Yep, that's exactly what you posted a while back. Thanks, Toine! Cheers, Christine
On Nov 23, 2012, at 12:48 PM, Toine <[email protected]> wrote: > With "normal" pano's the camera/lens is rotated in its optical nodal > point. You moved the camera lens horizontally which creates a much > nicer effect, it's also very difficult due to parallax errors if > something is in the foreground. Compliments! I must try this myself. > > If you don't have a tripod a simple string is the solution. Connect it > to the camera on one end and create a sling on the other end. Put your > foot in the sling and pull the string tight. If you use a spirit level > like the ones which fit in the hotshoe your camera is always at he > same height and level. > > google string tripod for instance > http://www.instructables.com/id/String-Tripod/ > > Toine > > On 23 November 2012 17:32, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thanks Toine! >> >> I used the 40mm pancake lens. Settings were 1/100 sec at f11, ISO 80. I >> started snapping at 5:03p and finished up almost 5:05p, Florida time, so I >> had some nice afternoon light. >> >> My first shot was the frame with the tree in it, and I worked to the right, >> moving the camera horizontally, and overlapping each frame about 50%. I >> read somewhere that's what you're supposed to do. As best I could, when I >> moved to the right, I eyed a linear path to follow when moving down the >> street to take the frames. I also made note of camera position and height >> and tried to repeat that from muscle memory as it were. These frame were >> handheld since I wasn't traveling with a tripod. >> >> After I was finished with the 5 shots of the art work, I decided to take the >> cafe on the left. I took 3 pictures there, trying to get a good expression >> and placement of the women working in the cafe. I really didn't have high >> hopes for that shot, since I snapped it out of sequence and didn't feel >> confident that I was close to the "linear line" I had followed for the 5 >> frames, but I got a little lucky there. >> >> When I tried to stitch these 6 frames in Photoshop, the interface made my >> black pickup on the far right into a convertible--yep, hood completely >> disappeared, and the back tire in the foreground had a chunk missing--as if >> some animal had taken a bite out of it. So I decided on this 3 frame crop, >> which I did in Lightroom after importing the complete 6 frame pano at full >> size into Lightroom. >> >> Actually, Toine, I have a question for you: a while back didn't you share a >> string method for aligning the camera when doing panos? I had saved that >> but I can't find it now. You wouldn't happen to have that information handy? >> Willing to share again? Please! :-) >> >> And to Dave Mann: I went to PTGui, and watched one of their tutorial >> videos, which was excellent. It helped me understand the process really >> well. If I start doing panos regularly, I just may purchase the software. >> So thanks for the heads up. >> >> And thanks to Rob, Paul, Jack and Dave B.! >> >> Cheers, Christine >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Nov 23, 2012, at 7:51 AM, Toine <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> A very beautiful shot. I would have guessed it's a pano sized crop. >>> >>> Which lens did you use? Did you move the camera horizontally for every shot. >>> >>> On 23 November 2012 08:17, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hi Everyone: >>>> >>>> This should have been 6 frames long, but Photoshop Elements 11 crunched >>>> the pick-up that was far right. lol. Looked really funny. But got a >>>> little lucky and was able to salvage some frames on the left. >>>> >>>> Dave Mann's nice panos made me want to stitch this up a little sooner than >>>> I had planned. Thanks for the inspiration, Dave, though this is no where >>>> near as nice as your recent set. >>>> >>>> >>>> From a street in Little Havana. >>>> >>>> http://www.caguila.com/miamipano/content/miamipano3_large.html >>>> >>>> Cheers, Christine >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
