The Remarkables Panorama

[jar7580]

This is a panorama of the Remarkables Mountain Range in New Zealand.

[dlambert]

Nice shot. I'm not sure what you're using to stitch that, but if there's any way to straighten the waterline a bit, I think that would improve the end-result. I like the depth created by the trees on the left, BTW.

[Hill Country Hack]

Originally Posted by dlambert

Nice shot. I'm not sure what you're using to stitch that, but if there's any way to straighten the waterline a bit, I think that would improve the end-result. I like the depth created by the trees on the left, BTW.

What he said.

[Krusty79]

Did you have any specific questions? What do you want a critique on?

[inkista]

Yeah, the bowed/ever-so-slightly tilted horizon needs to be corrected, and there are some faint seaming shadows that I can see. You can eliminate both using a stitching package like Hugin (which is open source and free). You also probably need to shoot a little more vertical coverage to give yourself the room to do those kinds of corrections and the required cropping that's going to result. Shooting more coverage than you think you need is pretty much a good rule to follow.

Also, the stitching seams are possibly because your lens vignettes (i.e., gets darker near the edges than in the center). If you're not going to use a stitching package that can do enblend type things to even out the seams, you may also want to watch for vignetting in the member images and correct prior to stitching.

You have a bowed horizon, because the middle shots were done with the camera tilted ever so slightly downwards.

Overall, it's a nice shot, good sense of the light and place, but I'm not necessarily focusing on the mountain range like I should, because of the ridgeline in front with the trees being so prominent. Including more of the water, and framing more to the left might have helped. You can shoot multiple rows of images in a grid to get more coverage if you need it, as well as holding the camera in portrait orientation.

Also, the trees on the right are mostly lost in the shadow end of the dynamic range. If you want to go whole hog, you can consider shooting bracketed images and then doing HDR or exposure fusing on the pano. Again, Hugin can do this all at the same time, if you'd like.

The learning curve on Hugin is steep, but worth it, if this kind of stitching appeals to you, and is far more flexible and capable than simpler programs, like Canon's Photostitch.

It's a good first try, though, under tough exposure conditions.

[jar7580]

Originally Posted by dlambert

Nice shot. I'm not sure what you're using to stitch that, but if there's any way to straighten the waterline a bit, I think that would improve the end-result. I like the depth created by the trees on the left, BTW.

I used ArcSoft Panorama Maker 4 to stitch that. It came in a bundle with my old Coolpix L14!

[windrider86]

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