Lately, a 'pano' craze has hit the Rochester area. Each day a panorama image is published atop the local news section [dimensions must be 10" x 2"]. To obtain this 5:1 ratio, one could take a single shot and crop it accordingly; but, this is not how it is done generally. Rather, a series of overlapping images are loaded into Photoshop or Photoshop Elements, for example, and then the software 'stitches' [or merges] them together. It is as simple as that! Of course, there are a bunch of dos and don'ts that go along with taking the shots, but no need to go into those here. The top photo [that's the same person in three locations] came from five images and the bottom one from seven. Ideally, the camera should be mounted on a tripod to ensure maintaining the same height in all the images. However, in the examples above, I had hand-held my camera. When the various sections are stitched together, there are portions above and below that have gaps; but, with luck, cropping will hide them. Well, now that I've satisfied myself that I can do it, it's time to think about future panos.
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Hi Stan, I found your blog after seeing your blog on the side bar at Skoogfarm. I am starting to do some photography, have a very new Canon 550D, and doing lots of experiments.I am so enjoying your photos, and best of all, your words, comments and explanations about the camera settings,Cheers from Jean in NZ. I have added you to my Blog List.
These turned out great...I have been wanting to try this for awhile. We are heading to CO next week, so maybe then! :)
hi Nancy, I am not familiar with the 550D; but, if it's a Canon, then it's got to be good. When I got my DSLR camera, I bought the Canon 60D for Dummies. It was a good investment! Have fun -- I look forward to seeing the results.
Hi Chesney, Go for it!!! Good luck.
Thanks to both of you for visiting Cheers, Stan
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