Panorama! - DPChallenge Forums

08/04/2006 06:46:12 PM · #1

i would LOVE to see a panorama...

to tell the truth, i would love panorama-style shots (multiple images) to be "legal" for regular submissions...
but this would be great for a single challenge, i believe. with all the great landscape shots out there, i think there would be some amazing turn-outs for this.

anyone else interested?

Sigma 15-30mm f/3.5-4.5 EX Aspherical DG DF for Minolta

08/04/2006 06:48:39 PM · #2

I like the idea but i believe it would leave out to many people here. Not everyone has the gear or software for stitching. But I do love Pano's.

:-)

Message edited by author 2006-08-04 18:50:56.

MrEd

Sony DSLR-A100

08/04/2006 06:59:02 PM · #3

Like this one?

I Enjoy Ham

Canon EOS-30D

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

08/04/2006 07:13:40 PM · #4

some of the pano software is free.. or there are free trials, and right gear? all you need is a camera...

-Dan

youngnova

Canon EOS-50D

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

08/04/2006 07:25:09 PM · #5

Here is one of mine. I'm going to start doing a lot more of these. I love the way the come out. This is from 5 photos.

MikeJ

Canon EOS-1D Mark II

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

08/04/2006 08:33:27 PM · #6

I love doing panoramas also. My longest one was 75+ images taken of the Columbia River and surrounding hills at Astoria. Unfortunately, my computer at the time didn't have enough umph to process past about 20 some images. LOL! Now that I have more umph and memory, I need to try it again, but I want to re-take the shots.

I regularly do 5 to 15 images, including close up panoramas. This is 5 images stitched together:

Mike

Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Nikon

08/04/2006 09:34:45 PM · #7

Originally posted by I Enjoy Ham:

some of the pano software is free.. or there are free trials, and right gear? all you need is a camera...

-Dan

What no tripod? No pano head? How would one compete with those that do? Then there is the learning curve for the free software ...

Don't get me wrong I like the idea. It just won't include everyone who might want to compete that's all.

:-)

wmprkg

Nikon D70

08/04/2006 10:18:05 PM · #8

This is 5 shots roughly stitched in Photoshop. It cut off my wife's hair. Overall though, I think it turned out well. Considering I didn't used a tripod.

08/04/2006 10:21:23 PM · #9

Originally posted by wmprkg:

This is 5 shots roughly stitched in Photoshop. It cut off my wife's hair. Overall though, I think it turned out well. Considering I didn't used a tripod.

Very Nice!

I sit corrected! :-P

Sony 16-35mm f/4 Vario-Tessar T* FE ZA OSS Lens

08/04/2006 10:29:10 PM · #10

Then here is one of my faves on the site. He has quite the grip on the pano thing. olihar Check out his site for bigger pano's.

//olihar.com/default.aspx?p=Panorama

:-)

bryanbrazil

Sony Alpha a7R III

08/04/2006 11:40:20 PM · #11

The original was 15 shots...this version is only about half of it. I have it printed 6" by 7' at home. Took overnight to process and resulted in a 1 gig tiff file.

Sony 16-35mm f/4 Vario-Tessar T* FE ZA OSS Lens

08/04/2006 11:46:13 PM · #12

Originally posted by bryanbrazil:

The original was 15 shots...this version is only about half of it. I have it printed 6" by 7' at home. Took overnight to process and resulted in a 1 gig tiff file.

Now that is a killer pano!

You shoot that hand held? :-P

bryanbrazil

Sony Alpha a7R III

08/04/2006 11:48:47 PM · #13

Yeah, shot handheld. You should check out the full pano. There's a link in the comments.

Originally posted by thegrandwazoo:

Originally posted by bryanbrazil:

The original was 15 shots...this version is only about half of it. I have it printed 6" by 7' at home. Took overnight to process and resulted in a 1 gig tiff file.

Now that is a killer pano!

You shoot that hand held? :-P

08/04/2006 11:53:07 PM · #14

Originally posted by bryanbrazil:

Yeah, shot handheld. You should check out the full pano. There's a link in the comments.

Yeah I checked it out. Left a comment. Nice!

jerowe

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

08/05/2006 12:39:36 AM · #15

no offense, but anyone can enter any of the challenges. that's why it's called a "challenge". if it was easy, would it be fun? figure out how to do a pano, that's why you have a full week from the day it's announced. also, there are more than one type of challenge per category. do the other one.

once again, not trying to step on any toes, or tick anyone off.

-Jon

Sony 16-35mm f/4 Vario-Tessar T* FE ZA OSS Lens

08/05/2006 12:41:02 AM · #16

Originally posted by jerowe:

Hey I caved already Read above no worries huh? :-P

bryanbrazil

Sony Alpha a7R III

08/05/2006 01:40:57 AM · #17

For those that want the software, try the Hugin frontend, Panotools, and Enblend. It's all free, but there is a fairly steep learning curve. It's worth it though. If you run into memory problems, there's a way to set the amount of memory to use in Enblend.

Thanks for bring up panos again. I have a bunch of different series I need to stitch together.

Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX Aspherical DF for Canon

08/05/2006 02:04:22 AM · #18

PTAssembler is what I have been goofing with. It's not to hard and it is free.

hankk

Canon EOS-5D

08/05/2006 12:02:37 PM · #19

Originally posted by thegrandwazoo:

I like the idea but i believe it would leave out to many people here. Not everyone has the gear or software for stitching. But I do love Pano's.

:-)

Here are some examples of pano's done handheld, with a disposable camera:
//forum.autopano.net/t535-chicago-w-disposable-cameras

The example used AutoPano Pro (cost is 99 Euros), but there are other (free) panorama tools you could use.

digitalpins

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

08/05/2006 12:20:16 PM · #20

i love panorama's and would love a panorama challenge, also here is some of mine

this was 4 photos i think

this one was 8 photos

jemison

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

08/05/2006 01:09:26 PM · #21

I hand stitch my panos using CorelPainterIX. I'm sure you can use something like PS as well, but I like some of the tools in Painter better. Here is a pano from the same location and at the same time as one of my Challenge entries (referenced in the Photographers Comments). It is a hand stitch of 6ea. 1-minute exposures.

jerowe

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

08/06/2006 05:53:25 PM · #22

excellent. i'm glad there is a lot of interest. maybe we'll see it on the frontpage soon...keep this thread active. who knows :)

i dind't mean to double post. i just notice another post from last month that was the same thing, so i apologize for this. but it does seem there are is quite a bit of interest.

take care, and good luck w/ all the challenges everyone.

:)
-jed

dgpilot

Canon EOS-20D