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3 photos stitched in Panorama Maker Pro.
What's your opin? Also, any tips on how to make a good panorama?
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>> Vincent !!8LCSE0Zp1mL
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Alright!
here we go...
P&S's aren't very wide (36mm is usually as wide as they go), so although they aren't the best at Panoramics, they can be used efficiently. Wider angle lenses work better for Emphasizing Distance (like always) but for Panoramics it is even more important to FOCUS on this, as it effectively flattens out your image.

1. Foreground is the most important thing, If you see a kickass mountain / skyscape it will SUCK UNLESS you have something in the foreground.
2. Tripods are helpfull but not mandatory, Stand in one spot and turn your body, everything but the Closest objects to you should be relatively unnafected for stitching purposes.
3. Don't Go nuts on the "wide" and forget about height, EVERYONE DOES THIS. It creates boring ass panoramics that look like little slivers of pictures. They are hard to view on a Monitor and you can't print them worth shit. Programs like the one you have CAN take vertical AND horizontal pictures and combine them (Post processing will effectively double however!)
4. OVERLAP, A LOT. Nothing is worse than ruining a perfectly good pic by forgetting to overlap enough and having 1 blurry pic or missing vital parts of your pic. this is ESPECIALLY important when dealing with the sky.

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>> Vincent !!8LCSE0Zp1mL
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Forgot to mention Pic above was taken with a P&S (Casio Z120) At 38mm (its widest angle; 27 pictures, 9 wide 3 tall)

I find the best ratio of width to height is 3:1, It prints on the ever more common 12x36 paper, And you can fit 2 of them on an 8x12, 12x18, 24x36. They also look relatively good on a computer monitor.

Also I like the Pic you posted, its a good perspective, And although the cut off building is a bit distracting, its not a vital part of the pic.

This pic was taken at 14mm (21mm) on a Sigma 10-20mm, It does a lot more for emphasizing depth than my first one (at 38mm). And makes a 4 way intersection look a little ridiculous.

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>> Anonymous
>>122770
Thanks, that's a bunch of good info right there
>> beethy !HJGkSBB3Ao
>>122770
>>122771
jesus christ i hope you never leave /p/
your info is incredible valuable
>> Vincent !!8LCSE0Zp1mL
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>>122776
Lol I'm not going anywhere fast :) I've been here for like 5 years already.

Shit I almost forgot the most Important part!

5. MANUAL, Set the focus, white balance AND exposure manually, This is the biggest mistake everyone makes their first few times working with panoramics! Auto Exposure will give you inconsistant exposures obviously, And will cause your sky / ground to look like patchy shit. Pick the brightest and darkest parts of the scene and shoot some test shots to find a good manual setting, then focus close to the hyperfocal distance (if shooting landscapes).
Then if possible (D200 is nice for this since you can set K values) Pick the best White Balance.
(I'm notoriously bad at forgetting to set the White Balance, my D50 was very forgiving in its limited AWB, but the D200 on the other hand...)

And one more panoramic for fun. (Not my Typical pano, Its vertical and isn't 3:1, But I like it nonetheless)

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>> Macheath !8b4g0BkNZg
>>122780
has 4chan (or /p/ for that matter) been around for 5 years?

anyways, I like this one the best.
>> Vincent !!8LCSE0Zp1mL
>>122784
Started: October 10, 2003
So 5 years basically.
>> Macheath !8b4g0BkNZg
>>122787
Ah, I see.

Remember that guy Jens? I went on his website the other day, and he's updated his layout so he's probably not dead, but I haven't seen him here in a while :(
>> Anonymous
>>122790

i remember that ole boy...norsfoto.something right?
>> Vincent !!8LCSE0Zp1mL
>>122790
Ya, he posted a pic on here about 3 weeks back, Haven't heard from him since then though.
http://www.nordfoto.se/index.php/Main
>> beethy !HJGkSBB3Ao
>>122780
how many photos is this one made up of?
>> Vincent !!8LCSE0Zp1mL
>>122801
Just 5 pictures actually (vertically stacked, but landscape orientation pics)
D200, ISO 100
Sigma 10-20mm at 10mm, F8
>> beethy !HJGkSBB3Ao
>>122805
I must've asked already, but do you use PTGui?
I'm going to try this when the weather clears up here in Sydney
>> Vincent !!8LCSE0Zp1mL
>>122807
Ya PTGui is awesome, Being able to add your own control points afterwards is vital for some of the pics I take (Lots of sky shots can't be blended accurately using their algorithm, But I usually need some blank skies to fit in other aspects of the pic)

Remember to have an interesting foreground though, everyone seems to make that mistake when first trying panoramics.
>> beethy !HJGkSBB3Ao
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>>122812
awfully shitty test shot.
it was dark as shit outside but i was so excited to try it out

i was surprised this only took less than 5 minutes to post process
combination of 6 photos

expect some actual GOOD panos from me later

Thanks Vincent!!!

Abort trap (core dumped)
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
ITT Dr. Vinny takes us to school
>> beethy !HJGkSBB3Ao
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>>122851
hell yea =D

2nd try, i wanna get a good feel of this before i actually try to take real pano shots.
looks like i gotta be careful with foreground objects.. or somehow manage to blend em better in PTGui

excuse the mess, i dont feel like cleaning up on a friday night

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>> Anonymous
>>122770

Sauce on location?
>> Vincent !!8LCSE0Zp1mL
>>122866
Big White (Ski Resort in Canada)

>>122853
Quite a few errors in that pic, probably because you were using what 18mm? Sometimes the natural distortion of the lenses will create errors, My Sigma 18-200 shoots best at 22mm for example (at 18mm its pretty glitchy)

>>122847
Protip: Stitch together Vertical panoramics as if they were horizontal. Then use the "globe" icon in PTGui if you want a taller pic, the "Cylinder" if you want a shorter pic.
Never use the Rectilinear Square icon, it makes everything at the edges look like shit.
>> beethy !HJGkSBB3Ao
>>122872
the lounge room photo was actually done at 10mm.. hmm...
i wonder if my technique is wrong.

but with that one i didn't add any extra control points.
is a step that pretty much must be done with most panos?
>> ken-t !wQS5KmrMzU
what's /p/'s thoughts on pano on photoshop??
>> Vincent !!8LCSE0Zp1mL
>>123025
Try 12 or 14mm next time, My Sigma 10-20 I avoid stitching 10mm pics UNLESS there is no vertical stacking (Just horizontal)

>>123028
CS3 = Good, almost as good as PTGui
CS2 = don't bother.
>> ken-t !wQS5KmrMzU
>>123029
how does one go about acquiring PTGay ?