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Posting this with due deference to Garnock for showing the way and the tools for the job.
The sticher program he linked to was confusing but very effective. It created a huge 178Mb Tiff which is a lot of fun to pan around :)
So here is a greatly reduced version
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/r.peacock53/talkp/GCpanosml.jpg
And a link to a version a quarter the size of the original tiff.
3.5Mb Jpeg version (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/r.peacock53/talkp/GCpano.jpg) <- must be seen full size!
Simple fact is no picture conveys the scale of the place - the other side in that view is something like 10 to 15 miles away!
Edit - Forgot to mention this is 7 portrait pictures combined. All shot on manual and all with the same RAW processing parameters.
That is superb Robert, I cannot imagine how vast it must be and I would love to visit it some time. I hope you don't mind but I had a quick play to lighten the shadow area on the right, I felt it was a bit overpowering and my eye kept getting drawn there, I also removed the head from the left side!
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f273/HackerUK/GCpano.jpg
WetSparks
06-10-2006, 14:58
It's a bit big init, the canyon and the pano. Dam nice shot though :D
Hey I left the head for amusement ;)
No adjustments made as I wanted to show how well the software did. So feel free to tweak :)
I did link to a huge page I made with more GC and other pictures in the Pictures of trucks I posted if anyone wants more http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=11139
minimeeze
06-10-2006, 15:36
Looks awesome! Don't know of there is a problem with the linky for the larger file - looks very compressed and not as detailed as the shot you are showing here :thinking:
Looks awesome! Don't know of there is a problem with the linky for the larger file - looks very compressed and not as detailed as the shot you are showing here :thinking:
If you are using IE hover over the picture and a button appears in the bottom right corner to expand to full size. It is the compression done by the browser that looks horrid ;)
Robert, that's a fantastic vista. :thumbs:
I'm glad you like the software.
It's one of the best Stiching/Blending software I've ever used.
Full auto works great and, if you need to, there's loads of manual adjustments.
The clarity of the big image is great. My photos of the GC (taken some years ago now) are all a bit hazy.
Ray
minimeeze
06-10-2006, 19:54
If you are using IE hover over the picture and a button appears in the bottom right corner to expand to full size. It is the compression done by the browser that looks horrid ;)
Ahhhh....that's better :) I only have one word to say - WOW!!!
Hope you dont mind me asking bue where did you get the software from? and how much did it cost?
Cost was £0.00 :)
All freeware!
Garnock mentioned PT Assembler in this thread (http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=11253) so I just Googled it.
Which took me to http://www.tawbaware.com/ptasmblr.htm. When I ran it I just loaded the files and clicked the auto create button. It then errored and told me I needed another 2 programs which I got from links on the same site. After I did that it ran fine - took ages and didn't inform me much and there were command prompt windows popping up and disappearing but it did the job. Oh and the help wizard was more trouble that help! I'd suggest cancelling it.
I've made 3 more panos now that look good too from my Yosemite shots :)
Lovely shot Robert, The GC is one'hell' of a place - Did you stay over for a night? Its impossible to describe ...... you just have to visit it.
Stunning pano Robert, the Grand Canyon is a place I'd love to visit..... maybe one day :)
Mike
busterboy
08-10-2006, 11:57
My my the bar has been lifted lately in the scenary section.
This is another superb example Robert..:1st:
shiato storm
09-10-2006, 16:07
good panoramic that...now, I wonder - and not wishing to lighten the impact such a great image has - do you have any from either end of the day?
Cost was £0.00 :)
All freeware!
Garnock mentioned PT Assembler in this thread (http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=11253) so I just Googled it.
Which took me to http://www.tawbaware.com/ptasmblr.htm. When I ran it I just loaded the files and clicked the auto create button. It then errored and told me I needed another 2 programs which I got from links on the same site. After I did that it ran fine - took ages and didn't inform me much and there were command prompt windows popping up and disappearing but it did the job. Oh and the help wizard was more trouble that help! I'd suggest cancelling it.
I've made 3 more panos now that look good too from my Yosemite shots :)
Thanks for the info Robert much appreciated.
I put together a 16Mb holiday report page here http://www.robertpeacock.co.uk/ which has lots more pictures including a sunset one of the canyon.
I got to the edge early and grabbed a good spot. As the sunset developed people were trying to get any vantage point they could and that included trying to stand in front of me! They didn't stay long in front of this complaining english guy :)
The colours got redder and the light dropped so it became harder to capture the detail level I would have liked as I had no tripod.
Didn't take any series for a pano though. Now I know how well they can go together I think I should have.
Hi Rob,
Just checked out your holiday report page, must have been a fantastic experience, and your photos are just great.
Cheers
Lee
It was great, and thankyou :)
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