New (to me) panorama-making technique! (from Moosehead Lake, Maine)

So this panorama gave me the very devil of a time putting it together! I took it handheld, standing on a dock, at 85 mm, and Photoshop CC repeatedly told me I hadn't overlapped the images enough for them to have workable information. Error, error, error! So I finally hit on this fix: Align all the images manually in a white "new document" that you create. Then select ONLY the images you want to blend (not the white document) and do Edit > Auto-Blend and toggle both the options within the Panorama menu and let 'er rip! Then it may say there is an error of some sort, but I ignored that, and flattened it. There were jagged white sections on the top and bottom b/c obviously I am not too great at taking a 180 degree pano while standing on a moving dock without a tripod! Haha! So I used the Magic Wand Tool in the tool bar, clicked in the white area, and selected the Fill > Content-Aware Fill option and once again, let 'er rip! Voila! Make sure you click on it to see it larger. And you can see it much larger here: https://cfwphotography.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Landscape-Nature/Moosehead-Lake-Region/

These are a few of the other panoramas that PS CC "liked'"

This is one of the side docks off of Wilson's of Maine on Moosehead Lake.

This is my favorite from the whole trip, for panoramas. . .  Once again, handheld. . .

This one is kind of weird, TBH. . .  But the colors were beautiful, so I kept it. . .

Thanks for looking!  Cindy

Forgot to mention that that first pano that I had so much trouble with has a native length of 75 inches!

Very nice set. Wonderful coors.

I don'T go in all your troubles when doing panos. I just use LR 6, which has a pano made ( you select the pictures, LR does all the rest..).

The only tip I have for the time of shooting is to shoot manual, in order to keep same exposure for all scnes ( you don'T want the camera to re meter while you change its position for next picture ). All focus set to infinity...( manually ).

Good job

Yes, it was shot in manual, honestly.  The values were as "same" as they could be, however it was a 180 degree pano, stretching across the lake, from the side where the sun wasn't shining to the side where it was shining, hence it being brighter on the right side, as it should be.

I normally put panos together in PS CC using the Automate command, as everyone else does.  However, as I mentioned in my piece, I didn't overlap enough, shooting at 85 mm, and therefore, PS refused to put it together the traditional way.  So I resorted to this "when all else fails" kind of technique, which worked quite nicely.

Thanks for the kind words!

Cindy

Younes B wrote:

Very nice set. Wonderful coors.

I don'T go in all your troubles when doing panos. I just use LR 6, which has a pano made ( you select the pictures, LR does all the rest..).

The only tip I have for the time of shooting is to shoot manual, in order to keep same exposure for all scnes ( you don'T want the camera to re meter while you change its position for next picture ). All focus set to infinity...( manually ).

Good job

Fun stuff, don't forget the pan-head tripod to simplify these shots. And mind the tint:

I actually CHOSE the tint.  Nothing wrong with handheld panos either.  This one went together just like this, without any straightening at all.

SoCalWill wrote:

Fun stuff, don't forget the pan-head tripod to simplify these shots. And mind the tint:

Thank you so much, Peter!  Cindy

flektogon wrote:

They are all great, but the last one is simply amazing!

Nice work Cynthia; thanks for the info on the fix.

Dale

Cynthia FarrWeinfeld wrote:

So this panorama gave me the very devil of a time putting it together! I took it handheld, standing on a dock, at 85 mm, and Photoshop CC repeatedly told me I hadn't overlapped the images enough for them to have workable information. Error, error, error! So I finally hit on this fix: Align all the images manually in a white "new document" that you create. Then select ONLY the images you want to blend (not the white document) and do Edit > Auto-Blend and toggle both the options within the Panorama menu and let 'er rip! Then it may say there is an error of some sort, but I ignored that, and flattened it. There were jagged white sections on the top and bottom b/c obviously I am not too great at taking a 180 degree pano while standing on a moving dock without a tripod! Haha! So I used the Magic Wand Tool in the tool bar, clicked in the white area, and selected the Fill > Content-Aware Fill option and once again, let 'er rip! Voila! Make sure you click on it to see it larger. And you can see it much larger here: https://cfwphotography.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Landscape-Nature/Moosehead-Lake-Region/

These are a few of the other panoramas that PS CC "liked'"

This is one of the side docks off of Wilson's of Maine on Moosehead Lake.

This is my favorite from the whole trip, for panoramas. . . Once again, handheld. . .

This one is kind of weird, TBH. . . But the colors were beautiful, so I kept it. . .

Thanks for looking! Cindy

Thanks Dale!  Cindy

Dale108 wrote:

Nice work Cynthia; thanks for the info on the fix.

Dale

Cynthia FarrWeinfeld wrote:

So this panorama gave me the very devil of a time putting it together! I took it handheld, standing on a dock, at 85 mm, and Photoshop CC repeatedly told me I hadn't overlapped the images enough for them to have workable information. Error, error, error! So I finally hit on this fix: Align all the images manually in a white "new document" that you create. Then select ONLY the images you want to blend (not the white document) and do Edit > Auto-Blend and toggle both the options within the Panorama menu and let 'er rip! Then it may say there is an error of some sort, but I ignored that, and flattened it. There were jagged white sections on the top and bottom b/c obviously I am not too great at taking a 180 degree pano while standing on a moving dock without a tripod! Haha! So I used the Magic Wand Tool in the tool bar, clicked in the white area, and selected the Fill > Content-Aware Fill option and once again, let 'er rip! Voila! Make sure you click on it to see it larger. And you can see it much larger here: https://cfwphotography.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Landscape-Nature/Moosehead-Lake-Region/

These are a few of the other panoramas that PS CC "liked'"

This is one of the side docks off of Wilson's of Maine on Moosehead Lake.

This is my favorite from the whole trip, for panoramas. . . Once again, handheld. . .

This one is kind of weird, TBH. . . But the colors were beautiful, so I kept it. . .

Thanks for looking! Cindy

#2's a gem Cynthia. You did well with all these.

Gorgeous fall colors!  Thanks for sharing these beautiful panoramas!

Joey

Thank you so much!  Cindy

Gman58 wrote:

#2's a gem Cynthia. You did well with all these.

Thank you, Joey!  Cindy

LightBug wrote:

Gorgeous fall colors! Thanks for sharing these beautiful panoramas!

Joey