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01/12/2004 05:07:36 AM · #1 |
Hi guys,
I really love panorama pictures, and I want to get some panoramas of my city. Can somebody give me tips to do it? Any tutorial?
Thanks in advance, |
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01/12/2004 05:27:39 AM · #2 |
I'm assuming you ask about large panoramas where you need to stitch pictures together (which is not DPC legal btw).
Here's my technique.
First you'd have to put your camera on all manual mode, if you can, because if you preset the exposure, aperture and DOF for all your shots then you won't have problems with luminosity or colors being different from one shot to the other.
Second, hold the camera at eye level if you want with your elbows tucked against your body so that as many of you as possible moves when you rotate to take the panorama, use your waut and shoulders to rotate and try to aim at the same level each time (the horizon line is a good markee).
That's my two cents, works ok from my experience.
Cheers. |
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01/12/2004 05:52:34 AM · #3 |
Tripod with your camera with white balance set on hold, once you get the right setting.
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01/12/2004 05:56:26 AM · #4 |
Beside the allready given tips:
Don't use a poalrizer, the sky will otherwise change too much when tunrning around. |
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01/12/2004 06:00:50 AM · #5 |
| and try not to have something up close if shooting a distant subject, as it can appear in a different position to the background, which makes aligning impossible. |
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01/12/2004 06:44:38 AM · #6 |
I've shot panoramas both on-tripod and hand-held, a tripod is definitely a plus. Don't be afraid to shoot one hand-held if you don't have time to sully set up, or if an opportunity presents and you don't have your tripod.
Plan the shot carefully, pan the camera in steps and note specific objects that fall near frame edges; use the objects for reference when you take each shot. Overlap by 10% to 30% per side; use 10% only if you are on a tripod.
Best to expose each shot the same, however if exposure msut be varied, try not to change by more than one stop between adjacent shots.
No polarizer, as posted above. It's possible to work with one, however it makes for alot of extra work later.
Use a focal length of 50mm or longer for best stitching results. Shorter focal lengths tend to introduce distortion that is hard to deal with when stitching; the longer focal lengh will mean more shots, but higher quality.
Camera should rotate about the "ndal point" of the lens. THis can be very important for interior panoramas, it's less so for outdoor shots, but still something to pay attention to. Rotation about the tripod mount is an OK work-around if you don't know how far forward the nodal point of your lens is, and wil produce very good results on outdoor shots.
If foreground objects intrude, make sure they are within the DoF and fall toward the center of a frame, then you won't have to deal with the inevitable shift (and non-matching) mentioned above.
Above all, experiment in a convenient location, you'll be surprised how much your technique improves with practice.
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01/12/2004 08:44:30 AM · #7 |
the panorama factory pano stitching program is great. However the newest freeware version (V 3) puts their logo right in the middle of you final image..... and Im not sure if you can find the older 2.2 version anymore. So I paid for it so I could do some pano's.
this image was stitched with it... its 6 photos, hand held, and i had it printed out using DPC prints and its awesome....
James |
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