Hi, I've also done panoramas from a monopod, eg from a mountain top. The monopod helps to keep the horizon even, compared to a free hand approach. Of course, a tripod improves quality even further, but it's not a must. Cheers Michael
Am 15. September 2016 09:18:59 MESZ, schrieb Tobias Ellinghaus <m...@houz.org>: >Am Mittwoch, 14. September 2016, 17:16:34 CEST schrieb Anton Aylward: > >[...] > >> One ABSOLUTE requirement you *** MUST *** get for panoramic shots is >a >> tripod. You need a stable platform. A tripod with a tilt&rotate head >is >> going to let you rotate smoothly so it is is easier when you piece >together >> you shots using 'hungin'. > >Sorry, but that is not true. As long as there are no objects near the >camera >that could introduce parallax errors (i.e., they move relative to the >background between images because you are not rotating the camera >around its >nodal point, so you are basically looking behind the object) you can >get >perfectly fine panoramas shooting free hand. Kees (andabata on IRC) >does that >all the time with awesome results. Have a look at his Flickr page for >examples > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/andabata/ > >That being said, a tripod with a panoramic head IS at least a HUGE help >when >there are more layers in the scene then just a flat foreground and a >background. > >[...] > >Tobias ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org
