Photomerged image from my 27th floor window
Dec 2, 2020 16:32:53 #
Every once in awhile, the sky is so clear that the 18 mile view from our window strikes me as unusually spectactular. Today was such a day. I took 10 overlapping images and processed them in Lightroom and then in Photoshop. For this shot, I've decided not to "rectangularize" it. I find it so much more beautiful to be left without that final cropping. The final jpg is 39.5meg, but I had to shrink it down to 7 for UHH. Your thoughts?
Dec 2, 2020 16:33:43 #
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Dec 2, 2020 16:38:58 #
Did you wait for the upload acknowledgement and preview before hitting "Send"?
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Dec 2, 2020 17:01:26 #
Next time use three rows or better use portrait mode when shooting a panorama. That way you would not lose so much in cropping if you try to print or post it as a regular image...
Also be aware that when you handheld to shoot a panorama be aware that it will always be skewed as when you shift the position the camera vertical axis changes.
Also be aware that when you handheld to shoot a panorama be aware that it will always be skewed as when you shift the position the camera vertical axis changes.
Dec 2, 2020 17:39:58 #
Traveller_Jeff wrote:
Every once in awhile, the sky is so clear that the 18 mile view from our window strikes me as unusually spectactular. Today was such a day. I took 10 overlapping images and processed them in Lightroom and then in Photoshop. For this shot, I've decided not to "rectangularize" it. I find it so much more beautiful to be left without that final cropping. The final jpg is 39.5meg, but I had to shrink it down to 7 for UHH. Your thoughts?
Nice!
It looks like you took 2 rows x 5 columns. I would suggest 3 rows.
Handholding is fine, as long as you take enough images to cover the scene that you anticipate after straightening the horizon and cropping.
Using the camera in portrait mode with a longer focal length lens will give you less "pano-curve" where the center of the image is bigger and the edges curve away from the center.
This is a good read for hand-holding panos:
https://petapixel.com/2016/10/27/stitching-panorama-forget-wide-angle-lens-home/
Dec 2, 2020 22:55:10 #
Dec 3, 2020 08:54:08 #
tcthome
Loc: NJ
It would of cropped to much of the photo out for sure. It would probably need a multi row pano to get the same view with straight edges. Lear something new everyday, I hope.Dec 3, 2020 12:27:53 #
Ourspolair wrote:
PS will do a content-aware fill... it is in the photomerge options...
I agree - definitely give that a try - I think you'll like the result.
Dec 3, 2020 14:03:18 #
Dec 3, 2020 14:24:22 #
Crystal clear! I'd like to see someone use the same title - but with the image of a living room.... 
Dec 3, 2020 19:42:05 #
This is a very nice photO, but I fail to see the need for a pano shot from such a distance. Likely any shot from such a distance can be cropped foreground and background and you will have a similar result.
Dec 3, 2020 21:33:55 #
DeanS wrote:
This is a very nice photO, but I fail to see the need for a pano shot from such a distance. Likely any shot from such a distance can be cropped foreground and background and you will have a similar result.
Need? No need, per se. Just a desire to get a lot more crammed into the shot than one lens can provide. My 10-20mm Nikkor can approximate it, but panning up and down, right and left removes the constraints imposed by a lens. And I enjoy the process.
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