Can't get it all in? Then do a pano.

[excalibur2]

Simple panos with film is easy and I'm a novice at this :-

ensinor 24mm lens, Fuji superia 100 asa, supermarket scan:- just copy the files from the CD into Photoshop, adjust the brightness, exposure or spots or whatever, then select photomerge and..................................................

first shot

2nd shot

Photomerge and crop

 

[bambam]

Nice!
Good view of the castle.

 

[duttytd]

Good work

 

[excalibur2]

My first pano (not this one) got a lot of erm informative criticism on another forum, so thought it pointless posting here...but now I know it's so easy will use it at times.
While near the castle I didn't need a pano for this shot but wished I switched from the ensinor 24mm to a zoom and tried some innovative ideas with the girls.

 

[scotchegg]

Really nice first shot, might consider pano's myself in the future. Nice second shot too by the way

 

[excalibur2]

Really nice first shot, might consider pano's myself in the future. Nice second shot too by the way

Thanks....all very handy when you can't step back far enough, and once I get skilful will use panos more e.g. 4-6 shots of a scene with a 50-80mm lens could look better than one shot with a 24mm lens.

 

[TheBigYin]

I've found that shooting a series of shots at around 40-50mm in portrait orientation works well for "natural looking" panoramas, anything much wider that and you end up getting all sorts of distortion effects.

 

[excalibur2]

I've found that shooting a series of shots at around 40-50mm in portrait orientation works well for "natural looking" panoramas, anything much wider that and you end up getting all sorts of distortion effects.

Probably because the human eyes are about that magnification, but Photoshop is clever as in shot one and two, the tower is leaning but PS straightened it.

 

[TheBigYin]

CS5 is good, I admit, but couldn't automatically straighten out my "Ribblehead Rollercoaster" - shot on digital at 14mm (22.6mm equivalent on 35mm).

A hour or so of messing around manually managed to flatten it a bit, but it still distorts...

 

[excalibur2]

CS5 is good, I admit, but couldn't automatically straighten out my "Ribblehead Rollercoaster" - shot on digital at 14mm (22.6mm equivalent on 35mm).

A hour or so of messing around manually managed to flatten it a bit, but it still distorts...

Hmm I had to go on google to find out what it really looked like

 

[Musicman]

Two shots with a 50mm lens, taken on 3rd July 1982.

Stitched together with PS CS5 in January 2010


TL4 by cybertect, on Flickr

 

[excalibur2]

Any more panos from anybody...post your film panos here

 

[Gandhi]

Somerset levels viewed from a secret location 2 shots stitched. 5x4. 135mm lens.


Somerset Levels by Itsallaboutlight, on Flickr

Glen Coe Pass:


Glen-Coe-Pano-1 by Itsallaboutlight, on Flickr

Somewhere in Wales:


Nat Gwynant by Itsallaboutlight, on Flickr

 

[excalibur2]

#3 for me, I bet it looked pretty in colour. If I get any good at panos will try with the RB67 to use that big muscle neg for quality.

 

[excalibur2]

Next stage but have a crooked roof problem ( the house roof is straight)

Five shot pano, 35mm camera held vertical with 35mm Canon lens:-

Three shot pano with 24mm Sigma lens:-

and all those who want to see my row of tomatoes pano...put your hand up.

 

[excalibur2]

...and more panos hurrah?

Ibiza Bossa beach OOD Reala Asda dev and scan

And it's amazing how Photoshop chooses what to use and stitches:-
1st shot

2nd shot

Pano