First crack at a decent pano

[siejones]

The snowdon range from the lower slopes of Moel Siabod

Been trying to get one of these done for ages. Subject was in more cloud than I had hoped on the day so lighting was a bit messed up.

Bigger version here click me you know you want to! (http://www.ukmountains.com/forumpics/pano-1_768.jpg)

http://www.ukmountains.com/forumpics/pano-1_small.jpg

[Jimmy_Lemon]

WOW - that is excellent - love the detail in the full size version :) nice work! one hell of a view

[chewyuk]

Thats a lovely pano - Tell us how you did it please.

[Mike]

The photos you've used to put this together are excellent, and I think the clouds add a lot to to the shot..... but, there are a few areas of the sky that require further blending where the photos join, and one area in particular that is slightly misaligned. Having said that though, I still think your effort knocks the socks off mine! I look forward to seeing some more panos from you :thumbs:

Mike

[siejones]

Thanks for the comments.

I am ashamed to say I did it quite quickly and didnt look for problem parts :embarrassed: I shall Probably revisit and spend some more time on it.

chewyuk: Heres some tips:

-When taking shots setup in manual mode.

-Decide a white balance and set it rather than auto (or you could use custom of coarse).

-Meter from the part of the pano which seems more or less the average light then do not change that aperture or shutter speed during the rest of the shots.

- Rememeber camera has the level but also the tripod has to be level too (first mistake I made).

- Take your shots only rotating on the horizonital axis and leave plenty of overlap. I used 5 shots taken in landscape but there is no reason why you couldn't use portrait orientation.

I used photomerge in photoshop for the stich so I can't give advice on any other software I am afraid. The rest of the tips will presume you are using it.

- If you have shot in RAW this is very important. You must process each shot with exactly the same settings. Bring up the shot that again seems to be in the middle range of all the exposures. Change your setting to suit but try not to go with extremes and keep it bland if possible. Write down each of the settings.

- Bring up each of the other shots in turn and process them using the same settings. If one of the shots is blown out or looks bad with the settings you chose in your first shot then you will have to try and get a better middle ground for the settings.

- Once all the shots in photoshop then use the photomerge on the open files. If the shots are level with nice overlaps you will probably find it does a good job of matching them for you. If not you will have to attach them manually.

- I used advanced blending cause it sounded good but I am not 100% sure what this does :)

- Once you have accepted the merge and are back in photoshop you will no doubt find you need to crop.

After this I spent little time cleaning up and there are people on here that could explain what to look for and how to fix problems much better than me.

[HIMUPNORTH]

Great work Steve. :clap: :thumbs:
Shame about the join but you will soon fix that.

Other software to try Chewy - Panorama Factory (nice and easy) & PT Assembler (learning curve).

[siejones]

Great work Steve. :clap: :thumbs:
Shame about the join but you will soon fix that.

Other software to try Chewy - Panorama Factory (nice and easy) & PT Assembler (learning curve).

Cheers mate :)

My name is Simon ;) Curious to know where you got Steve from :)

Ta for the software advice gonna give em a crack.

Which one do you use?

[HIMUPNORTH]

Cheers mate :)

My name is Simon ;) Curious to know where you got Steve from :)

Ta for the software advice gonna give em a crack.

Which one do you use?


Sorry Simon, I try to get peoples names when replying (seems more personal when commenting on someone's work) but must have remembered yours wrong - oops!:shrug: :bang:

I have tried Panorama Factory and happy with results but PT Assembler has a stronger set of tools. It is a steeper learning curve though.

[Mohain]

Excellent result and a great image :thumbs:

[Forbiddenbiker]

very nice, good work, love the detail and deep clarity.
If you do go back and try again, I'm thinking it would be better with a little more fore ground on the left...it may perhaps balance the weight of the mountains on the right slightly more...I just find the thin edge of the hill showing makes me want more their... so I can see the mountains with more perspective...something like that anyway. :thinking: