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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2015 2:50:38 GMT
I don't know about you, but I always envy those beautiful panorama shots you see, as I can never quite get this technique right. Given that PSE 13 includes a Panorama photomerge function I really want to give this another try. To help me, and hopefully others like me, I found this article, which is a step by step guide to getting panorama shots, which was posted on the Digital Photography School website. Armed with this guide I am hoping, once the weather improves, to give this a go and hopefully come away with a great shot. |
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Post by hmca on May 17, 2015 14:32:31 GMT
This is an excellent resource, Simone! Thanks for sharing, this is something I would like to get a handle on as well.
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Post by Sepiana on May 17, 2015 16:20:05 GMT
Simone, great finding. Thanks for sharing! I definitely can use this information.
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2015 9:36:17 GMT
That's a good article Simone for anyone wanting a straightforward step by step tutorial.
I take quite a lot of Panos whenever I get the opportunity and enjoy the whole process of taking the shots, stitching the images and post processing.
Perhaps we could have a 'SHOW YOUR PANORAMAS' section for anyone to post together with an account of the process you took to achieve the end result.
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Post by Tpgettys on May 19, 2015 0:57:38 GMT
I don't know about you, but I always envy those beautiful panorama shots you see, as I can never quite get this technique right. Given that PSE 13 includes a Panorama photomerge function I really want to give this another try. To help me, and hopefully others like me, I found this article, which is a step by step guide to getting panorama shots, which was posted on the Digital Photography School website. Armed with this guide I am hoping, once the weather improves, to give this a go and hopefully come away with a great shot. Thanks for this article Simone! A friend of mine did a presentation of large 360-degree panos he shot of artists studios her in Oregon. Pretty interesting: Studio Panoramas |
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2015 2:10:57 GMT
Thanks Tom, those are awesome!
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Post by Tpgettys on May 19, 2015 3:31:24 GMT
Thanks Tom, those are awesome! I'm glad you enjoyed them; they really are special I think. They were printed on fabric, 6 feet tall, and hung as an exhibit in the local city library. For those that want to really do great panoramas (especially in such tight quarters), he recommends the Panosaurus tripod head. |
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2015 5:16:44 GMT
Hi Simone,
That is a very good guide to shooting panoramas.
Like Scania, I too shoot a lot of panoramas.
Just a couple of more tips in addition to those in the guide.
1) Overlap your photos by 30% min. (guide said 20%). If shooting from left to right, when framing my first shot, I pick a feature in my viewfinder about 1/3 distance from right hand side of the view finder. When framing my second shot, I set the left hand side of my viewfinder at the feature I chose in the first frame....and then so on.
2) A MUST, MUST DO, as implied in the guide. Shoot all your photos at the ONE EXPOSURE SETTING (aperture, shutter speed, ISO). If you don't, you will see different tones/shades in different sections of the stitched panorama.
3) My preference is shooting the photos in RAW. If I need to adjust exposure, white balance, black point etc., before stitching, I can open the RAW photos in ACR and apply the same adjustments to ALL the photos, for the same reason as in 2)
4) Keep the camera as level as possible horizontally and vertically from shot to shot otherwise you risk loosing part of the scene in the stitched photo.
5) Do a couple practice pans of the entire scene from left to right looking through the view finder before taking photos.
6) I usually find that Cylindrical works best for stitching my photos. Sometimes Perspective retains more of the scene at the edges. Both are very similar.
7) I always set "Blend Images Together", "Vignette Removal" and "Geometric Distortion Correction" to on in the Photomerge dialog box.
Below is a panorama made up of 4-5 shots I took and stitched in PSE 10.
Wineglass Bay - Tasmania
(click to view enlargement, thumbnail doesn't show all of the panorama)
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