2nd attempt at panorama

[macstrat]

my 2nd attempt at a panorama photo using the photo shop method that was posted a few days ago

[Seaton519]

I love this! The colors are great, your eye follows the road, and I've always thought the hay bales looked great. One thing though, in about the middle, the sky goes from dark blue to light blue. Is that where you blended it? If it is, I'm sure you could fix it in two seconds. But great photo! Nice going!

[macstrat]

thx for pointing that out. ive noticed that is one of the side effects of using photoshop to make panos with photo merge is that it leave black streaks. like te one that u mentioned along the photo seam. i didnt notice it in this, thx

[clockdoc]

Have you tried the free application called Autostitch at http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~mbrown/autostitch/autostitch.html

You may want to try it out and compare the results and procesing time.

[macstrat]

http://www.kekus.com/download/index.html is the mac port of autostitch. i have a copy but never really played around with it

[aadam_21]

Were the settings for the two pics you merged the same (looks like 2 pics)? Using CS3 to create pano's, I haven't had any problems like this, but I shoot in full manual for these so the exposure is the same across the entire scene.

[macstrat]

Will shooting in full auto produce them?

[clockdoc]

Here is a pretty detailed link about shooting panoramas. If the exposure values change significantly across the shots then you may encounter problems using auto-exposure.
http://graphicssoft.about.com/gi/dyn...panoguide.com/

[inkista]

Originally Posted by macstrat

Will shooting in full auto produce them?

Yes. Since what's in the frame changes, the metering can change, and autoexposure will then change your exposure settings. Blending software like Enblend or Smartblend can sometimes help with erasing the seams, but it's better to shoot in manual mode, with a non-auto white balance to minimize any exposure differences before stitching.

If you're feeling stitch-ambitious, there are two other tools you might want to try: Hugin (open source) and PTGui. They both have Mac and Win versions (and Hugin has Linux, too). I use Kekus's PTMac and Calico myself, but Hugin is free, and PTGui is a bit more push-button, while still retaining the full power of a PanoramaTools front end.

[macstrat]

ill try that then. a friend of mine does nature panos for a local magazine and has a copy of Realviz Stitcher that looks amazing, i cant aford a copy myself as its about $500