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Weston Dru
{K:3243} 4/7/2006
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Hi Steve!
Hope you are OK!
Best wishes
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Salvo Valenti
{K:17038} 2/20/2006
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hi steve , grazie per la tua osservazione , complimenti per il tuo portfolio , ciao salvo
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Steve Hennerley
{K:5776} 2/6/2006
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Hi Mary Sue...
I don't have the fie with me at work to check 100% - but you can be pretty sure that it was all the way over to the stop at 18mm.
Obviously, panos are WIIIIIDDDEEEEE - that's the point... so a short focal length makes your job easier.
Just for interest - I'm sure you picked it up - but the hill/road on the left is the same as the one on the right - the angle of view for the whole image is around 180 deg
Go out and give it a go - use 16mm and try to keep the camera very level and pointed straight at the horizon to minimise distortion (and keep the horizon reasonably stright) Obviously - you should always use a tripod.... (oops!).
The absolutely critical part is to ensure you are on full manual and you have everything set to manual - Aperture, shutter, White Balance. Use a small aperture to get a wide dof.
If you use PS CS2, the photomerge automation is great for lining your shots up - though it does not always give the best blending - I prefer to do this by hand.
Good Luck!!
Steve
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Mary Sue Hayward
{K:17558} 2/6/2006
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I'm curious also about one thing Steve. Do you remember where you had the camera set...was it more at the 18mm focal length or at the 55mm? It is probably in the EXIF info captured by the cam.
Not that those mechanics are important really, but I've never shot a stitched pano like this and am trying to think of how it would work with my lens (16-35mm)on the 10d.
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Steve Hennerley
{K:5776} 2/6/2006
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Hi Mary Sue!
Thank you so much for your comment - asfter looking again I agree with you - the balance would be much better - especially sin ce the people in the shot would then be both sides too - will do just what you suggest!
This was certainly spru of the moment - I was on the hill (North Head on Auckland's North Shore - it is an old WWII naval station and gun emplacement) with my mother and her sister who were visiting from England. I had forgotted my tripod, and just had my camera with me - UF's panorama upgrade had just happened and I had the urge to stitch so to speak...
So I set my cam to manual and shot the photos you see above all handheld - was kinda tricky - cos all the boats you see were moving pretty fast - So had pretty much no time between shots.
Was fairly pleased with the result - though it's not as even as I would have liked.
Was stictched together in CS2 using the photomerge tool - but all the blending was done by hand - I find that the automatic blending tends to leave annoying diagonal lines everywhere.
Thanx for your comment!
Steve
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Mary Sue Hayward
{K:17558} 2/5/2006
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This is spur of the moment and hand held?? Great job! I like the framing except for one miniscule nit: I'd crop off (or maybe clone out) that little peek of roadway on the right side. That would allow the tree to be the right-most element, balancing the tree on the left side.
Nice view, nicely seen.
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Sophie King
{K:3250} 1/27/2006
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Very good. I would have had the black line all the way around, but that is just a personal preference. This is a great panoramic picture. Very good for hand-held and great detail in the sky. Well done :)
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