.6x crop sensor is not going to give you anywhere near that wide a field of view.
- BossKey, on 05/19/2009, -0/+3The difference is that the tutorial gives you the number of megapixels of your camera x the number of frames you shot, while your technique gives you just a fraction of the megapixels in one frame of your camera.
Also, your way assumes you can stand back far enough to get the whole thing in one shot. - graemee, on 05/19/2009, -0/+3I found that the panorama software I use does a fantastic job of matching the exposure so this one not that important.
It's called Hugin
http://picasaweb.google.com/graeme.ellis/QuebecCit ...
http://picasaweb.google.com/graeme.ellis/Woodstock ... - soccermatt34, on 05/19/2009, -0/+2go on....?
- Llance, on 05/19/2009, -0/+2He has a point. This has happened to me. One or two snaps don't trigger the Terror Alert Subroutine, but try turning in a circle (even without a tripod) and quite a few people will notice, and in my experience if one of those people is a cop or security, they'll take an interest. If they don't understand the complexities involved in panoramic photography (ie: take lots of pictures) they can misconstrue your flagrant waste of digital film as a blatant attempt to glean govt secrets. And that's with a little Lumix LX3. Try the same thing with an EOS 1D and they'll shoot first ask questions later.
- urbanetruth, on 05/19/2009, -0/+2Tips:
1) choose subject that is far enough away. for subjects that are close, the photos will not match together properly.
2) for SLRs keep apeture on same setting for all shots. (use manual apeture)
3) use Photoshop's Automerge feature or Autostitch program to process photos - affiliatebroker, on 05/19/2009, -1/+2Another one from Darren Rowse? Or, PRO blogger. Thanks for sharing this one too...
- FortyCaliber, on 05/20/2009, -0/+1I was thinking that if he was attaching tape to his lens... the concept of post-edit cropping was beyond and above him.
- beesaretasty, on 05/19/2009, -1/+2Use Photoshop and merge to panorama. Just make sure to lock your exposure.
- SteaminTmann, on 05/19/2009, -0/+1It was a joke, fellas
- digitalArtform, on 05/19/2009, -0/+1I don't even stitch them in 2D. I leave them in 3D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfNEDH6lY3Q&fmt ... - 500extraws, on 05/19/2009, -0/+1Nice post, thanks for sharing. :)
- Hellahulla, on 05/19/2009, -0/+1You are joking right?
- ultrafez, on 05/19/2009, -0/+1I hope you're just trolling.
- EMGroup, on 05/19/2009, -0/+1Thank you for sharing that with us!! I like the pictures you post.
- Llance, on 05/19/2009, -0/+1About the shooting? Of course. About the harassment? Definitely not. It's like they don't get the idea that if I was a spy... I'd be SPYING! Which in my mind presupposes a modicum of skill at being stealthy.
- edrodgers731, on 05/19/2009, -1/+1Or maybe try that new cropping feature in Photoshop.
- rofenstein, on 05/19/2009, -1/+1Or just get one of these:
http://www.gigapan.org/ - FortyCaliber, on 05/19/2009, -1/+1joking, yes. but that would just cause fuzzy, black blurs on the top and bottom.
You need to attach tape to the sensor... - ProfessorY, on 05/19/2009, -0/+0Nope, he shouldn't be. Its way too freaking long, numbskull.
- Joshper85, on 05/19/2009, -2/+2Bump
- ZutroyZuuts, on 05/19/2009, -1/+12 tips.
1, use camera in portrait mode on landscapes so you have more scope for the crop.
2, use kolor autopano pro. - blacktriangle, on 05/19/2009, -4/+4Too bad this doesn't tell you what to do for being harassed by the Police for photographing panoramas.
- MazdaEric, on 05/19/2009, -2/+1This post can be a lot shorter:
Step One - Buy a digital camera with Panoramic setting (as I did earlier this week)
Step Two - Use Panoramic setting to take Panoramic pictures
;) - pathouston22, on 05/19/2009, -3/+2Some of those images (like the Boulder River) could easily be taken with the standard 18-55mm wide angle that comes with the Nikon D40, an entry level DSLR. Wide angle for the cheap.
- BlueCadenza, on 05/19/2009, -2/+0Or just use the panorama feature on the Touch Diamond or Pro or Pano for the iPhone. Making 360 degree VR panoramas are the future. If you've ever made one and showed it to people, its incredible.
http://ivrpa.org/gallery/vr - SteaminTmann, on 05/19/2009, -5/+11. Cover top 1/4 of the lens with black electrical tape.
2. Cover bottom 1/4 of the lens with black electrical tape.
3. Take pictures
This tutorial was waaayyy too long
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