Autumn Panorama C&C

leche solara

This is an autostitch panorama from a few weeks ago when the trees were still covered.

pano.jpg

rymus

I'm guessing you didn't lock the exposure while taking the series of shots? I'm referring to the parts of the pano that are more overexposed than the others..

dazftw

Yea I actually like it, its nice! Just the parts that are over exposed and stuf just make it look bad!

I suggest go back and do it again and try get exposure right!

What program did you use to blend this together?

leche solara

I used Autostitch.
I stood in one position and took 11 pictures just moving the camera from left to right and leaving slight overlap in each picture.
Don't know if I could go back and do exact same again as the leaves might now be gone and the weather is poxy

rymus

what camera are you using? There may be an exposure lock option on it that'll give you more consistent results with panoramas in the future.

dazftw

leche solara wrote:

I used Autostitch.
I stood in one position and took 11 pictures just moving the camera from left to right and leaving slight overlap in each picture.
Don't know if I could go back and do exact same again as the leaves might now be gone and the weather is poxy

I dont understand why people take so many pictures when making panoramics?

This was made with like 4 pictures..




I duno maybe im wrong but you could try using less photos in the program see how that works?

mikeanywhere

Other than the LHS of the pic, its actually a really good merge!!

mikeanywhere

DeafVision wrote:

I dont understand why people take so many pictures when making panoramics?

I'm assuming it also depends on the lens being used at the time. Until a few days ago I didnt possess a wide angle so I had to have a few extra in there to make up the scene.

JMcL

DeafVision wrote:

I dont understand why people take so many pictures when making panoramics?

Generally, the more you overlap, the easier it is to get a good stitch, also I usually take the photos in portrait format, as it gives a bit more wriggle room for cropping later, but means more pics

Here's an example using I think about 10 pics:

(click photo for linky to larger size)

mikeanywhere wrote:

I'm assuming it also depends on the lens being used at the time. Until a few days ago I didnt possess a wide angle so I had to have a few extra in there to make up the scene.

Actually wide angle lenses can be a nightmare for panoramas. If there's loads of distortion at the wider end, it can make for very odd stitched images. You'll make life a lot easier for yourself if you zoom in a bit - at least above 30mm.

To the OP, if you can, try to set everything to manual as the others have said. White balance (not auto), aperture, exposure, and turn off autofocus. Not sure what camera you're using, so all this may not even be possible, but the more you can do from that list, the better.

digitalage

Deafvision there are two ways of taking a panoramic picture one is too have the camera mounted in portrait position this requires more pics than a panoramic shot thankin in landscape postion, as also explained the focal lenght of the lens is a factor the wider the fewer pics the longer the more pics required.

kjt

Nice shot - It's a pity about the exposure but practice makes perfect

leche solara

I took the pictures with a Ricoh Caplio compact digital which you can't lock exposure on.
I find that the more pictures you use for the pano the more realistic it is, and the less of a bulge in the middle where you took the pictures from, if you know what I mean.
I get the point about the overexposure but not sure I can do anything about it.

kjt

Was this taken in Pearse park by any chance?

leche solara

St Enda's Park. But it is where Pearse had his school. Well spotted.

kjt

leche solara wrote:

St Enda's Park. But it is where Pearse had his school. Well spotted.

Yea that's what I mean, I've always called it Pearse park
Tis a nice park to take a few shots.