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John Hatz
{K:156973} 8/9/2007
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wow! Amazing image, pity that the site does not suport these kind of photos, by giving some more pixels at the wide way so the image viewed a bit larger, anyway, enouph to see the beautiful place, and the amazing way you put the small port into your image, you also gives so nicely the empty space to the left with the full of mountain horizon line, beautiful image for sure!!! And excellent quality at the collage...where are the point of stiching the photos??? I cannot find them, EXCELLENT!!!!!
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/11/2007
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Very impressive panorama, and a great deal of detail, with beautiful sunset colors. I bet a great deal of work went into stitching 11 images, but the result is stunning :) Thanks for sharing, Ina
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Valerij Reznikov
{K:3367} 1/9/2007
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Thanks, AJ for your attention to my pics, I really appreciate it.
Of all your shots I’ve chosen this pano because here I can give some sound (I hope) advice. You’ve mentioned Roger Williams. He told you to use PTGui I presume. Yes, this soft is considered to be the best by many users, but I nevertheless stick to Autopano Pro. I have both programs, so I can give them comparison. What I don’t like in PTGui is that it makes some very rude bands with clear sky, and it lacks versatile editing capabilities Autopano has. With the latter I can correct geometry inside the stitching program. And it makes sky transitions perfectly! With both programs you can easily merge many rows of images. No need for a tripod, no need to maintain the even horizon, just cover the area you want with as many overlapping images as needed. All the rest leave to soft. You said I did a good job with that snow covered panorama. The job was done by Autopano. I did nothing! I only loaded some images to the program.
You say you corrected your pano in PS. With Aupopano or PTGui there is no need for that. They even correct different exposures.
OK, I may talk a lot more, but it’s better to download trial versions and make your own decision. Here are the addresses where you can get the programs –
Autopano Pro - http://www.autopano.net/
PTGui - http://www.autopano.net/
The cost of these programs 130 and 100 USD respectively. That is mere nothing if we compare it to the price of some fancy lens.
You are right with the informative side of pano photography. That is exactly my case. I do panos wherever possible. I try to catch the architecture of my native city for I know – the informative value would increase with time. In Malta I shot about 300 panoramas. In Moscow I do about 30-70 during a day walk (when I have time). Most of them have very little artistic quality. What I cherish is the informative part. Maybe I am a freak of some kind (my wife says so) but I am persistent in my hobby.
Hope that would be of help to you. Valery
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AJ Miller
{K:49168} 12/2/2006
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Hi Joggie! Thanks for your comment. As far as I understand, panos can be any pixel size as long as they respect the pano format (width at least twice the height). But the file must remain within 400K. I set the pixel height to around 600 so that in full pano mode viewers do not have to scroll vertically but do get to scroll horizontally. Hope this helps,
AJ
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Joggie van Staden
{K:41700} 12/2/2006
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A great Pano AJ. Quite a feat to get this right, starting from the taking of the photos. Could you please give me some pointers on the file size limits (length,width and total size) for upload. I have a few panos but could not get it right up till now. after uopload it still appears as a normal shot, just small and would not open bigger in the separate window. Any specifics needed with the upload? Kind regards.
Joggie
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Sally Morgan
{K:9219} 11/26/2006
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I should have checked your portfolio first to see how it was done!
Super view taken at a nice time of day - lovely colours in the sky.
You are a lucky man!
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reza goudarzi
{K:7097} 11/24/2006
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another super landscape! very beutiful... +++7
regards,
reza.
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 11/22/2006
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Hi AJ,
Increadible view - and one of the most extreme panos I've seen in a while! I remember this view well - made that crossing a few years ago. I think it usually is a bit more hazy across the Gibraltar Strait - but we managed to get our glimpse of the Rif mountains and Tanger in Morocco too. Very good photo.
Cheers,
Hugo
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Marian Man
{K:80636} 11/21/2006
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wow!!!! fantastic panorama dear AJ!!!!! nice composition fine colors!!!!! excellent work by you!!!!!
all the best
Marian
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joanna ewa
{K:8061} 11/20/2006
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wow:)) nice view
experimental size:)))
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AJ Miller
{K:49168} 11/20/2006
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Doyle: I see you've been busy on UF today! Meanwhile, I've been hit by double internet problems: my wireless connection is playing up and my UF emails are arriving several days late. You've raised lots of interesting points today, so please bear with me while I try to respond.
Yes, there is vertical banding that the pano software did not remove. Yes, I agree about that bright red tanker, but I felt that overall the saturation was about right and I was too lazy (and the original file was just SO big) that I didn't bother to do anything about it.
Picture Gear is software that came with an old Sony laptop. It does a reasonable job considering there's not much possibility of user intervention, but I intend to look at more serious stitching software (as recommended by Roger Williams) in due course.
Thanks for commenting Doyle - as you know, I very much appreciate critiques that point me in the direction of improving my images. I don't usually repost, so you probably won't see an improved version of this on UF, but you might just spot it elsewhere!
AJ
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Mike Adams
{K:7180} 11/20/2006
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Doyle:
I hear ya on the donor issue!
Was acutally going to Donate but the wife lost her job. For some reason she would rather eat than me become a donor!
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 11/20/2006
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Nicely done John:
The thubnail seems to show (to my eye) some vertical exposure banding which is to minor to distract the eye when viewing full size. The red on the far left freighter seems a tad too saturated . . . but . . . overall, the golden hues from the sun on the right side ship really do look lovely . . . if not a tad saturated. The detail is very impressive and the stitching is practically seamless.
Never heard of picture gear but it seems to have done a fairly good job for you. The toughest part, I've found, is the exposure matching and blending. Not sure how long this shot is at full size . . . but it's very nice! :)
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 11/20/2006
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Mike:
As it happens . . . Donor members CAN see the detail mentioned. (A side effect from paid membership). Panoramic shots like this are difficult to critique properly unless you can view the image at full size. But you're right - it IS impressive!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Mike Adams
{K:7180} 11/20/2006
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Very impressive pano!
Wish that UF did not restrict size so much so we could see the detail that you are mentioning.
Great looking shot.
Very good dof, colors and contrasts!
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Gustavo Scheverin
{K:164501} 11/19/2006
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Lograda panorámica.
Me gusta.
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