My first attempt at a panorama

[dickweis]

We've been getting lots of rain in San Francisco, but I found a clear day to snap five shots near the Golden Gate bridge and to stitch them together using Adobe Photoshop Elements on my Mac. I have included the full-size version (20 megapixels!) for those who like to explore.

http://dickw.ucsf.edu/photos/panorama.html

dickweis--Love my F707! (new run, no BFS, no LEVBFS)

 

[Mike47900]

I > have included the full-size version (20 megapixels!) for those who
like to explore.

Can you post a thumbnail? So those of us without broadband can decide if we really want to wait for the full download.
Mike

 

[dickweis]

Mike:

Here is a thumbnail.



The link below takes you to a web page where you can choose the size of the image downloaded to match your bandwidth (the smallest is 117k).

http://dickw.ucsf.edu/photos/panorama.html

dickweis

I > have included the full-size version (20 megapixels!) for those who
like to explore.

Can you post a thumbnail? So those of us without broadband can
decide if we really want to wait for the full download.
Mike

 

[Chris C.]

hey! Not bad! I didn't know that Elements did stitching. Cool. It looks like you have one shot that is a tad 'brown'.

Tip: Be sure to use manual exposure and manual white balance when shooting panos. This will help you avoid any inconsistancies between photos.

Good work!

We've been getting lots of rain in San Francisco, but I found a
clear day to snap five shots near the Golden Gate bridge and to
stitch them together using Adobe Photoshop Elements on my Mac. I
have included the full-size version (20 megapixels!) for those who
like to explore.

http://dickw.ucsf.edu/photos/panorama.html

dickweis
--
Love my F707! (new run, no BFS, no LEVBFS)

 

[dickweis]

Thanks for the suggestion! I used manual focus and exposure, but forgot to use manual white balance. Next time I will remember my tripod and avoid the need to rotate some of the images.

Adobe Elements was one of only a few programs I found for the Macintosh that do panorama stitching. As a bonus, you can download the full-featured version (at http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopel/demoreg.html ) and use it free for 30 days.

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Tip: Be sure to use manual exposure and manual white balance when
shooting panos. This will help you avoid any inconsistancies
between photos.

Good work!

We've been getting lots of rain in San Francisco, but I found a
clear day to snap five shots near the Golden Gate bridge and to
stitch them together using Adobe Photoshop Elements on my Mac. I
have included the full-size version (20 megapixels!) for those who
like to explore.

http://dickw.ucsf.edu/photos/panorama.html

dickweis
--
Love my F707! (new run, no BFS, no LEVBFS)

 

[Dave Hood]

I have also been experimenting with Elements and panoramic shots with the F707. I figured out on day 1 that I needed to set manual white balance as well as aperture/shutter.

I'm still getting distinctly different casts in the different shots, and I can't figure out why. The light/dark dimension certainly works, but the sky and trees are more blue here, more green there -- I even got a bit of a red cast on the shot looking toward deep shadow. (I admit I'm trying to break it: a pan from the sun well around away from the sun.)

I posted a 500-kB example at http://briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/davehood86/vwp?.dir=/Yahoo !+Photo+Album&.dnm=Pan.jpg&.src=bc&.view=l&.done=http%3a/ briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/davehood86/lst%3f%26.dir= Yahoo!%2bPhoto%2bAlbum%26.src=bc%26.view=l
here.

Am I bumping up against the CCD characteristics, or is there something else in the camera setting that I need to freeze in manual mode?

Dave

Thanks for the suggestion! I used manual focus and exposure, but
forgot to use manual white balance. Next time I will remember my
tripod and avoid the need to rotate some of the images.

 

[Dave Hood]

Sorry, that was a bad URL (argh!). Try this: http://briefcase.yahoo.com/davehood86
Go into the Yahoo photo gallery; look at Pan.jpg.

Dave

I'm still getting distinctly different casts in the different
shots, and I can't figure out why. The light/dark dimension
certainly works, but the sky and trees are more blue here, more
green there -- I even got a bit of a red cast on the shot looking
toward deep shadow. (I admit I'm trying to break it: a pan from the
sun well around away from the sun.)

I posted a 500-kB example at

http://briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/davehood86/vwp?.dir=/Yahoo !+Photo+Album&.dnm=Pan.jpg&.src=bc&.view=l&.done=http%3a/ briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/davehood86/lst%3f%26.dir= Yahoo!%2bPhoto%2bAlbum%26.src=bc%26.view=l
here.

Am I bumping up against the CCD characteristics, or is there
something else in the camera setting that I need to freeze in
manual mode?

Dave

Thanks for the suggestion! I used manual focus and exposure, but
forgot to use manual white balance. Next time I will remember my
tripod and avoid the need to rotate some of the images.

 

[Dave Hood]

I pondered this overnight. It occurs to me that the one variable I didn't control (and couldn't) was the sunlight. Both failures occurred on partly-cloudy days, and I just wonder whether the clouds drifting over the sun might have changed the ambient light enough, during the ten seconds or so between shots, to cause this effect.

That hypothesis suggests a couple of experiments...

Dave

Dave

I'm still getting distinctly different casts in the different
shots, and I can't figure out why. The light/dark dimension
certainly works, but the sky and trees are more blue here, more
green there -- I even got a bit of a red cast on the shot looking
toward deep shadow. (I admit I'm trying to break it: a pan from the
sun well around away from the sun.)

I posted a 500-kB example at (bad URL).

Am I bumping up against the CCD characteristics, or is there
something else in the camera setting that I need to freeze in
manual mode?

Dave

Thanks for the suggestion! I used manual focus and exposure, but
forgot to use manual white balance. Next time I will remember my
tripod and avoid the need to rotate some of the images.