Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree with all who suggest using a longer lens and shooting vertically. Of course this means more frames to merge and hence more horsepower needed on the computer, but that should not be a problem in this day and age. The panos I have posted have usually been made with a 50mm on an M8, using 10-15 frames to create a 180-200 degree image. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On Jul 20, 2011, at 11:49 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > Ken I am not familiar with what tools are in Elements 8. In Photoshop there > are a number of different merge options that you can try. > My approach is to use a 35 and shoot vertically. On the M9 I use 30 degree > increments for the shots to be merged. > With Howard Cummer's cooperation, we put some discussion in the LUG Pearls > blog here > http://wiki.leica-users.org/index.php/Panorama_Photography > In the example there I did 12 frames (360 degrees) and this is a crop of > about 4 frames from that. > > A couple of newer samples here. > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/133487302 > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/133506658 > > > Cheers > Geoff > > *Australia, paying for the world's carbon sins, one tonne at a time**.* > > > > On 21 July 2011 07:02, philippe.amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote: > >> Pano shooting with a 21 does not make much sense to me either - just use a >> longer lens and shoot more frames to cover what you want to show. >> ph >> >> Le 20 juil. 11 ? 21:27, Mark Rabiner a ?crit : >> >> >>> Shot with a 21? >>> The trick would be to shoot with a much longer lens but do more >>> individual >>> shots and you'll get your full angle. Shoot verticals. >>> >>> >>> Mark William Rabiner >>> >>> >>> >>> From: Kenneth Frazier <kennybod at mac.com> >>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>> Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:07:05 -0400 >>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>> Subject: [Leica] Pano help needed..... >>>> >>>> Folks, >>>> >>>> Here's my first attempt at a pano shot, of Baltimore's inner harbor, >>>> stitched >>>> from three shots. >>>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/kennybod/baltimore+** >>>> inner+harbor.jpg.html<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kennybod/baltimore+inner+harbor.jpg.html> >>>> >>>> I need some assistance. The photo has good detail, good color matching, >>>> but >>>> lots of distortion at either end. >>>> >>>> I put the three shots through LR3, then stitched them in Photoshop >>>> Elements 8. >>>> >>>> Suggestions? How to eliminate all the distortion? Obviously I'm >>>> missing >>>> something in the workflow. >>>> >>>> TIA >>>> >>>> Ken >>>> >>>> >>>> -------------------------- >>>> Kenneth Frazier >>>> kennybod at me.com >>>> >>> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >