I like taking several pictures of an area and stitching them together.

(If you are using IE 6 you might want to disable the setting to "Enable Atomatic Image Resizing" to fully appreciate these)

Here's one of my attempts. It is a 180° view from the base of an old Nike missle RADAR platform on the North Shore of Oahu:

Here's another from Oahu. The is the view looking West from the saddle of Kolekole pass.

The first one was the original stitch. The second is after I removed the powerlines.

Hey stephen!

"Hey" to you too... Looks like I gotta find an avatar, eh?

Originally Posted by Stephen! "Hey" to you too... Looks like I gotta find an avatar, eh?

Here's a couple evening Pana's overlooking Waikiki and Honolulu.

The first is about 120° view and the second is about 180° view.

I really like the panoramas, especilly the last one wiht the city lights. I have been trying more of them also. The biggest problem is viewing them on a small monitor. Here's one, Santa Barbara back country.

David

Originally Posted by Richard Cabesa I really like the panoramas, especilly the last one wiht the city lights. I have been trying more of them also. The biggest problem is viewing them on a small monitor. Here's one, Santa Barbara back country. David

Nicely done.

Originally Posted by cmr164 Nicely done.

Thanks, would a UV filter have cleared some of the haze on the background mountains in this photo?

David

Originally Posted by Richard Cabesa Thanks, would a UV filter have cleared some of the haze on the background mountains in this photo? David

Probably but a polarizer would be more dramatic. IMHO

Originally Posted by Richard Cabesa I really like the panoramas, especilly the last one wiht the city lights. I have been trying more of them also. The biggest problem is viewing them on a small monitor. Here's one, Santa Barbara back country. David

Sweet! What kind camera did you use to do this? Was it one of those new (to me) automagic panoramic digitals or did you do it manually and stitch it later?

As far as needing a bigger monitor, I think that's part of the appeal of a panoramic image... By scrolling it you actually get more of an appreciation for the width of the area. It's more like actually being there....

Originally Posted by Stephen! Sweet! What kind camera did you use to do this? Was it one of those new (to me) automagic panoramic digitals or did you do it manually and stitch it later? As far as needing a bigger monitor, I think that's part of the appeal of a panoramic image... By scrolling it you actually get more of an appreciation for the width of the area. It's more like actually being there....

Canon A80 and I just did them manualy and stiched them with the software that comes from Canon, ZoomBrowser EX. It works well. I find I have better luck when there are clouds in the sky. When the sky is all blue I have been getting the overlap lines showing.
Here is another that I just did today.

Originally Posted by Richard Cabesa Canon A80 and I just did them manualy and stiched them with the software that comes from Canon, ZoomBrowser EX. It works well. I find I have better luck when there are clouds in the sky. When the sky is all blue I have been getting the overlap lines showing. Here is another that I just did today.

Not bad a'tall... I think you'll go a long way to getting rid of those lines by locking the exposure, if you can... that way an abundance of bright objects in one frame won't cause you to darken the sky for that shot... the sky is exposed at the same level all the way across and you don't have a sudden jump. It works more evenly when you have clouds because the clouds are likely having the greatest effect on your auto-exposure...

I think you have too much time on your hands :)

Every one of those shots are gorgeous.

Ian

Originally Posted by Stephen! Not bad a'tall... I think you'll go a long way to getting rid of those lines by locking the exposure, if you can... that way an abundance of bright objects in one frame won't cause you to darken the sky for that shot... the sky is exposed at the same level all the way across and you don't have a sudden jump. It works more evenly when you have clouds because the clouds are likely having the greatest effect on your auto-exposure...

Thanks, Stephen. I can lock the exposure but that shot was just a recon mission on my lunch break to see if I could get the shot from there. I was barely out of the truck long enough to shoot 5 frames and then run. The sun wasn't where I want it either. No shadows on the mountains.

David

Originally Posted by ian408 I think you have too much time on your hands :) Every one of those shots are gorgeous. Ian

Thank ya kindly...

Originally Posted by Richard Cabesa I was barely out of the truck long enough to shoot 5 frames and then run. The sun wasn't where I want it either. No shadows on the mountains.

Hehe... It seems some of my best shots have involved the least amount of planning... Sometimes I over do the planning and end up with crappy results. My panorama of Red Mountain is a perfect example of that... I spent a long time composing that and making sure I had the whole sweep covered... It turned out pretty bad...

Originally Posted by cmr164 Probably but a polarizer would be more dramatic. IMHO

You are welcome to try but a polarizer will change the color of the sky in each frame so that it will be virtually impossible to stitch. I have tried.

This Pano is about 6 frames put together with PhotoShop (no stitching program). There is less than 10% overlap. I have made enlargements up to 14X84 inches.



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This is a re-shoot of a place that I found several weeks ago. The clouds could have been better, but what can ya do???