Panoramas

[Ronin]

http://ronin.forwardhost.ca/palace.jpg

http://ronin.forwardhost.ca/lake.jpg

http://ronin.forwardhost.ca/village.jpg

http://ronin.forwardhost.ca/Eagle's-Nest---Looking-On.jpg

[suzie]

Hi Ronin.

I think these are all good.

#1 - Really nice, but can see the joins in the sky area
#2 - I would have preferred to see all of the fountain
#3 - Very pretty, but found the cloud touching the top edge a bit distracting
#4 - A bit dark for my taste and the guy on the left is a tad too close to the edge

Overall you have done a great job - any of these would look great printed and framed!

Suzie.

[Conk]

Very nice Ronin.
The stitching in #1 is a tough one. It is difficult to retouch the sky without a trace. I would be inclined to crop the grass from the left.
My eye's are screaming for more in #2. Maybe portrait shots stitched would have better suited this one.
#3's horizon running through the middle of the photo seems off to me. Very nice photo of incredible landscape. Maybe crop most of the sky? I'm not sure.
#4 is much the same but I can live with it. The fellow sitting on the left makes this photo. Excellent shot!

[Ronin]

The stitching in #1 is a problem...I already tried to correct it without looking too strange. It's okay though...I don't really like that shot in the first place.

The second one turned out poorly in my opinion. Yeah, I wish I got more of the fountain.

#3's cloud can be corrected easily but I don't think I'll crop it since it would produce more clouds touching the top.

#4 is too dark? I'll try to correct that as well. It's just that that part of the valley WAS dark from the cloud cover.

[henkbos]

Good shots. Besides the comments above there is also an obvious seam in the third picture on the left.

You can try to correct #1 by selecting all the blue in the top and apply a fill of a gradient. If the blue looks too artificial try to add a little noise. Took the liberty of modifying yours:

http://www.henkbos.com/web_pics/palace.jpg

[Ronin]

Great idea...but I think you lose quite a bit of detail on the roof of the castle. Given a little time, I could fix it though.

I was going to try totally replacing the sky with the sky from a cloudy day...but this works very well.

[Conk]

Great idea Henk. I have a photo with a similsr problem.

[henkbos]

Obviously I don't have the large format original to work with. There will be no loss of detail, because you only select the sky and nothing else. The buildings are unaffected.

[SemieE]

I really love the third one. You could clone that cloud to make it actually fit in the picture. Fix up the other seaming problems and try to get the horizon exactly in the middle of the photo. That's what I would do at least. I just think this is one instance where having it right in the middle just works. At any rate I think it's a wonderful shot and well worth a bit of extra attention.

[Ronin]

Well, I found a better solution...

Guys, if you haven't got it, get The Panorama Factory. Works WONDERS.

[henkbos]

Got that, but found that you really need to be precise with the shots. PhotoSticher (supplied with Canon) does in general do a better job. I do think though that PF does a better job (although slow) with exposure of the seams.

[Ronin]

henkbos wrote:
Got that, but found that you really need to be precise with the shots. PhotoSticher (supplied with Canon) does in general do a better job. I do think though that PF does a better job (although slow) with exposure of the seams.

Are you serious? I've found that...maybe 1 out of 10 shots is better in Photostitcher.