First Panoramic.........Suggestions?

Leica 35mm f/1.4 Summilux M Aspherical MF - Black

08/10/2006 09:33:50 PM · #1

This is my first pano. Other then the fact that I could not get to a distance to get the entire building, I think it is pretty cool. Comments,suggestions?

scarbrd

Leica M10

08/10/2006 09:37:22 PM · #2

looks nice except there is a slight tilt to the right. If you use PhotoShop CS2, theres a real cool filter under the distort menu for Lens Correction.

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

08/10/2006 09:39:21 PM · #3

Originally posted by scarbrd:

looks nice except there is a slight tilt to the right. If you use PhotoShop CS2, theres a real cool filter under the distort menu for Lens Correction.

Yea, I was holding this in my hands instead of using the tripod. My wife told me about this old train station. Been here for 8 yrs and did not even know it was here.

MrEd

Sony DSLR-A100

08/10/2006 09:41:10 PM · #4

I think if you stood further right you wouldn't have that 'shift'. I'd also like to see the top of the station. Guess I shoulda put this in the 'comments' section huh?

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

08/10/2006 09:56:56 PM · #5

Originally posted by MrEd:

I think if you stood further right you wouldn't have that 'shift'. I'd also like to see the top of the station. Guess I shoulda put this in the 'comments' section huh?

I am going to try and shoot this again in the morning light and try to get far enough back to get the whole station. (more centered and with the tripod this time). I need to invest in a nice wide angled lense.

Message edited by author 2006-08-10 21:57:45.

MikeJ

Canon EOS-1D Mark II

08/10/2006 10:22:28 PM · #6

It's not a bad job for your first one. Once you get the hang of it, you can shoot them almost as well freehand as you can with a tripod. I do a lot of mine freehand of objects that are not real close.

One trick to try next time on this station... shoot vertical rather than horizontal. If you put the camera in the vertical orientation you get more space up and down, which will help with shots like this where you clip the roof off. You have to take a couple extra shots to make up for it, but it's worth it to get more vertical space in the picture.

Also, on a picture like this or on a scenic, what I do is find a spot to meter on that will give me a good exposure for the whole series. I then set my camera on manual exposure for that setting. I'll do a couple of test swings from left to right to check where my focus spot is on and if it stays on where I want to focus I'll leave it in auto focus. If the focus point goes up into the sky or on something that will cause it to focus different than the other shots, I'll put it in manual focus as well and focus on the spot I want to be my focus point. Then I'll take several series of the shots from left to right. I shoot left to right since that is the way the images will be lined up in my stitching program and it saves having to reverse the order when I load them in.

It can be lots of fun and it gets easier the more you do it.

Mike

08/10/2006 11:37:02 PM · #7

Thanks MikeJ...I am going to try this in the morning. We will see how it turns out.